xenofenix in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"

2016-07-01 05:39

Alrighty! I know July JUST started, but I'm eager to upload my second attempt at Lesson 3.

http://imgur.com/a/oGMIA

Here is my first attempt for reference: http://imgur.com/a/9gNEk

xenofenix in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants (version 3)"

2015-11-12 01:37

Lesson 3

I'm disappointed. I spent about hours (believe it or not) working on this and it looks terrible. I spent some time viewing/studying the plant first, then began, but most still disappoint me. By the end of it, I was tired and should have taken a break instead of coming up short. I compared with others' homework and mine is just disappointing.

xenofenix in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections (version 2)"

2015-07-18 22:03

Pheph. I struggled, again. I'm really trying and I hope there is some improvement. Trying to remain optimistic is tough, because I can't properly judge if I'm progressing and I know that I'm not where I would like to be.

Lesson 2(2)

I did make one observation. While trying to construct the intersection, I noticed there was more of a fundamental error that I needed to work on. For example, the ellipse in a cone was made at a strange (incorrect) angle, or the line on a plane on the box didn't align correctly.

I did complete the 250 box challenge, but I did not upload it.

xenofenix in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections (version 2)"

2015-06-28 02:17

Wow I had a lot of trouble:

Lesson 2

Homework 1:

While I didn't feel this was overly difficult, at times I misplaced the shading the inner part of the arrow. The more loops there were, the more difficult it became for me to see in 3D space. The organic forms with contour lines were fun. I wish it had more variation, but I didn't want to get too crazy with it.

Homework 2:

Overall the dissections were fun. I felt like my forms were organic enough. Even using references, I had trouble conveying texture. I'm not sure how to fix this. Specifically, on the second dissections page, I tried to convey lines on a watermelon, but it ended up looking like poor squiggly lines. On the same page, I tried to see in 3D space and create a dissection that was coming out towards the viewer. I must have executed the lines wrong, because it seemed to fall apart before I even began.

Homework 3:

I began failing immediately as I started. I started trying to study it more without all of the lines and I thought I got the hang of it. I continued, though I was confused during much of this lesson. It wasn't until the end of this homework that I remembered I needed to ghost my lines better.

Conclusion: I must remember to ghost. It is very important now and in future lessons.