Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

4:17 PM, Sunday March 20th 2022

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8:47 AM, Monday March 21st 2022
edited at 8:49 AM, Mar 21st 2022

Good job on completing Lesson 1!

I did not reailize this had been already critiqued lol, ibhave deleted my critique

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edited at 8:49 AM, Mar 21st 2022
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6:28 PM, Sunday March 20th 2022

Hello!

Congratulations on getting through your first lesson!

Now to the critique:

Lines:

Your lines seem to be at times wobbly so remember to ghost through them before confidently drawing the line. Your lines should be smooth and straight over accuracy. On the superimposed lines you also seem to have some fraying on both ends so remember to start from the same place always. Your lines also arch sometimes so remember to draw using your shoulder, If it becomes an issue even when taking your time to draw the line properly consider trying to arch the line on the opposite direction in case you subconsciously arch it in one direction.

However you have done a good job with your lines as well: there are ones that are accurate, straight and smooth. So just remember to be patient when drawing your lines! :D

Ellipses:

Overall your ellipses look good! They seem to be, for the most part, drawn confidently and smoothly and you have remembered to draw trough them twice. In ellipses in planes exercise some of the ellipses are deformed and don't touch all the sides of planes. So remember ghost them properly. However accuracy does take time and now your main priority should be keeping the ellipses smooth and confidently drawn, Your funnels look good, There are cases where the minor axis doesnt cut the ellipse symmetrically in half but again accuracy improves overtime so I wouldn't worry about it,

Boxes:

First of all your plotted perspective exercise is really well made! On the rough perspective, remember to keep the height lines perpendicular to horizon and widht lines parallel to horizon. On the rotated boxes: remember to rotate the boxes enough as some of the boxes aren't rotating enough throwing the whole picture off. However putting boxes in correct perspective and getting it rotate is a hard task which you will get to tackle in 250 box challenge so don't worry about this.

You can address the things I pointed out in your warm ups but all in all you did really well! You are free to now move on to the boxes challenge! Good job! :)

Next Steps:

250 box challenge

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6:33 PM, Sunday March 20th 2022

Lines:

Very clear intention to begin carefully on the same spot each time (in other words, you don't have fraying on both ends, which is good). While a few lines wobble, it's clear you're trying to draw confidently, as the instructions asked. There's some arching, but it seems to have disappeared for the most part in the ghosted planes.

Ellipses:

You very clearly are trying to keep the ellipses snuggly up against each other and within the confines of the given space, while also drawing through them as was instructed. Good job.

Boxes:

In plotted perspective, it looks like you're adding line weight to the inner lines as well to the outer lines of the boxes. This shouldn't be the case. To remember which lines get the line weight, try to imagine the box was entirely filled in with black. Only the lines defining the silhouette would be getting the line weight.

Another thing to keep in mind, notably for the rough perspective exercise, is that the height lines for the boxes should be perpendicular to the horizon line. It looks like you were indeed trying to do this, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.

For rotated boxes, I don't see any obvious mistakes. Same with organic perspective. Great job!

Next Steps:

I believe you're ready for the 250 box challenge!

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