Struggling to get this done on time while understanding it. I'm having some questions about approaching this; sorry in advance for this being a little long winded. I'll work on more proper drawings for this assignment and post them asap, but for now I did a small doodle of some of the problems I am facing while working on this. When trying to draw the object I chose from memory, I'm having a lot of issues concerning proportion and consistency. Not only that, but the biggest headache of this is that the object I chose is very round and full of curved edges; the trunk and handle also have an c and s curve gestures that are very hard to predict in other angles... The easiest part of the drawing if anything comes from the top part that is slightly more geometrical. All of these issues and trying to draw it from memory are giving me symptoms of analysis paralysis when working on drawing this object in different angles. I've always had issues with drawing dynamic angles for human bodies and keeping them in proportion for these same reasons... I tried thinking of 2 possible solutions for this: 1. I can split the object into smaller boxes and tackle the object in "parts"; this helps a lot more with proportion, though that does not solve the issue of calculating more rounded curves like the S curve of the elephant trunk or how how round the elephant itself should be in other angles. 2. I can carve the angles of the elephant, almost as if i were building a low polygon model in a retro video game. The same issues still apply but it's a bit more detail oriented. And proportion is not considered as well. Both have their own pros and cons, but I'm wondering what I can do to properly tackle a more rounded object like this. I didn't particularly make the connection in my head that the plane demos were a lot easier to follow since the were more geometric shapes, but I'm very curious how I can tackle more rounded objects in the future, or at least convert a more geometrical object into a more organic shape. Though if the issue I am having is something to be tackled in a later lesson, then maybe I might have been a little too ambitious with picking a more rounded shape for this assignment for now. Should I just continue to tackle this or just do a simpler object? It's never too late to do other objects that are more geometrical for now and work my way up to doing something with more complex curvatures like this.

Drew this alongside the demo.... Always seen orthographics done but never put them into practice before. Time to change that!

Here's a couple for this assignment! Felt a little unsure in some places, but it did work my brain!

Here's what I have so far for this assignment! Expect this to be edited or replied to later with more in the coming hours. I drew a lot more for this assignment, I just need to edit them together like the other pieces below, but I just wanted to post at least something before the deadline!

Playing catchup, not in linear order! Here is this assignment first. I am very excited to finally get into measuring foreshortening soon. I tried jumping in a little early for the arrows. but some might not be 100 percent accurate! That's ok though, its a learning process!

Melted Pancakes assignment! Did some thumbnails prior to the final piece, initially thinking this would require more thought, however as I did it, the mountains started to come more naturally, like a stream of conciousness, and in the end i felt like i didnt even need the initial thumbails. I think this is a great thing to practice when you have artblock or you need a nice quick environment for a scene.

One Point Perspective!!! For this one, I used my last name (Pronounced 'Oh-Lohr-Teh-Gee'). Initially, I just tried to practiced one point perspective by just simply spelling the letters out and extruding them. However, I wanted to also stylize them, so I ended up using some of the quick 20 sketches to brainstorm some ideas for fonts, and ended up using #17 for the second round. For some of these, they were a head scratcher; for others, as long as the rules were followed, it felt natural.

Decided to do the blob approach after the last assignment, That warning at the start made me laugh out loud. Really would have helped me to watch this before doing the last assignment. This is a much faster approach to drawing boxes than I'm used to! In a matter of a day I was able to draw 2 pages worth, where it would have taken me much longer if I tried to estimate the vanishing points for each and every box. The note of just letting the lines fly for now really stops me from overthinking; I'm really thankful for that. On the second one I wanted to test myself and see if I could put multiple forms in the same space near eachother. Wasn't focused on making things right anatomically or making any interesting shapes really, just wanted to play around with what I can do with the blob approach and see if I can get the beginnings of stacking form on top of eachother. Neat stuff!

Hey Marshall! Decided to do 3 objects I found around my house as practice for the assignment. This was real tough, but also really exciting! I feel like I was making myself uncomfortable but in the fun, learning way. This was done before watching the blob technique videos so I can get a more clear vision of what I am currently lacking when it comes to working with this. I also wanted to try to challenge myself and draw a simplified character in perspective with the head and body being in different angles, and that, alongside the character's ears, made it very hard to determine in more extreme angles. I'm pretty sure I wasn't able to get it right, but at least it's a current approximation of my current skills and provides a roadmap of what to work on. Something I've noticed is that I am lacking is proper technique and learning to properly apply concepts about perspective taught to me fully,.. I like to see it like working on a puzzle, where while the edges and outer shapes are put together, the inner shapes are still missing to really tie things together. Like the concepts of perspective are there, but that lack of a deeper knowledge is what is making feel like I'm rowing without a paddle at many times. Hopefully I can learn how to tie everything together in this course and that feeling can go away. That said, line systems do help me vaguely with learning how to get there, even if i am just being introduced to them now for the first time. I also realized that later on, I should have just winged some of the squares for the harder angles, instead of measuring where they converge. I feel like that would have helped with training my eye better. I might also have gone a bit overboard with the foreshortening, but that was mostly because I wanted to have clear converging points, and not have it fall off the paper (it wasn't successful in some cases). But again, I will try to train my eye in the future. Overall, fun exercise! Looking forward to more assignments and videos this year!

Happy new year, Marshall! Quick question about this, do we need to think about the vanishing points when doing this assignment? Also, when is this assignment due