Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
6:45 PM, Monday December 26th 2022
might have rushed superimposed lines a bit
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7:40 AM, Tuesday December 27th 2022
I think you did pretty good, there are some wobbly line, but they got improved on the organic perpective.
Though I want to point out that in the ellipses in planes exercise, some of your ellipses are being drawn with the wrong orientation (which is why they didn't fill the planes tightly) https://imgur.com/a/y8NBprG, but this is understandable as the weird shape of the planes tend to make it confusing at which orientation that the ellipses should be drawn, you can use the x and the + lines on the planes as a guide (usually the minor axis is the line perpendicular to the longest line), but when ghosting try to double check wether the ellipses are in the correct orientation or not (it feels easy and natural to fill the planes tightly if the ellipses are in proper orientation). Hope this help.
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overall, I think can move on to the 250 boxes challenge, cheers!
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8:16 PM, Wednesday December 28th 2022
Nice work and congrats for finishing lesson 1!
I would just comment that some of your lines seem a bit rushed. I know it's hard to keep the focus through all of the lesson (I've lost it many times :D ). They also seem to curve a bit, even in the last exercise, that could be something to focus on!
Some of the boxes seem to have been drawn very quickly, maybe take the time to plot a few points to check if your perspective feels good before starting to draw the lines? This would force you to plan before drawing the box.
Once again, congrats on the good work :)
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