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11:55 AM, Monday December 25th 2023

Hi Jinjoking! I'm Cakes and I'll be giving feedback on your submission.

1. Lines

In Superimposed Lines, you have done a good job varying the lines as they come out from short, medium, to long and C curves as well. Don't forget to incorporate S curve into your warm-up routine for more variety. For this exercise, there are two mistakes mentioned in the exercise page: 1. Wobbling 2. Fraying on both ends. Out of the two, wobbliness is to be expected because you are just starting out and you aren't in full control of what you do yet. However, you are in full control of the last mistake as fraying at the start suggest that you don't position your pen carefully before each stroke. Each row of lines should appear as if the lines shoot out from a single point. This mistake is minimized for longer strokes in your work but they are still visible if you look closely. Seeing that this is a concurring mistake in the homework, I will ask for a revision of this exercise. The homework asks for 2 pages of Superimposed but in your submission there is only one so you should provide the remaining page alongside the revision for this exercise in the reply section (see orange text at the bottom of this feedback).

Your lines are a bit wobbly in Ghosted Lines exercise but it has been reduced in the 2nd page of Ghosted Planes so you have done a decent job! However, it looks like sometimes you hover your hand/pen a bit too close to the paper while ghosting as apparent by the occasional smearing throughout the pages and in the bottom right corner of Ghosted Lines page where you go over a line the 2nd time. Gently place the pen down on the paper is enough to create plotting dots so you don't have to draw them too thick like your Ghosted Planes pages. Resist the urge to comeback and correct your lines because you only have one chance to execute a line. In the 1st page of Ghosted Planes, there are two lines you make that fall into mistake because they are too thick and chicken-scratchy. Not only does it go against the instruction to correct your line but it also makes the page look ugly as a result. The "spiky" strokes filling in the gap in both Ghosted Planes pages are unnecessary and distracting as well so you should also avoid adding random stuffs like those in the future.

2. Ellipses

In Tables of Ellipses, the markmaking of ellipses are smooth + confident and you stick to the recommended rounds for each ellipse (1 round + 1-2 extra rounds over). Ellipses within a frame also touch both top & bottom bound so good job! The shape of the ellipses looks mostly smooth but deform a bit. For example, in the 2nd page, one end of some ellipses is a bit tappered and more spiky than the other end. Ellipses within a frame should have the same orientation. In 1st page - the bottom left frame, you can see the last two ellipses tilt more horizontally than the first three.

You have done a good job in Ellipses in Planes as you keep up with the markmaking from the last ellipse exercise. Although you don't make the following mistake, I still think it's better to have a recap on it seeing how common it is for students to commit this mistake in their L1's submissions: It's tempting to try as hard as possible to force an ellipse into touching all 4 sides of the plane. By doing so you make an ellipse look deformed and sacrifice the smoothness of ellipse's shape. Take the bottom left corner plane of this page from another student for example, you can see the ellipse has a noticeable protrusion at the bottom whereas both top & bottom portion should have the same roundness. Comfy talks about this mistake in this video from 0:45-1:50 so make sure to rewatch it. With that being said, it appears you are missing another page of this exercise so be sure to provide it in the reply section below.

In Funnels exercise, you don't properly space out the bound of the funnel. As a result, the minor axis doesn't cut the funnel into two symmetrical halves. Take a look at the top left corner funnel, you can see that the bottom portion of the funnel is narrower than the top portion. The funnel below it also falls into this mistake as the left portion is narrower than the right. For the bottom right funnel, you seem to freehand the arcs and the funnel itself is missing the minor axis. Ellipses mostly align well with the minor axis but some misalign heavily, especially the ones on the furthest end of a funnel. Don't forget to incorporate the second variation of this exercise where ellipse's degree slowly increase as they reach either side of the funnel.

3. Boxes

Rough Perspective fall into the same mistake regarding mark-making that I mention previously: you go over a line multiple times. Note that if you are adding lineweight, it should follow the note mentioned here in the box challenge page (although to be fair you only learn about this later on in the box challenge so it's not a big deal to do it incorrectly at this point) & you should add it for every box for consistency. This is most apparent on the 1st page, although in the 2nd page it is reduced heavily with minor chicken-scratches. In those attempts to go over a line in the 1st page, the mark-making is wobbly, which is a big no-no in this course. It also appears you don't spend a lot of time in the planning step as you settle for the first dot that you plot. Try to plot as many dots as you can to find the most suitable dots for your lines. When you mess up a line, it's impossible to come back and correct it but when you mess up a dot, it's as easy as plotting another one so take your time in this step. This is an extreme example but you get the idea. Out of the three steps of ghosting (1. Planning 2. Ghosting 3. Executing), planning is considered the longest step and it doesn't be so without reason.

In Rotated Boxes, you have shown an understanding of the concept and so you have nailed the resulting boxes. You are missing 4 boxes at the four corners (you can have a look at the example homework) but they are not a big deal. What is a big deal however, is the concurring mistake I mention previously about mark-making: you go over a line multiple times & the wobbliness of those attempts. You should review the three levels of ghosting here and make sure every line you execute (including lineweight lines) nail the lower level before attempting higher level marks.

In Organic Perspective, it looks like you skip planning step entirely because I can't see the planning dots in the boxes. When you undershoot a line, there would still be a planning dot visible on the page because the mark doesn't quite cross it to cover up the dot. You can see in the gaps of boxes' corners, there is no trace of said dots. The planning dots serve as an anchor to guide your eyes and to pinpoint the location of your lines. Your lines come out quite wobbly in this exercise because they are missing said anchor points.

This wraps up my feedback on your submission. If you have any questions, fee free to ask under the reply section and I will try my best to answer them.

Next Steps:

Provide the missing pages:

  • 1 page of Superimposed Lines

  • 1 page of Ellipses in Planes

Revisions:

  • 1 page of Superimposed Lines

  • 1 page of Funnels

  • 1 page of Rough & Organic Perspective (2 frames are Rough Perspective, the final frame is Organic Perspective)

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
6:20 PM, Friday January 12th 2024
edited at 12:52 PM, Jan 15th 2024

Here are my revisions. I tried to address the comments you made. I didn't do the second variation of the funnels because I am trying to master the first level still.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dq1NxUZGoe8qMJsnIIr-7oSc63-FSN8S

edited at 12:52 PM, Jan 15th 2024
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10:03 AM, Friday February 9th 2024

Like I said on the discord I think you're ready, just keep in mind the funnels ellipses allignments and that you ghost adn plan each line on each box! I'm adding the reply cuz it seems tony missed it so just adding this so you can get the badge!

Good luck on the box challenge!

Next Steps:

250 box challenge

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