I hope you manage to get imgur working. You can always share your work on one of the other art-related channels of Discord even after the promptathon has ended, and we'd all be happy to see it!
Nevertheless, good work on your boi there. ;)
I love this!! Great Job!
Hey Elvenstar! You've critiqued my work before. Thanks again for your help!
And your amplified string piano looks great! Keep it up!
Oh right, sorry about that. And thanks again for everything! Take care!
Hi SOLEILLEVANT! Thank you so much for the critique.
I redid the exercises you assigned me. I think my arrows turned out a bit better this time around, though it got a little messy with the line weight still. And I wobbled quite a bit on the Organic Forms exercise. Maybe I'm not ghosting enough?
Overall I hope I at least demonstrated an understanding of the exercises. I think I'll do these exercises as my daily warmup until I'm more confident drawing ellipses/contour lines, but what do you think?
Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
You're very welcome!
And yes, definitely post it on the DaB Discord. There are plenty of helpful individuals there who will be able to give good feedback. I'll keep an eye out for it as well!
Take care!
Hi CertainElf! My name's Flippy and I will be critiquing your submission today. Let's get right into it!
Superimposed Lines Exercise
Your lines are looking good. There is a minor amount of wobbling, but this will go away with mileage.
Ghosted Lines Exercise and Ghosted Plains Exercise
Your ghosted lines and ghosted plains look very on-point with minimal wobbling and barley any overshooting/undershooting. Nice work! The intersections of the plains are especially well-centered.
Tables of Ellipses Exercise
The ellipses of the largest degree are a bit wobbly at times. Always prioritize confidence over accuracy, as your accuracy will improve over time. Consider ghosting over your ellipses more before committing to the page. Also remember to limit the number of passes over your ellipses to 2-3 times (preferably two). https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/a76a8906.jpg It appears you have already been doing this. Keep it up!
Ellipses in Plains Exercise
This can be a tricky exercise. Some of your ellipses don't quite reach all four edges of the plains, but it's fine. Most of them are well-placed. Keep working to tighten up those passes!
Funnels Exercise
Most of your ellipses fit well into the boundaries of the curves, as well as being evenly centered on the minor axis. In the future, I would encourage (though it isn't required) further experimentation with the shift in degrees between ellipses, starting at the narrowest in the middle and expanding out to a full 360 degrees on the ends. I can see you are already doing this to an extent. Also remember to find a comfortable orientation to the page when drawing ellipses. (Or lines, for that matter!) Good job!
Rough Perspective Exercise
Your rough perspective looks good. There's some deviation from your target vanishing point in your first panel, but then in every panel following your angles are much more precise, so I can see you got the hang of it.
Organic Perspective
Once again, on your first panel, the convergences of some of your boxes are a little wonky, but then in every panel after you really nailed it. Not all of them are perfect, but this exercise is all about estimating convergences toward suggested vanishing points, so good job.
Rotated Boxes Exercise
And finally, the rotated boxes. Now, this exercise is supposed to be difficult, and you did a great job with it. The overall form is slightly off-centered in relation to your guidelines. The shape of the form isn't quite a sphere as in the example homework, but as this exercise is teaching us to go off of the existing elements of a drawing to estimate comparatively how each box's parallels converge towards its own vanishing point, it makes sense that little deviations would compile on top of each other, resulting in a slightly warped sphere, but nonetheless accurate. I also like your use of hatching lines, they came out very clean and make the drawing much more readable and believable. Good work!
Overall
So, for your submission overall: your lines look great; your ellipses are coming along, but could use more practice. I would suggest adding some of the ellipse-based exercises to your daily warmup until you are more comfortable with them.
You're probably sick of hearing me say this by now, but you did a really good job with this first lesson. I noticed you haven't included the Plotted Perspective exercise, and I assume that's because you have already worked through Lesson 1 before (as you mentioned you started over) and understand how to work with vanishing points. If you have not previously completed this exercise, I would advise you do so, and submit it in a reply to this critique.
Good work!
Next Steps:
I can tell that you have a good understanding of the concepts taught in Lesson 1. Proceed onto the 250 Box Challenge to further solidify your understanding of drawing within 3D space intuitively.
March on, brave Box Soldier. You've got this!
Hello, my fellow Random_Broke_Arteest! I'm Flippy, and I will be critiquing your submission today. Let's get right into it!
Superimposed Lines
Your first page of lines looks very good. There's a bit of curvature to some of your lines, but it is minimal, so don't worry about this. It will decrease with milage.
On your second page, the longest of your lines have some wobbling. This could be a case of not drawing from your shoulder. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/2/pivots It could also be that you are drawing them too slowly, giving yourself the opportunity to correct your the line's trajectory by eye.
A final point I'll make here is that some of your lines don't begin from the same point as the starting line, causing fraying on both ends. Remember to take your time when beginning your stroke, aligning it to the same starting point as the previous strokes. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/9/fraying
Ghosted Lines
Your ghosted lines look good. There are some instances of undershooting/overshooting, but it's nothing too major. Keep the information in the aforementioned links in mind, and your lines will continue to improve.
Ghosted Plains
It appears you were a bit confused as to which points to connect your lines to. Just remember that the plains should end up looking like simple squares with Xs connecting all four corners, no matter how distorted the plain becomes. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/11/step3 The majority of your lines drawn, however, look good.
Ellipses in Plains
Your ellipses look very well placed and evenly shaped, for the most part, with a few becoming distorted. My only advice here is that you cut down on the number of passes on your ellipse, drawing through them only 2-3 times. This will help clean them up further, as the overlapping passes become tighter.
Funnels
Again, very good job in placing the ellipses here. They fit nicely into the confines of the curved lines.
There is one example of your ellipses coming unaligned with your center line/minor axis, but I can see the real issue was with the center line/minor axis being off centered in the first place. It happens to me too.
I like how you experimented with different sizes of ellipses. In the future, I'd encourage you (though this is optional) to try putting more emphasis on the shift in degrees of the ellipses, starting very narrow in the middle, and increasing the degree as you move towards the ends of the curves, ending with close to a full circle. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/14/step3
Tables of Ellipses
On the first page, your ellipses look good. They look well placed, and symmetrical, like they would divide nicely into two even halves.
On the second page, they still look good, however, there are larger gaps between some, and it appears you've drawn through certain of them only one time, while for others, you've drawn through more than three times. I know I already mentioned this, but just try to keep the number of passes between 2-3 times (two, preferably, and three at maximum). https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/12/drawingthrough
Plotted Perspective
I see a lot of extra lines at first, and I'm unsure of their intended purpose. It could be that you were getting confused or lost in all of the overlaps and lines converging towards the vanishing points. This is understandable. Your boxes themselves, however, look fine, and there are fewer instances of unnecessary lines on the third panel.
Try puting thicker line weight on the outer lines, that make up the silhouette, rather than the inner lines. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/15/step8
Hatching, in the context of this course, is used to define the plain that is closest to us. You used it correctly for the majority of the boxes, but there is at least one drawn incorrectly. (I'm looking at the rightmost box on the third panel.) I just thought I'd point that out. For the most part though, hatching is optional.
Rough Perspective
Some of your angles came quite close to their intended targets, while others were far off. This is expected when starting out, and your ability to make educated guesses concerning perspective will improve in time.
Some of your lines are beginning to wobble/curve again. Always remember to take your time and ghost through them. This applies to the course as a whole.
Keep in mind that, in one point perspective, all width lines are horizontal. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/6/infinity
Rotated Boxes
Now, let me first say that this exercise is supposed to be difficult, and you did an excellent job with it.
The whole point of the exercise is to observe the angles of neighboring boxes to then make educated guesses of the next stage of rotation. You did great with this. All I can say here is to keep at it, sharpening your understanding of objects in relative space. Good work!
Organic Perspective
Great job conveying depth by varying the sizes of your boxes. This is especially noticeable on your second page, as you made greater use of overlapping boxes.
Always remember that boxes consist of three sets of four parallel lines, which converge to their own vanishing points. https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/bef4343d.jpg You will learn more about this in the 250 Box Challenge.
As a final note, I noticed that you redrew some of your lines in these exercises. Please refrain from doing this in the future. I know it is difficult to resist the urge to correct our mistakes, especially when we know we could have done better, (I still struggle with this myself!) but it's for the best we draw the line, then move on, regardless of how good or bad the result. Allowing ourselves to redraw a line disincentivize us to draw it properly the first time. Don't worry too much about it though, there will always be another line for you to draw with the best of your ability.
And that concludes the critique! I think you did a great job with the first lesson, and I am confident that you are ready to move on to the 250 Box challenge!
Key points to remember:
Draw through ellipses 2-3 times (two, preferably, three at max)
Boxes consist of 3 sets of 4 parallel lines
Do not redraw lines
And, as always, prioritize confidence over accuracy
I won't request any revisions, but just remember do the exercises learned in lesson 1 from time to time, as warm ups, to keep your skills sharp!
Next Steps:
As a next step...
You will be moving on to the 250 Box Challenge, where you will both further your understanding of working with vanishing points, as well as develop your ability to rotate boxes in 3D space intuitively.
A tip going into the 250 Box Challenge: Posting a page of boxes every now and then on the Drawabox Discord is a great way to correct any mistakes early on.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in a reply right here, or on the Discord.
Good luck!
Hi Dracosarmor! I'm Flippy, and I will be critiquing your submission today.
First, to answer your question: Yes! You can draw in any Style. If you are studying a particular style though, this would fall on the exercise/course material side of the 50%. If you are simply doodling or drawing in that style because it's fun or comfortable to you, this would fall on the "play" side of the 50%.
Alright, now onto the Critique!
Superimposed Lines
Good job on this. I can see you are taking your time to properly align your stroke to the starting point, and you follow through your lines with good confidence, even for the longest of lines, where there is some arching present, but don't worry, this will go away with time and mileage.
You appear to already be drawing with the shoulder (simplified as the whole arm, as explained in the lesson,) but in case you are not, this can help resolve the arching.
https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/2/pivots
Ghosted Lines
Your ghosted lines look good. They are very accurate. Just remember to prioritize confidence over accuracy. I say this just as a reminder. Most of your lines look confident. There are just a few with a bit if a wobble.
Ghosted Plains
Very good. There is really nothing for me to correct here. A couple of instances of wobbling. Some of your bisecting lines are a bit off centered. (Mine were the same.) Don't worry about it, they'll improve in time.
Tables of Ellipses
All good. They're already looking smooth. Continue to draw them loosely, from the shoulder. Also remember to draw through your ellipses 2-3 times at maximum. I see some of yours have been drawn through more than 3 times. Correcting this will help tighten up each pass. https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/a76a8906.jpg
Ellipses in Plains
It looks like you are have drawn through your ellipses 2-3 times at max now. Good work. Some ellipses are a bit misshapen. This could again be a case of prioritizing accuracy over confidence. For many, however, you managed to hit close to all 4 target points while maintaining an even enough shape. Nice job there!
Funnels
You funnels are looking good. Your ellipses fit well into the confines of the curves, while staying relatively even with the center line (minor axis). Good work.
I would suggest exaggerating the ellipses' shift in degrees more, starting narrowest in the middle and working your way out to almost 90 degrees, though this is optional. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/14/step3
Plotted Perspective
Looks good. Nice even hatching lines, very minimum distortion. Remember that distortain mostly happens when the boxes move close to the VPs (Vanishing Points).
Rough Perspective
Your boxes are looking good. Many of your angles came quite close to the VP.
Remember to keep the horizontal lines of your boxes parallel to the horizon line when in 1 point perspective.
https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/d5b7c639.jpg
Also, I see that you have repeated some of your lines. Please avoid doing this in the future. I know it is difficult to resist the urge to correct our mistakes, especially when we know we could have done better, (I still struggle with this myself!) but it's for the best we draw the line, then move on, no matter how good or bad the result. Allowing ourselves to redraw a line disincentives us to draw it properly the first time. Don't worry too much about it though, there will always be another line for you to draw with the best of your ability.
Rotated Boxes
Now let me just say, this exercise is meant to be hard.
If we look at the overall shape, we can see some of the boxes coming unaligned. My tips here (well, not mine, but Uncomfortable's) would be to:
Try to imagine how the VP, for each box respectively, shifts away from the box you are rotating, along the vertical and horizontal axis which serve as our horizon lines
Look for the (almost) parallel lines shared between boxes. They won't be exactly parallel, but they'll be pretty close. Try starting with the box closest to the center. First draw it's vertical line almost parallel to its neighbor box, then extend its converging edges almost towards the center box's VP, and so on and so forth.
Good job keeping your lines, along with your hatching lines, nice and clean.
Organic Perspective
Good job conveying depth by varying the sizes of your boxes.
Many of your boxes came out a bit distorted. Remember to keep the rate of convergencies for each box consistent, as this will help sell the idea that all boxes exist within the same space.
Also remember that boxes consist of 3 sets of 4 parallel lines. This is really a key to understanding boxes, and you will learn more about it in the 250 Box Challenge.
Overall, you did a very good job with this lesson, and I am confident you have a grasp on the concepts taught here. Well done!
Points to keep in mind:
Prioritize confidence over accuracy
Do not repeat lines
Boxes consist of 3 sets of 4 parallel lines
As a next step...
You will be moving on to the 250 Box Challenge, where you will both further your understanding of working with vanishing points, as well develop your ability to rotate boxes in 3D space intuitively.
A tip going into the 250 Box Challenge: Posting a page of boxes every now and then on the Drawabox Discord is a great way to correct any mistakes early on.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in a reply right here.
Good luck!
Hi Chang, I'm Flippy, and I'll be doing your Lesson 1 critique today.
Let's get right into it.
Superimposed Lines
The majority of your lines look very smooth and confident.
There are some instances in the longest of your lines that you begin to arch a bit. This could be a case of you not using your whole arm, moving from your shoulder, when executing the stroke. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/2/pivots Sometimes intentionally curving your lines in the opposite direction you are prone to curving in can help balance out the stroke.
On a few of your lines it looks like you didn't start in the exact spot of the underlying stoke, causing fraying near the beginning. (Unless, of course, you rotated the page, and so started your lines on the right side and drew to the left.) Make sure you always give yourself time to properly align your strokes to the starting line. https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/1585f266.jpg
Your strokes are consistently hitting very close to their target. Well done.
Your lines are already looking good, and they'll only improve with time and milage.
Ghosted Lines
Your strokes very confident
You properly utilized the Ghosting method
Wobble is very minimal
Not much overshooting or undershooting present
Excellent work here!
And the same goes for the Ghosted Plains
The minor case of undershooting/overshooting will go away with time. All your lines were very well executed and very tidy.
Tables of Ellipses
Ellipses appear drawn through 2x-3x times
Some of your ellipses go outside of the borders, but this is a small issue, as the majority fit in nicely
Some of your "hyper extended" ellipses are a little messy near the furthest points, but the rest look very clean, and could be divided into two equal halves at the minor axis
Ellipses in Plains
Funnels
Your funnels fit well into the confines of the curves while maintaining even placement along the minor axis
Some of your funnel's show the shift in the degree of the ellipses better than others. I would suggest making the shift more dramatic, starting from only a sliver in the middle and working your way up to almost 90 degrees. (You already achieve this with some of your own, so just take this as a reminder.)
That's all I have to say concerning your ellipses. I think you did a great job with them.
Now, onto the boxes!
Plotted Perspective
Boxes are drawn through
Your hatching lines are nice and clean
Boxes are well-placed with little distortion
Good.
Rough Perspective
Your boxes' angles came impressively close to their intended targets
There are some instances where it appears you've redrawn lines. Please refrain from doing this, as it disincentivizes us to draw them to the best of our ability the first time if we allow ourselves to correct it after. (I still struggle with this rule myself.)
Rotated Boxes
Now, first let me say that this exercise is meant to be difficult, but you did a great job on it.
I think your angles might be a little extreme, because in Uncomfortable's demo, the larger form ends up shaped like a sphere, whereas yours is slightly more diamond-shaped, but what's more important is that you were consistent with your spacing all the way through. I can tell you were paying close attention to the relationships of the boxes, finding the parallels and using them to make educated guesses about the next box's rotation, which is the whole point of this exercise! Furthermore, you made very good use of hatching lines, keeping them clean and even, though there were a couple more surfaces that could have used them. (Don't worry about it)
And lastly, Organic Perspective
Looks good.
Good job varying the boxes' size to portray depth
The boxes' line convergences look believable
In the third panel of the first page, the box in the middle looks a little unrelated to the rest of the drawing, as does the leftmost box on the third panel of the second page, since they are not on the depth line
Good job overlapping the boxes
really nice composition — especially that last one
Kudos for using line weight on the overlaps
And I believe that brings us to the end.
I'm afraid I didn't find enough areas to correct you on. I think you did an amazing job with this first lesson, and I am confident that you are ready to move forward.
Next Steps:
As a next step...
It's time for you to move on to the 250 Box Challenge, where you will further solidify your knowledge of 3D space, as well as build upon your ability to rotate objects within that space intuitively.
A quick tip to bring with you as you tackle the Box Challenge: Posting a page of boxes every now and then on the Drawabox Discord can be an immense help in correcting any mistakes early on, before they become a habit you need to break.
I wish you luck... No, better than that: patience and determination. You've got this!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Farewell!
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