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6:59 AM, Sunday August 23rd 2020
Feedback for your Lesson 1 homework.
Lines:
Excellent work - I can see your lines are strong and confident, especially in Ghosted Lines and Ghosted Planes. There is a lot of fraying at the ends of Superimposed Lines, but that's normal and will tighten up as you keep practicing ghosting and focusing on accuracy.
Ellipses:
The ellipse lines are less confident than the straight lines, but that's normal - ellipses are tricky to draw when you're starting out! Great work on keeping them mostly within boundaries in the Tables and the Ghosted Planes. Funnels also look fine. However, I've noticed that you drew over the ellipses 3-4 times, when the lesson encourages you to draw over at most twice. Not a problem - I did the same thing for the ellipses exercises. But in future, I recommend practicing drawing over ellipses only twice, because having fewer "do-overs" will compel you to develop confidence in drawing them. You can practice Tables of Ellipses as warmup before doing DaB homework.
Boxes:
Plotted Perspective is fine. Great work on Rough Perspective, I can see you plotted out the dots and drew the lines well.
Great effort on the Rotated Boxes. The boxes rotate a bit, but they can definitely rotate more extremely, especially the ones at the far edges, and some of them look like they've been translated along the axis. (Check out the Lesson Page for an illustration of how the boxes don't rotate.) Nevertheless - you did it, and IMHO this is the hardest exercise in Lesson 1! I noticed that you have "done over" some of the lines, presumably to correct mistakes. Don't do that in future, as DaB is about building confidence and letting any mistakes stand. You don't "do over" lines in your other exercises, so keep up that good work!
Finally, well done on Organic Perspective - the linework starts to wobble a bit here, but not a problem, as you'll be drawing plenty of boxes for the 250 Box challenge and will get lots of practice constructing boxes in 3D space.
Overall, congrats on finishing Lesson 1! Don't forget to use these Lesson 1 exercises as warmup before you do those boxes -- Tables of Ellipses and Ghosted Planes are good practice.
Next Steps:
Proceed to 250 Box challenge.
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4:10 PM, Wednesday August 19th 2020
Apologies for posting my original critique in the wrong spot
Next Steps:
Another page of boxes in 3 point perspective with shallow foreshortening, with all the convergence lines going the away from the viewer.
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6:41 AM, Sunday August 23rd 2020
Hey Frog, I think your feedback is directed to the wrong person/submission. Brockkolee is doing Lesson 1 whereas your feedback looks like it's for 250 Boxes. Just FYI.
Pentel Pocket Brush Pen
This is a remarkable little pen. Technically speaking, any brush pen of reasonable quality will do, but I'm especially fond of this one. It's incredibly difficult to draw with (especially at first) due to how much your stroke varies based on how much pressure you apply, and how you use it - but at the same time despite this frustration, it's also incredibly fun.
Moreover, due to the challenge of its use, it teaches you a lot about the nuances of one's stroke. These are the kinds of skills that one can carry over to standard felt tip pens, as well as to digital media. Really great for doodling and just enjoying yourself.