What your saying is a bit complicated but i do think i get it, if i don't feel free to correct me. essentially shapes are forms without their internal edges, doesn't matter the angle of the shape in question. those shapes however are ultimately representive of form and exist in 3d space like forms unless your stylizing them as being directly 2d like certain cartoons. you can design form and shapes to achieve certain effects
Thank you for the response. I do think i understand your point, i've have a bad habit of "preparing to draw things" subconciously i.e I wouldn't do anything unless i knew i was at least semi competent at some of the basic fundamentals of those things; however, i realize this "ideology" contradicts the reality i've personally experienced with me redrawing things that i've drawn as a younger person and seeing the result genuinely get better. I think with just writing comics. the comics i wanna make are so deeply personal, that i dont want them to seem childish or unprofessional especially in comparison to my art heroes who i do realize have been doing this for longer. so far i've done this art thing for like 6-7 (Don't laugh...) years so i guess i feel like i should be better somehow.
Thank you so much for the critique, i was a little surprised by how quick the critique came but it was a pleasant surprise. im glad to be doing drawabox again and hope to complete this time
Thanks for the great critique! and sorry the little mishap with drive.
indeed i also feel like my line quality had improved more than my boxes and ill try to be more patient with myself ,thank you so much for the thoughtful advice!
understandable, thanks for replying Uncomfortable!
Hello thank you for the thoughtful criticism! it was just what ive been needing im surprised with how quick it was given too!
ahhh that makes sense i was worried that if my drawing weren't porporationally (hoping i spelled that correct) accurate it would damage the exercise's quality it's good to know what to focus on instead rather than worrying about the excess stuff thanks!
try imagining the horizon line in different positions this is explained much better in this link and will help with the complicated dutch angle type of boxes that are present on your page
Heyo I'm AGES and ill be critiquing your work today
Lines:
SuperImposed: great i dont see any wobbling and while near the bottom (2nd page) i see some lines that are fraying most of your lines are very accurate nice job
Ghosted: occasionally i see alittle bit of overshooting in this case lift your pen as soon as you hit the dot although this will need some practice i also see alittle bit of wobbling which i can tell was because poor ghosting but overall your lines are confident and mostly accurate
Ghosted Planes: same as above albeit i do some wobbling at the bottom which could result from weird positioning and poor ghosting make sure to thoughtfully ghost through your lines as unconsciously ghosting can result in not actually ghosting to the point, realizing and then poorly ghosting and being unconfident although maybe that's just me overall good work
Ellipses:
Tables of Ellipses: good work overall i see little to no aggressive overlapping against the bounds you do have some ellipses that dont reach the bounds and thats results in gaps
Planes & Ellipses: same as above small overlapping and undershooting but overall good
Funnels: these are always the hardest to critique as my eyes always play tricks on me personally speaking but regardless they generally look pretty good they're centered in the minor axis although near the bottom i do see some miscentering but overall same as above confident accurate ellipses
Boxes:
Plotted: there is little to nothing to note here as this is just a introduction to vps and 3d space good job
Rough: about that note you put dont grind just post the work you have intially so it can critiqued you'll burn out after constantly grinding out a single exercise. As for your boxes there generally pretty fine no guessing and width lines go parallel to the horizon and height perpendicular also you're lines arent bad its comedic in a way because worrying about how your lines are is actually going to mess them up you're going to be less confident resulting in wobbling
Rotated boxes: you did your best everybody struggles with these even just a little bit overall make sure to keep corners in your boxes close make them snuggly and make the boxes actually rotate (which you did fairly okay with albeit some mistakes) boxes vps will shift against the horizon line when they are rotating creating a new convergence rate
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Organic Perspective: did okay albeit some wobbly lines and perspective jank not going to hard into this as the 250 boxes challenge with solve most of these issues
Notes: although not a mistake i wouldn't recommend putting your exercises in boxes like you did with the organics and rough's as it will make perspective way more difficult to eyeball
Next Steps:
overall you did pretty good i'll make this lesson as complete and move on to the 250 boxes challenge read the instructions carefully and do not deviate do not end like me having to restart the challenge because i wasn't doing the challenge correctly
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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