Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

2:54 PM, Sunday March 29th 2020

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Most of these i feel like i did a decent job, some were a little a challenge but most i did understand. the only two i had a bit of a hard time with was drawing curved line for organic perspective and drawing circles for ellipses

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6:44 AM, Monday March 30th 2020

The curves feel smooth and consistent and look pretty good, however the imposed lines seem to fray a a lot from both ends and are a bit wobbly on the first page. The second page does show improvement with confidence but still frays. Try to start at the starting point of the line and continue from there.

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10:57 AM, Tuesday May 19th 2020

Hi Paranomalwar - I'd like to remind you that for future lessons you should use ink and paper instead of digital, as specified here. If you can't find a fineliner, you can use a ballpoint pen.

There is another existing review so I'll mark this lesson as complete. Good luck with the 250 box challenge!

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As discussed in Lesson 0, printer paper (A4 or 8.5"x11") is what we recommend. It's well suited to the kind of tools we're using, and the nature of the work we're doing (in terms of size). But a lot of students still feel driven to sketchbooks, either by a desire to feel more like an artist, or to be able to compile their work as they go through the course.

Neither is a good enough reason to use something that is going to more expensive, more complex in terms of finding the right kind for the tools we're using, more stress-inducing (in terms of not wanting to "ruin" a sketchbook - we make a lot of mistakes throughout the work in this course), and more likely to keep you from developing the habits we try to instill in our students (like rotating the page to find a comfortable angle of approach).

Whether you grab the ream of printer paper linked here, a different brand, or pick one up from a store near you - do yourself a favour and don't make things even more difficult for you. And if you want to compile your work, you can always keep it in a folder, and even have it bound into a book when you're done.

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