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Li Ming Lin
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7d
added comment inAssignment - What is Zero Point Perspective?!
Asked for help
My favourite thing about orthos is that we can use one/two other views to get measurements or reference points of another view - I find that useful and very convenient.
I felt the charger was a good recap; however, I want to challenge myself for harder shapes in my next ortho.
Hope that it's ok to resubmit my crane orthos, even though I've already posted it in the 'Objects and Environments' lesson (I used the Blob Approach to draw the three-quarter view). The crane orthos was probably more suited to this lesson. The boom was the most complicated part because of all the pendant pipes. Had lots of fun though!
Anke Mols
4d
I like your crane so much, its so well done. Did you use a reference or were you able to create one on your own? I'm asking cause Id love to try this one out, thanks for helping me out.
Li Ming Lin
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21d
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Attempted to do Method 2 in freehand mode - and tbh it was hard to estimate the depth lines without a ruler haha. For example, the 'G' looks a bit weird, and I made my Chinese surname have more pointy strokes until I got lost of where the point should end on the depth line at the back. For one sketch, I even (shamefully) forgot to put a vanishing point…
I still had fun, and will continue to do more :)
@niesmiesznyzart
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25d
I don't know if I should draw vanishing points or just eye-ball it, also how to draw equal wings? ?
Any feedback welcome
Hi there,
For the vanishing points, it seems that Demo 2 has some vanishing points. I personally don't fully understand vanishing points yet, however I don't think it is the focus of this lesson. It'll probably be its own lesson in the future.
For those wings that should be about the same size, I found those crisscross that Marshall drew on both wings quite useful. So the crisscross area of each wing should be about 'comparable' as mentioned from 16:00 - 16:30 minutes. It is also a good reminder that the crisscross areas will include any hidden areas (e.g. the part of the wing that is behind the plane's body).
In terms of feedback, I feel that the estimation for the size of the equal-sized wings was good, even without the crisscross! I think one thing to work on is the angle of the wings compared to the plane's body. For example, the middle plane's wings would be more parallel to the body's horizontal-ish lines. I think you were going for the vanishing points? However, using our imagination, I think it wouldn't be as big of an angle difference, similarly with the back tails; this is something I also need to work too, I had to redraw a lot of my wings again because they didn't look right with the plane's body. Finally, I liked how you started the blobs at the top and then the planes had more structured forms as we go down the page. Hope this helps :)
Li Ming Lin
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24d
It was fun to follow along, here is a page of planes :)
I thought that the repetition was good. By the 7th demo, I drew a bit faster and had a better understanding of the plane's form.
Li Ming Lin
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1mo
Awesome lesson and demo. I learnt that understanding the forms is still an important aspect in drawing organic stuff. It was also comforting to hear that the forms themselves don't need to be perfect, because it is just a method for us to understand the object's form better.
Li Ming Lin
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1mo
Oh my goodness! The explanation about the padlock's ring (with the little line sticking out) is something that I have been struggling literally forever. I finally understand, thank you so much!
I tried it with a cup's handle, and it makes so much sense now, especially when I drew the form in boxes first.
Amazing inspirations and great things to learn from these critique lessons as always :)
Li Ming Lin
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1mo
I used to think that a picture can only have 1-4 vanishing points. However, this lesson made me realise that an obj/env/character can have parts that correspond to multiple vanishing points (e.g. parts that can turn). I have thoroughly enjoyed this lesson.
Gave the digger a go too, and the orthos and the Blob Approach were a massive help! I did the side view first, then the front, top and finally the 3/4 view.
The orthos helped me to get the 3D concept into my head better and guide the proportions. While the Blob Approach helped me draw the base of the 3/4 view.
I also drew some striped socks like in the video. I couldn't get the form or the orthos of the human feet correct - but hope to try again after watching the 'How to Mechanize Organic Forms' lesson.
Li Ming Lin
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1mo
Started practising the Blob Approach with a few simple blobs. At first I struggled a bit because they didn't look right, but got better many blobs later.
This exercise also made me realise how good Peter's suggested drawing warmup routine was in one of the previous lessons (the warmup where we drew lots of straight lines). I can see (and feel tbh!) how wonky my edges are when trying to draw a box around the blob, even though the edges are so short. I think if I had done the warmup at the start, my edges could have been straighter.
Li Ming Lin
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2mo
Asked for help
Hi Marshall, just to clarify about the assignment and the Blob approach.
Is the assignment asking us to draw the object's simple form in boxes first? Or would we need to apply the Blob approach, and draw the blob shape first? For example, at 6:55, the digger looks like the blob shapes were drawn first before the boxes.
Or is practising the Blob approach more like a 2nd assignment to prep us for a future lesson, and is separate from this lesson's assignment?
Thanks a bunch
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2mo
I love the blob approach, but no need to use it if you don't need it.
More students have taken to as a way to ease into form than any other way I know, and it has helped me get started more than any other way I know. That's why I recommend it!
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2mo
We're gonna go into more detail on the blob approach in the next premium lesson (other than the critique) which will come out later this week! You can consider the blob approach to be a separate technique.
Thank you Peter and Marshell for a wonderful demo! Very inspiring.
I especially appreciate the explanation of how it can be overwhelming at the start regarding which subject matter to dive into first (e.g. architecture, animals, humans, etc...). However, after dedicating ourselves to a particular subject, the knowledge gained can be transferred to another subject. I found this incredibly helpful and encouraging because I was worried about the same thing until I watched this lesson 👍
