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9:07 AM, Tuesday March 30th 2021
At first i want to say you did a great job, your ghosted lines are very precise and also the circles on the funnels are pretty nice. The biggest problem i can see is the understanding of perspective, but dont worry this is normal, in the 250 box challenge perspective will make much more sense.
Another thing that i want to mention is the use of line weight. Line weight is not a must, but it helps communicate the form to the viewer. Only apply line Weight to the silhouette. It will help allot when objects start to overlap each other. For Example in the Organic Perspective exercise you added some line weight to clarify witch box is in front. But remember only thicken the line if the line is part of the silhouette. Also dont use line weight to hide Mistakes, one extra pass is often enough. Every stroke you do in draw a box needs to be ghosted even if you add line weight.
Next Steps:
I think you can go to the 250 Box challenge, i would recommend to practice line weight in the box challenge.
Have a nice Day and keep on drawing :D,
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3:36 AM, Wednesday March 31st 2021
Thank you so much for your advise! Yes, I think I am a bit confused about perspective. I hope 250 box challenge will help me to improve as you said.
Have a nice day!
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9:11 AM, Tuesday March 30th 2021
Hi! I just recently finished lesson 1 myself, so take the things I say with a grain of salt.
I'd say you're mostly doing well on these exercises, but obviously no-one's perfect.
Superimposed lines:
Fraying of the lines on the other end is fine, but you should be careful not to have any on the beginning end of the line.
Ellipses in planes & funnels:
I noticed that a lot of your ellipses are undershooting the edges of the boxes and funnels (not horribly but still), mine aren't perfect either but what seemed to help was to start ghosting the ellipses in the planes with a sort of diamond shape with the corners being at the centers of the sides of the planes. After you can ghost the diamond shape and hit all the sides, you start softening it into an ellipse, if that makes sense?
Rough perspective:
Be careful to keep all the lines going where they're supposed to. Some of the lines that are supposed to be vertical (this is "2-point" perspective), are a bit crooked. Having the vertical lines be as straight as possible also helps with getting the other lines.
Rotated boxes & organic perspective:
In the rotated boxes excersize it's crucial to keep the boxes consistent on all sides. In the organic boxes exersize the perspectives aren't very consistent. You should think about what point of each box is the closest to the viewer/ camera to help with figuring out where the vanishing points for the boxes are.
Next Steps:
I think you'll have plenty of time to get your boxes in order by making 250 of them! That's what I personally am moving onto next, but it is also what is recommended by Uncomfortable before getting into Lesson 2.
There isn't really any luck involved in these exersizes so I'll say "Good work ethic!" to you instead.
3:43 AM, Wednesday March 31st 2021
Wow, I learned many things from your advises! I didn't think about those you mentioned. Yes, I definitely have a lot of room to understand perspective and I believe I will get better if I do 250 box challenge and I am going to.
Have a nice day and good work ethic!
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