This assignment was probably one of the hardest yet. I still am having a hard time with the ellipses. Whenever I place the major axis and try to make The lines cross over the major access and also touch the four corners it always looks weird and wrong. And Stans looks correct even though I feel like I'm doing the exact same thing. Although the assignment was fun. Had to sketch a lot of cubes to figure out what perspective I wanted it to be in. I probably made it harder for myself by choosing that low of an angle.

I'm watching it again after practicing. I've watched this a few times. So the major axis always splits the ellipse in half, right down the middle? So I could think of it that way when I am trying to place the major axis in the box.

how do you draw these ellipses in 2 point perspective? I'm having a hard time visualizing how do that the ellipses into a cylinder when the box only has two vanishing points. Or rather if you cant see the top plane or the bottom plane.

If you are like me and the major axis gives you major headaches: don't worry. Scott Robertson in his book describes how the minor axis is key to place the ellipse successfully in perspective. Nevertheless: I made a little animation to make it easier to observe what is happening with the major axis. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R4XWJ1ct1gI

Do we just eye ball the major axis? Or is there a way to be able to tell where it is supposed to be like how we discover the minor axis?

I had a lot of fun doing this. My shoulders are sore now. I don't think I've ever done a workout like that before. I am just curious if I'm getting this correctly before I spend another 30 minutes doing this. I used Stans 2 minute gesture drawing as my references without just copying him. I only glanced at his only once to see if mine looked like his at all . Would love critique of possible. Thank you!

One day i will revisit the course and do the level 2

This is kind of a fun thing to do. I can see how the 1p and 2p were so important to understand this. But now that I do I can think though the vanishing point, rather I can comprehend the vanishing points rules now so that objects looks correct. I love this.

has proko done on camera reference 12 anywhere? i am scrubbed each video and i dont know if i missed it. I'm having a lot of trouble with it.

I love this, Its cool to see your process. I noticed he showed another sketch book and said he drew a quick wireframe. Do you have a separate sketchbook for thumbnails and wireframes to help you envision what the scene will look like?

I think I got this correct. it's sort of hard visualizing a box around the head a little. Sense I just want to see the curves and not think of the box sitting in front of the face and around it. I would love some critique .

I practiced a lot till I felt comfortable and confident with it. This assignment was so much fun. It made me have a burning in my chest to keep doing it till I felt good about it

Is anyone else getting a lot of anxiety as the lessons get harder. Just trying to draw a model or a fun pose and i feel like i'm rushing through it and then disappointed by the outcome, like as I do the lessons and not really feel like i understood if it was successful or not I am sort of dragging that negative energy into my personal drawing and I feel like i'm rushing, or being super sloppy because I feel like my old way of doing it was wrong or something which i end up making a very ugly sketch that i don't want to work on anymore since I dont think any work on it would improve it at all which depresses my mood. I was just curious if someone had a similar feeling at times and how they worked through it? Edit: I have seen some opinion pieces that recomend taking drawing less seriously and relax and make it something more simple to help enjoy the process of learning like telling my self, i'm not drawing, i'm just making scratches on a piece of paper. And if it turns out good i can celebrate it.

After watching the lesson I had some confusion about the assignment. I tried to do the rhythms as I saw them and based on the continued guidance Stan had after the critique video. I'm not sure I quite understand and would love some guidance how I could improve the assignment so I can work more productively in the future. If possible if you see what I might be misunderstanding I would love to hear your insights. I really want to be able to practice this correctly so I form good habits.

Thank you Stan for answering my question. I took a short break to finish up my degree and I am very grateful and surprised to see that I made it into your video. Your explanation makes total sense and I was having some frustrations with trying to understand the concept about being "flow-y and also keeping proportions correct, my mind was having trouble comprehending how those could both exist at the same time and the critique have given me confidence to attempt the lesson now and catch back up to where we're at in the course. I have enjoyed the course so far and I hope to be able to continue to appreciate my time as a student.

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could i think of visual alignments, the term Stan uses when talking about Rhythms, as the arms in the Michelangelo: The creation of Adam. as Gods hand flows into Adams hands with the fingers touching. The Rhythms, the visual alignments is the flow between his arm and adams arm? I'm trying to wrap my head around it if possible. Thank you in advance.

i took a short break and now i'm ready to tackle the Rhythms lessons that scares the hell out of me. Then catch back up to do the depth lesson.

i have a question from other students or from a teacher. I've always sort of felt like i'm going to fast. In many lessons now we've been asked to set a time limit and not go over it. And i've never had an issue approaching what i call complete in significantly less time. But i worry i'm sacrificing quality while doing it, but even when i'm thinking about slowing down i still go way to fast. How you do all approach this? I'm trying to slow down and maybe its a mental game or something i'm not fully grasping.