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 :)

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.

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.

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

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 👍

Makoto Shinkai: D = 2 = The staircase railings get smaller as they go down. C = 2 = There is a bit with the staircase railing and some of the buildings at the back F = 2 = The staircase railing at the bottom and at the side is a bit foreshortened. O = 1 = Mitsuha standing in front of the staircase railing. A = 5 = Since they are on the steep side of the hill, and the bottom of the hill has the atmospheric blur, it makes Mitsuha stand out more. Franklin Booth: D = 5 = The hay bales and trees get smaller as they are further away C = 5 = The hay bales that are along the same row almost create converging lines F = 1 = The hay bales foreshorten a bit from this point of view O = 5 = The hay bales overlapping other hay bales. The hay bale overlapping the farmer emphasizes that the bales of hay are bigger than people. A = 1 = There's a bit of atmosphere. Or rather the things that are further away have less detail on them. Toshi Yoshida: D = 2 = The people and windows get smaller as they are further away. C = 5 = The whole alley and the building elements converges F = 0 = The cylindrical lanterns have some foreshortening O = 3 = The people and the store signs overlap each other. It creates the feeling of busyness A = 4 = The building at the back is a bit faded out into lighter colours which is interesting since the alley in front has darker colours.

Thank you for all the critiques Marshall! Especially reiterating the part about being messy not being a big deal; but rather the mess helping us to "separate the understanding from the execution". From this, I realised that I was afraid to do the 'clean-up' and draw a better straight-edge version. I'll strive to make the effort to conquer this fear in future assignments; and the tip about drawing lightly first may help me get over the fear too. Mistakes are critical in the journey to improvement (even if it means to (painfully) start over again) :D

I (finally) caught up with some of the homework for this course :D This exercise was fun actually! I got to think about the angles and the "hidden" lines that are being blocked by something in front.

Love how this course is touching on HOW and WHEN perspective is used to tackle creative challenges by professionals. I've always seen perspective as this unfathomable and secretive thing, but here it is slowly being revealed. Love love loved the insight into industry practice and pipeline.

Here is my Week 1 submission. There's room for lots of improvement, I'll redo this again in the future. Could I please ask for help with my gesture drawings overall? I've watched all the linked videos in the description, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong or how to improve... (in particular my 10 min drawings 1), 5), 7) and 10)). Normally, I start with the head, then the spine, and then everything else kinda flops after that... Any advice would be really helpful, thank you :)