Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
1:51 PM, Tuesday June 9th 2020
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2:59 PM, Tuesday June 9th 2020
Hi, denyekayana. Good job on going through this lesson.
Lines
Overall your lines are good. Some of the superimposed ones are slightly arching. Although they are not particularly bad, this might be something to keep in mind. You kept up the good work during the ghosted lines and planes as well.
Ellipses
You did well on the table of ellipses, but, during the ellipses on planes exercises, a few of them are slightly deformed, probably because you were too focused in keeping them within the planes bounds and ended up trying to stir them during the process of drawing. You did a good job in the majority of them, though.
Boxes
Really good work on the rough perspective boxes. You kept everything aligned with the horizon and ended up with a good perspective, shown by your depth lines.
You did a good job regarding the mechanics of the rotated boxes exercise. The end result might not have ended so smooth as the example homework, but what's important here is to understand how boxes rotate in 3D space.
Again, you did well on the organic perspective. You kept a good flow from the smaller to the larger boxes. In some cases you could have overlapped more of the boxes. For example, on the top frame of the first page you leave a gap after the fifth small box. It would be better if you just kept an even distance between the boxes and then just overlapped the larger boxes on top.
Overall this is a very solid submission and you should feel free to start the boxes challenge.
Next Steps:
250 boxes challenge.
8:29 AM, Wednesday June 10th 2020
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