Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
12:25 AM, Tuesday November 30th 2021
Lesson 1 finally is up. Thank you in advance.
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3:38 AM, Wednesday December 1st 2021
Hi Shotke, I'll ne handling the critique for this lesson
-Starting with the superimposed lines, I can see that in some cases your lines fray at both ends, this is something you should aim to improve, make sure to always start at the same point. You can improve accuracy as you practice and do your warmups, but for the moment it is important that you stick to the rules.
-Moving on to the ghosted lines, I can notice that most of your lines are of a consistent size, don't be afraid to make longer lines, I stress this point because as you move through the lessons you´ll want your drawings to be of a considerable size, this will help you to have better results. So don't forget to practice those.
-Continuing on to the ghosted planes and ellipses in planes exercise, you make a great job drawing confident and accurate lines, as to your ellipses the results vary but remember that at this point confidence goes over accuracy.
-In the tables of ellipses exercise, you make a great job drawing through your ellipses, but one important thing to keep in mind is that you should draw with concrete goal, don't leave your ellipses just floating within the rectangle, the perfect way to focus on the position, angle, degree and size of an ellipse is to have them fit snugly withing the space they are occupying, as shown here.
-Your funnels are pretty good, you could aim to improve the alignment, but for the most part they meet the requirements needed.
-I think you forgot the plotted and rough perspective.
-Moving to the rotated boxes, it seems that you grasped the purpose of the exercise so good job.
-Finishing with the organic perpective, it seems that you also grasped the point, just remember to avoid any dramatic foreshortening
Next Steps:
Before I can mark this lesson as complete please submit the missing exercises, the plotted perspective and the rough perspective please.
5:37 PM, Wednesday December 1st 2021
Alright then, wrapping up your critique with the rough perspective you're doing a great job aligning the llines to the horizon line as needed, so it seems that you grasped the concept behind this exercise.
Next Steps:
Now you can move on to the box challenge.
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