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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
PureRef
This is another one of those things that aren't sold through Amazon, so I don't get a commission on it - but it's just too good to leave out. PureRef is a fantastic piece of software that is both Windows and Mac compatible. It's used for collecting reference and compiling them into a moodboard. You can move them around freely, have them automatically arranged, zoom in/out and even scale/flip/rotate images as you please. If needed, you can also add little text notes.
When starting on a project, I'll often open it up and start dragging reference images off the internet onto the board. When I'm done, I'll save out a '.pur' file, which embeds all the images. They can get pretty big, but are way more convenient than hauling around folders full of separate images.
Did I mention you can get it for free? The developer allows you to pay whatever amount you want for it. They recommend $5, but they'll allow you to take it for nothing. Really though, with software this versatile and polished, you really should throw them a few bucks if you pick it up. It's more than worth it.