2Gimps

I don't want to keep going back and forth with this and I'm sure you don't either. But I want to make something clear. After reading this it makes me realize we're talking about 2 different things. This image here that you showed https://imgur.com/02ZRmkJ it was done 3 days ago on 3/9. I threw away 1/2 the boxes because I didn't know we need to turn them in. So I had to redo a big portion of them. The other 2 images  https://imgur.com/7BmXyXR & https://imgur.com/nMrdsIT . Those were done at the very beginning of the challenge. All of them are from the beginning except for the ones marked with a 3/9 date or a 3/10 date. Why does that matter? It matters because at the beginning of this challenge my focus was not on drawing nice solid boxes. After watching my videos 3 times & yours. I didn't understand what exactly you wanted me to do. So I put my focus on drawing boxes and breaking them down. Turning them in space, flipping them, moving the VP's close, then far away, moving only one side etc. Then I would use a ruler to learn what each line does and why. Then I compared it to other boxes to see how they change to one another etc. My goal wasn't to draw a sold confidant box. It was to draw a box, break it down, and learn as much as I could learn on my own. Then at about 1/2 through after I learn what I could on my own. I used what I learn to draw solid boxes. You could of say anything else and I would of except it. I was lazy in drawing the 1st 1/2 of my boxes. I should have focused on drawing them solid and learning what I could at the same time. Not splitting up my focus on one thing or another. Ok fair enough. But to say I rushed. This couldn't be further from the truth. I gave it my all and I put my focus where I could to learn as much as I could at the time. But telling me I rushed is equal to telling me I don't care. IMO If you rush through something clearly it's not as important to you as you think it is. Because if it where you would've taken your time. So saying I rushed is the worst thing you could say those words truly cut me deep. Any rate I'm not gonna keep beating this thing. I'm over it and moving on. In the future please continue to hold my feet to the fire and tell me when I doing it wrong. But also understand I will never rush or do something to just get it done with. I will definitely screw up and get things wrong. But I will never rush.  Oh and please don't misunderstand me. I appreciate you and what you're doing. and I'm actually very grateful. Otherwise, I wouldn't promote drawabox and push other students who have asked me this way. 

peace love and chicken grease  

Thank You for getting back to me. But I want to address a few things. I did go back and look & you did leave that in a comment. My apologizes I honestly didn't see it. Now there is something I want to address. Something you said that cut me deep, insulted and belittled the efforts I have put forth. You said that I rushed and hurried through. I got tired and would fall back on old habits to get me through. Along with some other things. This couldn't be further from the truth. I have done my best on every assignment to the best of my ability. I have given 100% every time. Let's take the 250 box exercise. Most of those boxes were done in the efforts to learn something. Not to just make a pretty box. I'm unable to learn from reading. I have to see it and do it to understand or I can't do it. This is the exact reason I read the website out loud on my videos. So I can watch the videos back and then learn.  But as I said I learned a lot. I learned how the lines will behave in most positions/ directions. Which helped me a great deal. Now I just need to get the line to go where I want. I draw in multi-direction not to be cocky or arrogant. But b/c I was teaching myself. You said I've had other training. I haven't had any training. I've been trying to learn on my own for a very long time. So years ago it's all I knew so that's what I did. I practiced drawing lines in every possible way for years when I wasn't in a hospital etc... I even talked about that in one of my vids where I say I think drawing in one direction for a beginner is a better idea. Don't copy what I am doing. I've put years into learning to draw a line in every direction. So I still practice in multi directions. Except for when I'm doing homework assignments. You said you would prefer us not to, so I try not to. But honestly, sometimes it happens. But I do my best to draw in one direction. But that's not the point, the point is I didn't think I was turning in the challenge. So I used it to solely learn as much as I could. All while drawing 250 boxes. Not to just draw 250 boxes if that makes sense. Now I will admit I don't use the ghosting method as much as I should. It's something I've done before drawabox. I use the ghosting method with everything but lines. Ghosting lines is new & it's something I'm working on and it's one of the main reasons I took the course. So I learn to stop and think. Up until now, I would just draw something, then came back to it, fix what was wrong/add, and repeat. I guess you can say I like to think on the page. But trying to break this has been very hard. So I've been trying to learn to think it through before, and more so I just want to learn. 

You also said "You also start to doodle more along the sides as your focus drifts" and"encouraging you to use your whole arm when drawing, whereas drawing smaller in a more cramped space will have the opposite effect". I've never doodled on my homework pages. Like I said before I thought I was done with the paper so I reused them, Paper doesn't go to waste here. For the same reason, I stretch paper out and draw smaller. is because it's expensive. when you're on disability, can't afford food for a portion of the month, and are on the brink of being homeless. Paper is very expensive at least for me. As far as not using the whole arm. I use my whole arm for all of them except for super small detail stuff. 

I can't express how bad I want to learn. How much I want this and to say I would rush and speed through. After giving it everything I have. Don't misunderstand I'm not saying I'm perfect, far from it. I know I mess up and when I do please call me out on it. That way I can learn. I learned awhile back failure is a great thing. It's when you are failing you are learning the most. But this is so far off the mark. When I give it everything I have, taken my time, and tried to learn as much as I absolutely can. For example the textures homework or the intersections homework. They were very hard for me (never done textures before so it was hard to do it without outlining something. The intersection b/c I don't turn the page to draw boxes. so when I had to turn the page so I could draw in one direction only. It makes see the 3d of the box very hard for me), I spent days on them & there were several times I wanted to throw them out and start over. But I kept going and In the end, I was proud of myself. I give the same amount of effort to everything I do. Then to only have someone step on that effort just hurts.