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5:32 PM, Friday May 21st 2021
Overall, good work. You're clearly grasping the concepts of the lessons and your ellipses are really nice.
The only thing that's lacking (and it's kind of a big one) is your linework. Your lines are pretty consistently wobbly throughout your assignments, and around the Rough Perspective assignment you start getting into the dangerous habit of drawing over incorrect lines (a habit I'm guilty of myself, but one that's important to try to break).
I don't think it's quite so egregious that you can't move on, but I would recommend doing a page or two of ghosted planes and/or ghosted lines as a warmup each day before you start on your boxes. Confident, straight linework is going to be key.
Nice job!
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 Box Challenge, but do more Ghosted Lines/Planes as your warmup.
5:50 PM, Friday May 21st 2021
Thanks for the surprisingly quick review! I am aware that I've developed a bad habit of re-drawing ghosted lines, and I am also already actively trying to un-learn it again. I'll definitely work on my straight lines, thanks for the critique!
Ellipse Master Template
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.