Dead_Dino

Off the bat I can say your boxes are super clean. Lines are straight, without any notable wobble or repeating lines, and even when adding lineweight to the outside edges it looks clean and confident. So do the hatching lines. Great job on this regard.

I could only find the red lines in box 81 extended in the wrong direction (remember they should be extended away from the center of the initial Y), which shows you have good comprehension on this aspect, since extending lines in the right direction wasn't really an issue.

Convergence was clearly the biggest struggle for you in the beginning, but I can see noticeable improvement around box #50, when lines seem to meet correctly more consistently, specially with more extreme convergence. It's mostly in the first pages where you can see some divergence and parallel lines (which were more constant til' the end but I consider they are less of an issue).

There's a few pages where the orientation of the boxes looks somewhat similar, but for the most part they're very distinct. Don't be afraid to rotate them constantly to practice drawing them on varying angles.

As for most, the inner corner seems to have been a bit of a challenge for you, but you seem to have grasped good control over it with practice. If you ever find yourself struggling with it, try changing a little bit the order in which you finish the box. It seems to help most people.

Overall I'd say the progress you made during the challenge is evident, and I think you're more than ready to take on Lesson 2. Good luck!

Thank you so much! This was really helpful and keeps me in check with what I must keep an out for moving forward.

Hey! I'm Dead Dino and I'm going to review your homework from lesson one.

Lines

Superimposed Lines

There's fraying on the farther end, but that's completely normal. Just keep practicing those as a warm up when you do the following challenges.

Ghosted Lines

These actually seem really good. They're straight , clean and confident, with a decent level of accuracy, and they all seem to have been plotted. Keep it up!

Ghosted Planes

Just like the ghosted lines, these seem straight and accurate enough.

Ellipses

Tables of Ellipses and Ellipses in Planes

They are confident mostly accurate, hitting every edge with only a few inaccuracies here and there. However, you seem to be going over the ellipses more times than recommended (remember, 2-3 times, 2 preferably).

Funnels

You seem to be properly respecting the minor axis, which is great and the point of the exercise. However, the sizes are a little funky. Their width in the major axis increases way too fast, making them look nearly circular, while the ellipse in the middle looks way too thin and nearly crushed. Try to make this incremental change in with a bit more subtle. And once again, watch out for the times you go over the ellipses (3 tops).

Boxes

Great job drawing through all the boxes!

Plotted Perspective

These look super good! Although some of the hatching lines seem a little rushed and wonky. Remember to use the same straight, confident lines you've been using so far.

Rough Perspective

Your lines in this exercise are quite wobbly. Keep drawing them as you've been doing it so far, specially as you did in the ghosted line exercise, straight and confidently. It may help to draw them a little faster, spending more time ghosting them than actually drawing them, and remember to always draw from your shoulder. Confidence > accuracy.

About perspective, it's normal not to get it perfect right now. You will practice this in the upcoming challenges. Just remember that since this exercise is in one point perspective, horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon line. Also, when trying to draw the lines that converge towards the vanishing point, It may help to ghost a line that extends towards the vanishing point, even though you won't draw it all. This is just to help you place the initial point as a guide.

Rotated Boxes

These are pretty small, which may make it harder to draw from the shoulder. However, I understand this exercise is really hard, and you're not meant to get it perfect the first time around. It is actually pretty good. Even though the lines wobble a bit, the perspective and boxes look correct, and they'll only get better going forward.

Organic Perspective

These are pretty wobbly too, so take into account what I said in the rough perspective exercise. The perspective has its hits and misses, and it is bound to improve when you tackle 250 the box challenge. Sometimes the jumps in size are too wide, breaking a bit of the space illusion, but nothing too bad. Boxes will make a lot more sense moving forward.

Overall, I think you have a good foundation. The biggest issue I see is the wobbly lines when drawing boxes, so remember to apply the same methods you used when drawing regular lines to construct them. You'll get a lot of room for practicing this in the 250 Box Challenge, so good luck!

Your boxes weren't too bad to begin with, but looking at your first and last page side by side, there's a noticeable massive improvement, specially in the correct convergence of the lines. Good job on that!

Extending lines in the wrong direction

I didn't see this happen once, so well done! All your colored lines are extended correctly.

Divergences and parallel lines

Oddly enough I didn't seem to find any divergence, which means you grasp the concept of convergence very well. The only mistakes I saw were over-convergences, so great job in this front.

Hatching lines

They're a little loose, the spaces between them varying here and there. However, they're quick, confident, and do their job of showing the front face of the box, which is what's actually important. They're optional after all.

Lineweight

Here the result is somewhat messy in some boxes, as drawing superimposed lines seems to be a bit challenging for you.

Something that helped me was warming up before each box drawing session by doing some line exercises from lesson 1 (doesn't have to be a whole page, just until you feel comfortable to start), specially the Superimposed Lines one. If you do the Ghosted Planes one too, try doing superimposed lines over the edges of your finished planes (one is enough). It's the closest to doing it in a box. You did prioritize drawing confident lines over them being accurate, which is the right focus to have, so well done on that.

Wobbly lines and repeating lines

This is another aspect I think contributes to the general messiness. Your lines aren't wobbly at all, they're super confident as they should be, so congratulations on that. However, sometimes when you missed the mark you tried to go over and over again, making some boxes look 'chicken-scratched'. I know it's hard to stop the urge of correcting your own lines, I have the same problem myself, but sometimes it makes the resulting box look even worse. All I can suggest is to keep practicing Ghosted Lines as a warmup, and draw a bit more lightly at first (that way you can go over the final line if you made mistakes to make it stand out).

Orientations of boxes

They were all varied and with varying degrees of perspective, so excellent job on keeping them different and fun!

Inner corner

Ah, the dreaded inner corner: the most common mistake. You had some problems with it here and there, but you did begin to understand after a certain point (around box 170) and didn't seem to have any problems with it towards the end. Great job.

Minor dumb things

Kudos on taking notes! (I should've definitely done that) Although it may have been better to take them on a separate sheet of paper, as they make the actual homework sheets look somewhat messy.

And another point that is definitely so minor you could call it a nitpick, is that using a different color to the orange for the extended lines would've made it contrast better with the red, therefore making it easier for anyone to review. Just a thought!

All of this being said, I think you did a fantastic job, the improvement is very clear and you're more than ready to tackle Lesson 2. Good luck!

Thanks! That was pretty helpful and insightful.

So good! You've got some mad skills. These are better than mine! Nothing to complain about here, you can move on! The boxes in the last exercise may look a little funky, but that's normal before making the challenge and learning how to truly draw a box.

Your line quality it's pretty good! Confident and precise. Try not to go over the lines, even if you make a mistake, cause it just makes it look messier. Great job on the rough perspective exercises. Maybe practice your ellipses a little bit, you can draw a couple as warmup before drawing anything, making boxes and seeing if you can fit them nicely in there. Other than that, you're good to go!

Great job! Congratulations on finishing Lesson 1. All in all, I have one big observation I can point out throughout all of the exercises: your lines are a little wobbly. Try taking into account what Uncomfortable pointed out here: https://drawabox.com/comic/1 Prioritize confident lines over accuracy! Other than that, you followed the instructions to a T! Well done! It's ok if you move on to the 250 Boxes Challenge, but if you want to you can go over the first line exercises one more time to work on the wobbliness. They are the easiest and shortest, and you can get more practice out of them. Good luck!