Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
4:04 AM, Saturday December 28th 2024
Hi! finally finished all my lesson 1 homework :D
Hello Potat, I’ll be critiquing your submission today; if you have any questions, feel free to ask below. With that said, I’ll go ahead and review your submission.
Lines
You start off the lesson well with your superimposed lines; the lines remain fairly consistent between each line. Fraying begins to occur as the lines get longer, nothing to worry about; that will improve with practice. Next up are your ghosted lines, which wobble slightly a bit but are fairly accurate for the most part. Nice work.
Ghosted Planes & Ellipses
Now onto the ghosted planes and ellipses. Clear planning of your lines is present, and you seem to be very accurate in each line. The ellipses shown are confidant and are clearly drawn over more than once. Additionally, you reach all four edges of the plane most of the time.
Table Of Ellipses & Funnels
Moving along to your table of ellipses, consistent lines are present, and all ellipses are drawn through at least twice. Ellipses are slightly loose, but that’s a normal occurrence that’ll tighten up with practice. Your funnels have little to no tilt and you understand the importance of the central minor axis. Nice execution on your ellipses overall.
Plotted, Rough, & Organic Perspective
Starting from plotted perspective, the back corners are slanted, but don't be worried; this is pretty common and as you progress towards the 250 challenge you’ll learn where to estimate back corners. Your boxes within the rough perspective remain in one-point perspective, and appear to have clear planning for each line. Line extensions are correctly taken from each corner of the box using a ruler and reach the vanishing point fairly accurately. Pressing ahead, your rotated boxes have clean lines with little space between them. However the diagonal boxes don't rotate as much and appear to converge towards the same VP. Don't be too worried about it though, I recognize the difficulty of this particular exercise and you'll get more opportunities during warm-ups to work on it. Lastly, your organic perspective boxes hold consistent lines, and you show clear intentions with the ghosting method. As you progress through pages 1 and 2, you begin to experiment with box orientation as you develop spatial reasoning. Next time try exaggerating the scale a bit more, the box size doesn't really increase dramatically as the path approaches the viewer. The hatching is generally good but be mindful with the confidence, lines on a few boxes appear a bit more wobbly.
Overall great job, you understand the importance of line confidence and met the goals for each exercise.
Next Steps:
Remember to take these exercises into your warm-ups (10-15 minutes), and you can move on towards the 250 Box Challenge. Good Luck!
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