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12:34 AM, Thursday May 28th 2020
Superimposed Lines - Fraying on the endpoints, natural but correctable with practice. Longer lines are arcing, make sure to draw from the shoulder and try not to rush. Wobbly, correct with practice.
Ghosted Lines - many endpoints overshot, but good accuracy overall. Be confident with the ghosts.
Ghosted Planes - a LOT of improvement in your lines, well done. Still some arcing and inconsistent line weights. Page 1 seems cleaner than pg 2. Getting tired maybe? Remember to take breaks and stay fresh.
Ellipses in Planes - pretty good. Understand the exercise well. Ellipses touching the edges and minimal wobble. Accuracy could improve w practice.
Tables of Ellipses - larger ellipses suffer from loss of accuracy. More shoulder practice, and make sure to do 5-10 confident ghosts before bringing down the pen. Pg 2 is improved.
Funnels - very nice. Good symmetry on the minor axis except for a few blunders.
Plotted Perspective - no problems.
Rough Perspective - some sloppy verticals need more concentration. Boxes farther from the VP get worse estimates. I struggled with this a lot. Seems like we have to exaggerate the angles when getting far from the vp. Pg 2 better but still needs practice.
Rotated Boxes - good try on a tough exercise. I would highly recommend watching THIS VIDEO
Organic Perspective - some boxes very distorted. Line work needs more attention. Remember that every line counts. Some panels show good grasp of increasing size up close, decreasing far away, but other panels not as good. Give each panel equal attention. Good job drawing through boxes. Try adding definition by increasing line weight on the silhouette.
Next Steps:
Spend 10 - 15 mins ghosting lines and elipses at the beginning of each day's session. Maybe have another go at the Rotated boxes exercise after watching the video i linked for you.
Move on to the 250 box challenge. :)
2:00 AM, Friday May 29th 2020
Thank you for your input! About the ghosted planes, I did all the line homework on the same day so I think you're right about me being tired. I'll be more conscious of taking breaks in the future. Thanks for the video, I'll be sure to watch it and give the rotated boxes another go! Again, thanks for taking the time to review my homework.
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