Critique - The Secret of Simple Forms
Critique - The Secret of Simple Forms
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Critique - The Secret of Simple Forms

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Critique - The Secret of Simple Forms

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Marshall Vandruff
Great job turning blobs into boxes! I'll take a look through your submissions focusing on simplifying forms, foreshortening, and depth. Key takeaways include using basic planes, leveraging overlap, and refining structure without stressing about proportions too soon.
Newest
Li Ming Lin
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 :)
Pär
8d
Gave the plane a go, and after an embarrassing start it took of somewhat. Then moving on to the primitives and basic objects from the zolly app. Fumbling with the spheres and unexpectedly also with the cones. But going from blob->cylinder->box->cone to reason out, especially with foreshortening, made it clearer. Guess the few descriptive lines and connections makes it all the more so important with what's there in order to specify the forms and plane change. Then more primitive forms from the zolly app, with the sun chair not being my proudest accomplishment 😬 but also moving on with some improvement with the other objects. But either way, the brain cells was making some more connections i think. And while trying it out it opens up ways to go about it, as well as putting a light on problems to solve and creating a desire for learning more.
Lin
8d
Okay, after a fair bunch of these over the last three days I can say I feel more comfortable with the xyz axes although I’m still not getting the convergences and right angles quite correct yet. These are 15-20 second boxes, just trying to feel space out. Excited to go into more precision as the lessons advance.
Arian Dail Jumawan
sorry late to the party, but how do I access the community assignment collections like shown in the video?
Ethyn
9d
Hi Arian, The assignments shown in this vid are from the "Assignment - The Secret of Simple Forms" lesson (the first one in the "Intro To Forms" section). If you click on the lesson and scroll down (under the assignments tab), you should see everyone's submissions.
Ethyn
10d
Awesome critique vid, lots to learn! After seeing the other assignment submissions, I felt I could push myself a bit more. I've picked out some more things to be practising now.
Anthony DeGennaro
This is not really related to the crit which was really helpful, but is there a lesson to go with the airplane model? I want to make sure Im not missing anything.
Charlie Nicholson
Strictly speaking, no, but the airplane will make appearances throughout the course. This week we'll be releasing a demo further demonstrating the blob approach to create airplanes.
Stevie Roder
Great Critique, as always, Marshall. This blob-to-simple-shape assignment was a really fun one. I probably learned a ton more with this lesson. I am definitely going to do more blobs and simple form exercises. I still have plenty to learn about blobs; they are fun to draw. I love being a part of this group since I learn quite a bit from my fellow peer's advice they gave me, which I'm grateful for as well.
Michael Giff
Great video, I'll be sure to try to recreate and alter some of the beginner friendly examples but take the time to try and understand the more elaborate ones. Also can't thank the more advance students enough for offering helpful comments and examples for us beginners, it's been invaluable and I appreciate it greatly. I hope to return the favor to others someday.
Randy Pontillo
Groups of artists are hard to find, glad Im part of this huge one!
Marshall Vandruff
I'm smiling regularly and bragging to colleagues about the fact that you all are doing this thing!
Raitlin
14d
Of course when I do a rush job it ends up in the thumbnail! But thank you for the pointer, the band of the padlock was very off, even after adjusting after tilting the real thing around.
John
13d
I really liked your padlocks. It inspired me to work on some similar curved objects in my apartment!
Marshall Vandruff
Hardly a big deal. The MUCH bigger deal is that you worked on it, and your awareness is now keener!
Rachel Dawn Owens
Thank you Marshall. These critiques are awesome!
Marshall Vandruff
Thank you Rachel!
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