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4:57 AM, Saturday August 8th 2020
Hi there, well done for completing this homework.
Here is my feedback:
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The overlapping line exercises look pretty good. You might be having a bit of trouble with curved lines, so just make sure you are still using the shoulder joint and not the wrist joint to move your hand. It seems like there is a ink blob at the beginning and at the end of the line, which may come from you having a good new pen with a lot of ink, or you might be holding the pen on the spot a bit too long. You can practice putting down and lifting the pen smoothly if latter is the issue.
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On the other hand, the ghosting line exercise seems to have the opposite issue. I don't see the ink blotch but I do see that you are missing the start and end point for some of the lines, so you may not be taking enough time to really practice your arm movement before you put down your mark. You might need to find a happy middle between how you drew the overlapping lines and ghosted lines.
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The planes and ellipses look good. Again, some of them may have been a bit rushed, so take your time.
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Funnel exercises: I think it's well done.
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Tables of Ellipses: they are good, but remember to correct any skewing each time you draw ellipses. Some of them have flatter sides or pointy edges, and they are repeated. I know it's tempting to continue doing what you do (which I tend to do as well) but you'd want to be constantly paying attention and correcting your quirks in your arm movement. Overall though, you've done a nice job!
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2P perspective boxes: They are good, but take note that you want to make hatching lines to go from one edge all the way to the other edge which will look neater and will train you to make consistent parallel lines.
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1P perspective boxes: I think it would have been better if you could add a bit more line weight to add the sense of depth and to clean up the lines.
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Rotated Boxes: well done
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Organic Perspective: I think again, you could add a bit more line weights especially to the boxes that are up close to add the sense of distance to your boxes. Otherwise, well done.
Next Steps:
Hope you'll keep practicing, and move through the rest of the lessons/homeworks for Draw A Box. Remember to take your time, relax and enjoy drawing :)
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