AlwinWren

Superimposed lines - No wavering, fraying only on one side. You also included optional curved lines, which is a plus.

Ghosted lines - You've included a wide variety of lines and you've applied the ghosting method.

Ghosted planes - You've filled both pages, and your planes have a decent shape variety.

Tables of ellipses - Drawn twice, and you've made good use of available space. Some of your thinner ellipses have sharp corners, however. Particularly visible on the second row of the second page. In the future take a little more time to ensure they're round and retain their shape. That said, no wobbling and all your ellipses are smooth.

Ellipses in planes - You aimed to make your ellipses reach all four edges, and they are evenly shaped.

Funnels - While you've followed the general instructions, the number of ellipses should be equal on both sides of the axis. Some of your funnels have 5/4, 4/3 on each side.

Plotted perspective - You've used a ruler, you kept the edges perpendicular to the horizon, and line extensions lead to the vanishing points.

Rough perspective - Front and back faces are rectangular, line extensions applied correctly, and you've applied the ghosting method. Some of your lines are skewed more so than others, in the future take a bit more time to ghost and draw your lines.

Rotated boxes - It turned out much better this time around, well done. Gaps between your boxes are mostly consistent, your boxes rotate as they should, and they're mostly even on each side. Good work.

Organic perspective - It could use a bit more shape and rotation variety in your Y lines, and the foreshortening could be a bit more dramatic. The shift between large and small boxes is often too drastic as well. But your boxes are following the line and the sense of perspective is visible, seems you've also applied the ghosting method correctly.

Recommendations:

Overall you went about the exercises correctly, and there was nothing glaring that you should work on further. However, I would suggest you take a little more time with the exercises, as some of your examples shown signs of slight rushing. Such as the earlier mentioned table of ellipses example and linework in rough perspective. Don't misunderstand this critique as pointing out lack of accuracy, as that really isn't the point. Accuracy will come with time and practice. Rather, it's about taking the time to understand and apply all instructions of a given exercise.

Be sure to read about warm ups, as now they should be a part of every DAB session for 10-15min before you attempt any exercise or challenge. https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/3/warmups

Additionally, if you need help picking a warm up, you can use this tool. https://mark-gerarts.github.io/draw-a-card/

Congratulations on finishing lesson 1.

Hey, I'm Wren, I'll be writing your critique for lesson 1.

Superimposed lines - No wavering, fraying only on one side, and it looks like your lines got better as you went along. You also included optional curved lines, which is a plus.

Ghosted lines - You've included a wide variety of lines and you've applied the ghosting method.

Ghosted planes - You've filled both pages, and your planes have a decent shape variety.

Tables of ellipses - Drawn twice, although you could have squeezed a few more ellipses into available spaces. Other than that, your marks were confident, and you've tried to be as accurate as needed.

Ellipses in planes - You aimed to make your ellipses reach all four edges, and they are evenly shaped.

Funnels - Your ellipses are reaching the sides of the funnels and you've aligned them to major and minor axis to the best of your ability. Well done.

Plotted perspective - You've used a ruler, your vertical lines are mostly perpendicular to the horizon, and you've plotted the edges towards the VPs correctly.

Rough perspective - Front and back faces are rectangular, line extensions applied correctly, and you've applied the ghosting method.

Rotated boxes - You've followed all the steps and grasped a pretty difficult concept. Gaps between your boxes are mostly consistent although some more emphasis on tapering and shortening would have been nice. Nonetheless, the exercise is complete.

Organic perspective - Some more dramatic foreshortening and variety in Y rotation of your boxes would have been welcome. However your boxes follow a line as they're meant, they rotate and get smaller the frather along the line they're set.

Recommendations:

That concludes the critique. You've done great - there were a few minor hiccups, but you've followed all given instructions, which makes it a pass. Congratulations on finishing lesson 1.

Before you begin 250 boxes challenge - and any lesson or challenge moving forward, get to know the warm ups and how they're meant to be used. You can read about them here. https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/3/warmups

Normally I recommend a particular exercise to start with, but it doesn't seem like you've struggled with anything in particular that really stands out. You can try rotated boxes and organic perspective as your warm ups if you feel like you could use more mileage with them. 10-15min before you begin a challenge or a lesson, you don't have to finish the whole exercise as your warm up, just pick up from where you left off the next day or next DAB session.

Alternatively, you may use this link to help you pick a random warmup - https://mark-gerarts.github.io/draw-a-card/.

Superimposed lines - No wavering, fraying only on one side, and it looks like your lines got better as you went along. You also included optional curved lines, which is a plus.

Ghosted lines - You've included a wide variety of lines and you've applied the ghosting method.

Ghosted planes - You've filled both pages, and your planes have a decent shape variety.

Tables of ellipses - Drawn twice, no empty spaces. There is a small amount of wavering present, and the ellipses could be smoother. Don't worry too much about accuracy for now. It's fine to try to stay accurate, but emhpasis should be put on confidence of your marks, even if they're slightly off. Accuracy will improve over time with the mileage you gain through warm ups and exercises alone.

Ellipses in planes - You aimed to make your ellipses reach all four edges, and they are evenly shaped.

Funnels - While you've followed the general instructions, you didn't use a round shape to create the funnels for ellipses. Additionally, the number of ellipses needs to be equal on both sides of the axis. Some of your funnels have 5/4, 4/3 on each side.

Plotted perspective - You've used a ruler, you kept the edges perpendicular to the horizon, and line extensions lead to the vanishing points.

Rough perspective - Front and back faces are rectangular, line extensions applied correctly, and you've applied the ghosting method.

Rotated boxes - You've followed the steps and grasped a pretty difficult concept. Gaps between your boxes are consistent and your boxes rotate as they should, and they're mostly even on each side. Well done.

Organic perspective - Decent shape and rotation variety, applied foreshortening.

Recommendations

Overall you went about most exercises correctly, and there was nothing glaring that you should work on further. However, I would remind to focus on confidence and smoothness of your marks, rather than accuracy (such as in case of your earlier mentioned ellipses).

Be sure to read about warm ups, as now they should be a part of every DAB session for 10-15min before you attempt any exercise or challenge. https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/3/warmups

Additionally, if you need help picking a warm up, you can use this tool. https://mark-gerarts.github.io/draw-a-card/

Congratulations on finishing lesson 1.

Superimposed lines - Fraying appears only on one end as it's meant, and you've also drawn a wide variety of lines with differing lengths, including curved lines (although with 2 pages too many). However, you seem to struggle with line wavering in your longer lines. This is likely either because you went too slow when drawing the lines, or because you didn't draw from the shoulder as instructed and focused on accuracy rather than confidence. Be sure to read recommendations below.

Ghosted lines - Your lines are varied and you've applied the ghosting method, but the issue of line wobbliness persists.

Ghosted planes - You've included a variety of shapes, although your lines going through the planes themselves often don't intersect.

Tables of ellipses - You've drawn the borders and filled available space to acceptable extent, although your ellipses could have been more smooth.

Ellipses in planes - The ellipses aim for all four sides of the planes and you've drawn them multiple times. Good work.

Funnels - Your ellipses are reaching the sides of the funnels and you've aligned them to major and minor axis to the best of your ability.

Plotted perspective - You've used a ruler, your vertical lines are mostly perpendicular to the horizon, and you've plotted the edges towards the VPs correctly.

Rough perspective - Front and back faces are rectangular, line extensions applied correctly, and you've applied the ghosting method.

Rotated boxes - You've followed the steps and grasped a pretty difficult concept. Gaps between your boxes are mostly consistent and your boxes rotate as they should. Although you've missed one edge (top left box), you've completed the exercise.

Organic perspective - Decent shape and rotation variety, applied foreshortening. Well done.

Recommendations:

For your warm ups (which now should be a regular part of your drawing before you go about any future lesson or challenges), given what you've struggled with during this lesson, I recommend ellipses in planes. They combine both ghosted lines and ellipses, with emphasis on a confident execution of your marks. Accuracy - while should be strived for - in this instance is secondary. These warm ups will help you with wavering of your lines in both straight marks and ellipses. To read more about warm ups, see here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/3/warmups

Alternatively, you may use this link to help you pick a random warmup - https://mark-gerarts.github.io/draw-a-card/.

Congratulations on finishing lesson 1.

Superimposed lines - no wobbling, fraying only on one side, and it looks like your lines got better as you went along. You also included optional curved lines, which is a plus. Well done.

Ghosted lines - not entirely accurate, you're meant to set your pen on one of the dots, start from there and then connect it to another. You also tend to overshoot by quite a bit. Nonetheless, your lines are straight and there is no wavering.

Ghosted planes - these are good, although you still tend to go past the edges and corners with intersecting lines.

Tables of ellipses - drawn twice, no empty spaces, smooth linework. Well done.

Ellipses in planes - you aimed to reach all the edges with your ellipses, and they're evenly shaped. Although you didn't have to create two full new pages of ghosted planes, it's perfectly fine to draw them over your previously finished ghosted planes.

Funnels - ellipses are drawn accurately, but you were supposed to use a ruler for minor and major axis, and something round (like a plate) to create the funnel shape. And your number of ellipses is at times off - they're supposed to have an equal number on both sides. So if you've drawn 4 ellipses on one side of minor axis (the short line going through the funnel), the other side would also need 4 ellipses. Rather than 3 on one side and 4 on the other as in your case.

Plotted perspective - you didn't use a ruler. This exercise has to be done with a ruler, from boxes themselves to extensions connecting edges to vanishing points. Looks like you've used it only for the horizon line. But you have used two vanishing points and the rest of the instructions checks out.

Rough perspective - you've used one vanishing point at the center, front and back faces rectangular for the most part, line extensions applied, and you've used the ghosting method.

Rotated boxes - while you've used a ruler to create the axis, you didn't use it to create the squares at their ends. Additionally, while the whole shape is pretty accurate and contains all the boxes necessary for this exercise, your planes at the back of each box are a bit problematic, lacking the same accuracy and clarity as their top planes.

Organic perspective - you've used the ghosting method, although your foreshortening could be a bit more dramatic.

In conclusion:

That concludes the critique. Please pay closer attention to instructions in the future and be sure they're applied correctly. If you skip past some of them you won't get the most out of the course, even as you complete homework and challenges.

Congratulations on finishing lesson 1. Be sure to read the next steps below.

Superimposed lines - no wobbling, fraying only on one side. You also included optional curved lines, which is a plus.

Ghosted lines - no wavering or "C" curves, although it would have been nice if you varied their lengths more.

Ghosted planes - very good. You've filled both pages, and they have a decent shape variety.

Tables of ellipses - drawn twice, no empty spaces, smooth linework. Well done.

Ellipses in planes - you aimed to make your ellipses reach all four edges, and they are evenly shaped.

Funnels - your ellipses are reaching the sides of the funnels, and they are very well aligned to minor and major axis.

Plotted perspective - you've used a ruler, vertical lines are perpendicular to the horizon, and all edges are connected to vanishing points.

Rough perspective - you've used one vanishing point at the center, front and back faces rextangular, line extensions applied, and you've used the ghosting method.

Rotated boxes - You've used a ruler to create the axis, spaces between boxes are mostly even and you drew the necessary amount of boxes, although you seem to have trouble with foreshortening. I'd recommend trying a similar exercise as a warmup in the future to get a better grasp of the concept.

Organic perspective - rotation of your boxes feels a little stiff, and foreshortening could be a bit more dramatic. I'll refer to the recommendation from rotated boxes.

That concludes the critique. There were a few minor hiccups, but overall you've done very well, applied all the instructions and gave your best. Congratulations on finishing lesson 1. Be sure to read next steps below.

Superimposed lines - your lines wavered a little at first, but you got the hang of it by the end of the homework. You could have filled the second page a little more and varied the length of your lines. Fraying only on one side, and you've included some curved lines as well, which is nice.

Ghosted lines - well executed. A few curves are expected at this stage, your marks were confident and no wobbling was visible. Good work.

Ghosted planes - very well done, you have a good line accuracy.

Tables of ellipses - once again you've done a great job. You've filled every empty space with cirlces and ellipses, and drew each one 2-3 times.

Ellipses in planes - exactly as it should be. Your ellipses are touching all 4 edges and they're very smooth.

Funnels - one of your minor axis is slightly off, but seeing how well you went about everything else, it's a minor nitpick.

Plotted perspective - It's a little difficult to tell the boxes apart when your cross-hatching overlaps this way. But that aside - you've applied all instructions correctly. You've used a ruler, you kept the front edges perpendicular to the horizon, and you've acurately connected horizontal edges to both vanishing points.

Rough perspective - no mistakes to point out either, you've used one vanishing point, your back and front faces are rectangular, line extensions are applied correctly.

Rotated boxes - the inner planes could form a bit more round shape, but gaps between boxes are mostly regular, they deform the farther they are from the center, and you've drawn all the boxes needed. Although you did skip the rectangles at the end of the four axis - that is also part of the homework.

Organic perspective - you've made use of the ghosting method, applied foreshortening (although it could be a bit more dramatic), and your boxes rotate and vary well enough.

That concludes the critique. You've done very well on all exercises and finished lesson 1 - with flying colors as far as I'm concerned. Congratulations. Be sure to read next steps below.

Superimposed lines - you put a strong emphasis on drawing from your elbow (on longer lines) and wrist (on shorter lines) rather than your arm, as evident by the "C" curve visible in every example. But, your lines were confident and there is no wobble in any of them.

Ghosted lines - very good. No line wobbling, and you varied between short and long lines. Well done.

Ghosted planes - you didn't make use of all the space available. The planes themselves however were drawn correctly with shape variety.

Tables of ellipses - it's mostly alright, but you didn't fill empty spaces with smaller ellipses. You did however draw them twice and smoothly, without wavering.

Ellipses in planes - drawn twice, no wavering, they don't often meet all four edges but the attempt is clear. Mostly even and drawn loosely as they should.

Funnels - while following the general instructions, you didn't use a ruler nor a round shape to create the funnels for ellipses and the axis.

Plotted perspective - you've used a ruler, you kept the edges perpendicular to the horizon, and line extensions lead to the vanishing points. Well done.

Rough perspective - you've used one vp as instructed, but your lines wobble quite a bit. Remember to use the ghosting method every time you draw a straight line in DAB homework.

Rotated boxes - the gaps between your boxes are mostly consistent, though their rotation leaves a bit to be desired. You did however draw through the boxes themselves, and have drawn all the boxes required by the homework.

Organic perspective - you've made use of the ghosting method, although the boxes could use a bit more foreshortening.

In conclusion

Please pay closer attention to homework instructions in the future. Missing some instructions means you won't get the most out of the content, even if you finish challenges and lessons.

That being said - consider lesson 1 concluded. Congratulations. Be sure to read next steps below.

Superimposed lines look good, I'd comment on the light C curves in your longer lines from using your elbow rather than shoulder, but it looks like you got the hang of it by the end of the exercise and it doesn't happen anywhere else in future exercises. Well done.

Ghosted lines were done correctly as well, though for variety it would have been worth to add some longer lines in addition to shoret ones.

Ghosted planes look great, there is a small wobble here or there but it's rare. Nicely done.

Tables of ellipses were executed very well, no comment here.

Ellipses in ghosted planes likewise look good, drawn twice as they're supposed to be.

Funnels were done well, though some of your ellipses are a little off minor axis.

Plotted perspective looks great, you've ran into a few issues with line accuracy in rough perspective but adhered to the rest of instructions.

Rotated boxes are a little more two dimensional than they're meant to be and uneven in places, but you've applied instructions correctly.

Organic perspective could use some more shape and rotation variety for your boxes, but other than that it's a pass.

This concludes the critique. Be sure to read through next steps below, and congratulations on passing lesson 1.