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Michael Giff
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15d
added comment inHow to Bend and Twist an Arrow
Attempt 1:
Pros.... it's a drawing.
Cons: The proportions of the box and the taper into the arrow looks quite ugly. Not sure what I'm doing when we're dividing the box into sections and... I forgot to clearly show the inner curve of the arrow. Also the ellipse I used to guide my curve is really, really flat looking.
Can I take this information and create something that looks better or pleasing? Or will I just make all new mistakes and create an equally ugly drawing? Tune in tomorrow to find out folks!
Michael Giff
10d
Attempt 2:
The answer to hopefully no one's surprise is no... no I can't. Spent all night, well over 3 hours with this arrow and it looks... surprisingly like the one that only took 90 minutes T_T
Michael Giff
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1mo
Hooray for another demo.
I guess my biggest problem is correcting mistakes. The way you were able to fix that back fin is what I envy the most. Took a look, corrected a couple lines and moved on. I would have spent 20 minutes erasing/redrawing/erasing/redrawing, gritting my teeth and pulling out tufts of hair in the process.... is there a membership fee to join the bald brotherhood?
Yep. Definitely going to have a bald spot. That back tail and wings T_T There's just so many lines you have to keep track of... doesn't help that my hand is shaking and after erasing a few dozen times there really is no hope of seeing anything. Time for another long walk. I'll try one more time for the day and then just play with something more simple.
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Sorry to double post. Promise all other work and question will be posted in the replies.
I want to extrude the bottom rectangle (circled in the ortho) I know we did some of this in the Simple Forms exercise but I'm having trouble finding the lines. Lead is exterior lines, Blue is interior lines, and the red are my attempt find halves and thirds. Any advice? (I took this image off the graph so it would photograph a little bit clearer)
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The struggle bus continues. If I follow the grids they force proportions that I don't want, when I tell the the grid lines to leave me alone the line directions don't work. Even if the odd chance of a happy accident happens and the base form looks okay-ish I get completely loss when I need to extrude a form from it.
I tried making the grid lines that go back a bit more obvious with blue. Rather than grids forcing you, I am noticing that there are part of the grid that you aren't following very closely. Maybe rather than leaving the grid lines alone, you could try following them until the end to see why they give you a different result than what you would expect.
Thank you for your time and also thanks to Lin, Ishaan, and Roderick for their responses. Doing my best not to get too discouraged. Just need to remind myself that we all learn at our own pace and there is a whole lot of class left... I just like smashing the panic button, it's my default state in this life.
I think one of the things we have to accept is that we are all very much not equal, in the most positive way. We might be on similar journeys but we didn't start this course at the same point in the journey and, as it is an online course, we all have different amounts of free time and energy. There are many ways to look at things, one would be that there is joy in the act of learning itself so we can take a deep breath and just simply enjoy the privilege of being here. The other way to look at this is a more down to earth one, motivation is not how you get things done, habits are, I am a firm believer that nothing in this world can beat good habits and hard work. Discipline is not represented by the good days, it is represented by the bad days when you do feel discouraged but you choose to do it anyways.
Either way, I hope this reply was not too uncalled for, these are just some of the things I tell myself everyday too. I do wish you the best and think you are doing great by just pushing forward on your path
Maximilian Stallybrass
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1mo
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I don't know how to construct a perspective grid. Any help on that?
Hey there! I didn't know how to draw perspective grids either so after snooping around I found this video to be helpful enough to get me started on the assignment. https://youtu.be/5lPfz3BFxCM?si=gxcHwvhNP6o-58nd You can skip to the 7 minute 44 second mark if you're just interested in the grid making.
Dermot
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1mo
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Marshall, I've started looking at the many grids you uploaded, thanks.
How to you decide which grid you want to use as a guide.
If I want to draw something how do I choose between all these grids?
How would I design these grids from the ground up and what decisions
would I need to make to achieve the perspective I seek?
Am I missing the point of this exercise ?
I'd like to create a Grid to draw the 9 Basic Position Cubes.
Any advise would be great.
I have the exact same questions... maybe we should set off some flares, create a smoke signal... maybe a big SOS sign with some rocks?
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Has anyone had any luck printing out the downloadable graphs? Lines are too faint in default, I tried changing the contrast and switching the colors to black and white in a photo editor but have had no luck getting anything usable.
I printed a couple out to help ya. They look normal. I can see the lines just fine. Printed one from the low res and one from hi res folders. I don't know how much this helps though, lol.
Michael Giff
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2mo
Thanks for the lengthy critique video. I'll be sure to give it another go since I did struggle with it mightily.
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2mo
Struggling toward release of your powers and prowess...
