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1:35 PM, Friday June 25th 2021
Splendid work Bears64, congratulations on finishing the 250 box challenge! With this, you can safely progress on towards lesson 2. There's a lot of good progress here.I really don't have much to say apart from a few nitpicks
You've hit the most important target of this exercise of getting the lines to converge correctly. the last 25 or so of your boxes converge very nicely. There is clear, steady progress throughout the exercise. There are a few errors here and there at the end, but those will be fine tuned with practice. You've done both dramatic and shallow foreshortening a fair amount You are pretty good at the two as well.
Your lines are pretty much straight, no wobble whatsoever.
The line weight is applied nicely wherever you have done it. There is a bit of an overshoot when applying lineweight, but that's pretty minor.
Your hatching however, is somewhat inconsistent in my opinion. There are boxes where it's drawn wobbly and boxes where its done immaculately. Try not to lose patience while hatching. I know it's way easier said than done, but make an effort to lose focus while hatching or while putting down any mark on your paper. It's a valuable skill to learn from this course.
But yeah that's about it.
Next Steps:
Feel free to move on to lesson 2
The Art of Brom
Here we're getting into the subjective - Gerald Brom is one of my favourite artists (and a pretty fantastic novelist!). That said, if I recommended art books just for the beautiful images contained therein, my list of recommendations would be miles long.
The reason this book is close to my heart is because of its introduction, where Brom goes explains in detail just how he went from being an army brat to one of the most highly respected dark fantasy artists in the world today. I believe that one's work is flavoured by their life's experiences, and discovering the roots from which other artists hail can help give one perspective on their own beginnings, and perhaps their eventual destination as well.