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10:48 PM, Thursday October 12th 2023
Hi there!
Congrats on finishing lesson 1!
I see nobody has given you a critique yet. If you don’t mind, here is a short and sweet one so you can move on to the next step.
You did you pages digitally, which is fine since you're not asking for an official critique. That being said, if you have the means to, I really recommend doing it with pens on paper.
Page checklist :
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2 Pages of Superimposed Lines: X
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1 Page of Ghosted Lines: X
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2 Pages of Ghosted Planes: X
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2 Pages of Tables of Ellipses: X
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2 Pages of Ellipses in Planes: X
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1 Page of Funnels: X
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1 Page of Plotted Perspective: X
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2 Pages of Rough Perspective:
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1 Page of Rotated Boxes: X
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2 Pages of Organic Perspective: X
What you did well :
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Your boxes in the rough perspective are solid and well constructed.
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Nice variety on your ellipses pages. You drew through them a few time as well, as requested. They mostly touch each other as they should.
What you could improve :
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Some of your ghosted lines are wobbly, which could be due to the tool you're using though. Keep working at it and you should gain confidence in your lines over time.
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You struggled a little with the corner boxes in the rotated boxes pages. Don't be affraid to start rotating the second boxes from the centre line more.
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Some of the boxes in the organic perspective pages are wonky. Take your time to build them from the Y method and think about where the convergences are.
Next Steps:
Do the 250 boxes challenge
Sakura Pigma Microns
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.