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Hello! Here is my critique. Let me know if I say anything wrong or unclear!

• Lines Section

For the Superimposed Lines exercise, your lines seem neat and confident, and there doesn't seem to be evidence of fraying on both ends. Having no fraying on the starting point suggests that enough time was taken to place the pen at the beginning of each line. Well done!

In the Ghosted Lines exercise, the lines seem to arc just the slightest, but are otherwise smooth and confident. Arcing lines can stem from not using the shoulder pivot to draw, however it can also simply be a natural tendency. I would suggest consciously arcing a little in the opposite direction you tend to arc in. Doing so will level out the line, and eventually may allow you to associate the movement with drawing a straight line rather than an arced one. Addionally, there seems to be a small amount of overshooting in your lines. Although overshooting is not considered a big deal at this point in the course, the written content for this exercise suggests "lifting your pen off the page the second you hit that end point" as a solution to this issue. However, it may be worth mentioning that overshooting may also improve simply with time and practice.

• Ellipses Section

For the Ghosted Planes and Ellipses in Planes exercises, the lines remained confident with only a small amount of overshooting here and there. The ellipses are smooth, fluid, and confident, appear to have been drawn through two or three times, and fit mostly within the bounds of the planes. Well done!

On the Table of Ellipses exercise, you did a great job with drawing ellipses of varying sizes and degrees! However, many of the ellipses appear to overlap primarily the boundaries of the frames. Although this may only be an issue of accuracy, it's worth suggesting to practice ghosting through ellipses several times before putting them down on paper. Doing so will help you become more familiar (and in turn, confident) with the particular ellipse you want to draw.

For the Funnels exercise, the ellipses fit mostly within the boundaries of the funnels, so well done there! There seems to be one funnel (top right) where the minor axis (the line cutting through the horizontal middle of the funnel) is not properly aligned to the ellipses. In order to keep it aligned, it may be easier to draw the arcs of the funnel first before splitting it in half by the minor axis. This way, as long as the ellipses are drawn correctly (aligned and within the bounds of the funnel), they will be split into two equal symmetrical halves by the minor axis— which is ultimately the goal of this exercise. Additionally, you may want to practice drawing ellipses with degrees that increase as they move outwards from the middle of the funnel; however, the written content for this exercise lists this as optional.

• Boxes Section

For the Plotted Perspective exercise, the boxes appear neat and confident, and the depth lines converge correctly towards their vanishing points. Well done! The only suggestion I have as of now is to increase the size of your boxes so that you can take full advantage of the paper and gain more from this exercise. Additionally, it may be worth mentioning that you are allowed to overlap the boxes (as in one may be in front or behind another).

On the Rough Perspective exercise, the lines appear fairly confident. Although it may be difficult to do, the width lines of the boxes should ideally be parallel to the horizon while the length lines perpendicular to the horizon. You do a great job of this, for the most part! Just remember that this particular exercise is done in 1 point perspective, meaning that two of the vanishing points are so far off the page that the corressponding lines for one vanishing point effectively become parallel to one another. Additionally, while the convergences may be off, mistakes while estimating perspective are normal, and doing so will continue to improve with time and practice.

On the Rotated Boxes exercise, I would suggest making your work larger so you can take advantage of the full paper. Also, don't be afraid to make your work large enough so that it covers the squares drawn on either end of the axes— remember that these squares are meant to represent a full 180° rotation, which is ideally what you strive for in this exercise. Additionally, the most visible faces appear to be getting larger as the boxes rotate outward while they should be getting smaller. Remember that these boxes are meant to be identical to one another; you can think about it as they are rotated versions of the box in the middle that has set vanishing points far off the page. So a face that is turning away from the viewer would appear smaller, since its vanishing points are now getting closer. This concept is visualized more clearly in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/rotation. Additionally, some of your boxes don't appear to actually be rotating, which is a common mistake also related to the movement of vanishing points. This mistake is explained in the written content for this exercise as well: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/notrotating. Also, try to keep the gaps between the boxes fairly consistent in order to infer the placement of neighboring boxes in 3D space more effectively (which is also explained here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/guessing).

Finally, for the Organic Perspective exercise, you do a great job with having the boxes follow the swoopy line guide! I would suggest increasing the size of the boxes closer to the viewer and adding line weight to their outer forms so that the illusion of depth can be achieved more clearly. Additionally, try to use more shallow foreshortening on all of the boxes for reasons explained in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/17/step5 and in good detail here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/G3SI84C/7/foreshortening. It may also be worth mentioning that some of the lines tended to diverge rather than converge when facing away from the viewer, however estimating perspective may become easier with time and practice and when you tackle the 250 Box Challenge.

Hello! Here is my critique. Let me know if I say anything wrong or unclear!

• Lines Section

For the Superimposed Lines exercise, your lines appear fairly confident with only a small amount of wobbliness. It's worth keeping in mind that wobbliness stems from not using the shoulder pivot to draw or not relying on fluid, confident strokes. Otherwise, there doesn't seem to be any fraying on both ends of the lines, which suggests that enough time was taken to place the pen at the beginning of each line. Well done! Doing so is crucial in preparing for a confident (and potentially accurate) stroke.

In the Ghosted Lines exercise, there is some wobbliness in the lines. Additionally, while your accuracy is quite good, there are some points of overshooting here and there. While overshooting is not considered a big deal at this point in the course, the written content for this exercise suggests "lifting your pen off the page the second you hit that end point" as a way to compensate for this issue. However, the tendency to overshoot may also improve simply with time and practice.

• Ellipses Section

For the Ghosted Planes and Ellipses in Planes exercises, your lines seem to have improved in terms of wobbliness, with similar instances of overshooting as in the previous exercise. The ellipses inside the planes seem fairly confident, and you seem to have prioritized confidence over accuracy, so well done there! It's worth noting that accuracy, although not prioritized, may continue to improve with time and practice as you get more comfortable with drawing fluid, confident lines and ellipses.

In the Table of Ellipses exercise, you seem to have drawn a variety of ellipses with different degrees and slants, so well done there! Many of the ellipses, however, appear loose and overlap one another and the boundaries of the frames. I would suggest practicing ghosting through an ellipse many times before putting it down on paper so that you can become more familiar with the shape of the desired ellipse. This way you may become more familiar (and thus confident) with the strokes needed to create that ellipse. However, drawing ellipses that overlap one another and the boundaries may simply be an issue of accuracy, which in this case will improve with time and practice and as you become more comfortable with drawing ellipses.

In the Funnels exercise, you do a great job with keeping the ellipses within the bounds of the funnel! Additionally, most of the ellipses appear to be aligned correctly with the minor axis (the line cutting through the horizontal middle of the funnel). A couple of individual ellipses appear unaligned or more slanted than they should be, however this may be an issue of accuracy. It may be worth mentioning to keep in mind this mistake mentioned by the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/13/notaligned. Additionally, just as a suggestion, you may want to try drawing ellipses with degrees that increase as you move outward from the center of the funnels. Doing so may be good practice with drawing different degrees, however it is only optional.

• Boxes Section

For the Plotted Perspective exercise, the lines appear neat, and the depth lines converge correctly towards the vanishing points, so well done there! There do appear to be a few boxes with slanted back corner edges, which is causes them to look off. Remember that this exercise is done in 2 point perspective, meaning that one of the vanishing points is so far off the page that all the lines that converge towards it effectively become parallel to one another. The vertical edges of the boxes are the ones which converge towards this vanishing point, so they all are ideally be parallel to one another. It's worth noting, however, that the written content for this exercise mentions that drawing the back corner edge may be tricky (as described here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/14/step7).

For the Rough Perspective exercise, your lines don't appear as confident as in previous exercises; however, from what I've seen in other exercises (including my own), this is fairly normal for this exercise. It's worth mentioning then that although it may be difficult to do, the width lines of the boxes should ideally be parallel to the horizon while the length lines perpendicular to the horizon. Using the same concept as in the previous exercise, the fact that this exercise (Rough Perspective) is done in 1 point perspective indicates that two of the vanishing points are so far off the page that their corresponding convergences become effectively parallel to one another.

Additionally, while your convergences are quite off, mistakes while estimating perspective are quite normal, and doing so may become easier with time and practice and when you tackle the 250 Box Challenge.

On the Rotated Boxes exercise, you did a great job with taking advantage of the space on the paper! Additionally, most of your boxes appear to actually be rotating, which is a common source of error when trying to draw with lines that converge towards different vanishing points (the related mistake is explained here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/notrotating and also visualized here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/rotation). Some of the boxes, particularly in the outer corners, appear to have large gaps between them compared to the boxes more towards the center. I would recommend keeping the gaps as consistent as possible so that the placement of neighboring boxes in 3D space can be infered more efficiently (this is also explained briefly in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/guessing).

Finally, on the Organic Perspectives exercise, your lines are confident, and the boxes follow the swoopy line guide nicely. I would suggest adding line weight to the boxes near the front of the viewer so that the illusion of depth can be achieved more clearly. Additionally, I would recommend keeping the foreshortening fairly shallow, for reasons explained in good detail here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/G3SI84C/7/foreshortening.

Hello! Here is my critique. Let me know if I say anything wrong or unclear!

• Lines Section

For the Superimposed Lines exercise, your lines are neat and mostly confident, with a small amount of wobbliness that appears to improve significantly throughout the lesson. Remember that wobbliness comes from a lack of confidence when applying strokes, however you seem to have understood this concept throughout the entire lesson. A couple of the lines also arc a little, which often stems from not using the shoulder pivot to draw. However, it can also happen as a natural tendency, for which I suggest consciously arcing in the opposite direction that you tend to arc in. This way, the line being drawn may be leveled out as a straight line, and eventually your brain may associate this opposite arcing motion with drawing a straight line.

For the Ghosted Lines exercise, your lines remain neat and mostly confident. There are some minor instances where you appear to have slowed down your pen before reaching the end point of a line, resulting in the pen wavering towards this end. The written content for this lesson mentions that many struggle with overshooting their lines, and in compensation slow down (or rather, hesistate) before they reach the end point of the line. Although you don't seem to have any trouble with overshooting in this exercise, it may be worth mentioning that a way to avoid wavering at the end is to "Try lifting your pen off the page the second you hit that end point", as the written content suggests as a solution to overshooting. But again, instances of wavering in your lines is very minor. Additioanlly, you seemed to have improved considerably with arcing lines, so well done there! Your accuracy is very good, and will continue to improve with time and practice— just remember that confidence should be prioritized over accuracy.

• Ellipses Section

On the Ghosted Planes and Ellipses in Planes exercises, your lines remained neat and continued to improve in terms of wobbliness. The ellipses appear smooth and confident and are drawn through two or three times, so well done there! You also seem to have done a good job with keeping them within the boundaries of the planes.

For the Table of Ellipses exercise, you do a great job with drawing various sizes and degrees of ellipses, along with maintaining confident strokes! On another note, many of the ellipses appear to overlap the boundaries of the frames a bit. I would suggest practicing ghosting through an ellipse several times before putting it down on paper, so that you can become more familiar (and thus confident) with the particular type of ellipse you want to draw. Doing so may help improve your confidence along with accuracy as you become more comfortable with drawing ellipses.

On the Funnels exercise, for the most part the ellipses appear to be split into two symettrical halves by the central minor axis (the line cutting through the horizontal middle of the funnel). However, if you had not done so, I would recommend using a ruler or starightedge when drawing the minor (and major) axis in the funnels. The written content for this exercise mentions that doing so is important since "we want to focus on one thing at a time". Additionally, some of your ellipses appear to overlap the boundaries of the funnels, so I would suggest doing the same as for the Table of Ellipses exercise, or for drawing any ellipse (ghosting several times through an ellipse before drawing it). I noticed you wrote question marks near a funnel that seems to have slanting ellipses rather than rounded ones. Remember that the minor (and major) axis is meant to cut an ellipse into two symmetrical halves, meaning that if a perfect circle were to be slanted somewhat, the minor axis would no longer cut it evenly. This is also explained briefly in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/13/notaligned.

• Boxes Section

On the Plotted Perspective exercise, although you make a note on the first frame about smudginess, your boxes are very neat and their depth lines follow through to the vanishing points correctly, so well done there! One of your boxes on the third frame appears distorted simply because it's placed past the vanishing point on the right. The concept of distortion is explained briefly in the written content here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/13/notaligned and also in good detail here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/G3SI84C/7/distortion. Additionally, it may also be worth mentioning that the boxes in the first frame appear to have much heavier line weight than in the rest of the frames. The written content for the 250 Box Challenge mentions that line weight only needs to be subtle in order to convey the solidity of an object: https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/1/lineweight.

For the Rough Perspective exercise, your lines appear a bit wobbly, but from what I've seen on other submissions (including mine), this is fairly normal for this exercise. A likely cause may be the attempt to make each width line parallel to the horizon and each length line perpendicular to the horizon, as the written content for this exercise asks. It's worth remembering that this particular exercise is done in 1 point perspective, meaning that two of the vanishing points are so far off the page that the converging lines for one vanishing point effectively become parallel to one another. Additionally, while your convergences are quite off, mistakes made while estimating perspective are normal, and doing so will improve with time and practice as well as during the 250 Box Challenge.

In the Rotated Boxes exercise, you did a great job with keeping your work neat and easy to interpret, so well done there! I would suggest making your work slightly larger so that the full extent of the page can be used. Additionally, don't be afraid to make your work large enough to touch or engulf the squares drawn on each end of the axes. Remember that these squares are there to unconsciously remind you of what a 180° rotation looks like (which in this case is effecitvely what you are trying to achieve with the rotating boxes). However, the written content also mentions that it's alright if you place these squares too far out from the rest of your work. Also, I would suggest keeping the gaps between the rotating boxes consistent in order to make estimating the placement of neighboring boxes in 3D space as efficient as possible. This is also explained briefly in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/guessing. Additionally, some of the boxes don't appear to actually be rotating (for example, the two boxes in the center left), meaning that their convergences follow to the same vanishing point(s), instead of different ones. The written content for this exercise briefly explains this as well: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/notrotating.

Finally, for the Organic Perspective exercise, your lines are neat, fluid, and confident. You also seem to do a fairly good job with adding lineweight, although I would suggest only applying it to the larger boxes closest to the viewer, so that the illusion of depth can be achieved more effectively. Additionally, some of your lines appear to diverge rather than converge, when facing away from the viewer. This mistake is also addressed in the written content for the 250 Box Challenge. Doing the challenge may help you improve considerably with estimating perspective.

Hello! Here is my critique. Let me know if I say anything wrong or unclear!

• Lines Section

For the Superimposed Lines exercise, the lines are fairly fluid and confident, although there seems to be fraying on both ends of some of the lines. Fraying on both ends suggests that not enough time was taken to place the pen at the starting points, however you seem to improve with this on the second page of the exercise shown on Imgur. Additionally, your lines tended to arc a bit as oppossed to being straight, which may happen as a result of not using the shoulder pivot to draw. However, arcing can also stem from a natural tendency to do so, even when using the shoulder pivot. If this is the case, then I suggest consciously arcing in the opposite direction in order to compensate for the issue. Doing so may eventually result in your brain associating this motion with a straight line.

On the Ghosted Lines exercise, your lines appear mostly confident, with a small amount of arcing here and there. Some of your lines have a bit of overshooting, for which the written content suggests "lifting your pen off the page the second you hit that end point" as a way to fix the issue. Overshooting may also improve with time and practice, but I suggest trying what the written content says and seeing if it improves your lines at all. Overall, you seemed to prioritize confidence over accuracy, so well done there!

For the Ghosted Planes exercise, the individual lines appear similiar to your ghosted lines (mostly confident, sometimes overshooting). However, some of the planes themselves overlap in a couple of places, which can cause the work to look messy. Although it may somwhat be an issue of accuracy by overshooting the lines, I suggest placing the points for a plane farther from the borders of the other planes so that the lines won't intersect so easily. Otherwise, accuracy will improve with time over practice.

• Ellipses Section

On the Table of Ellipses exercise, you appear to have a good diversity of ellipses with varying sizes and degrees, so well done there! Many of the ellipses, however, tended to overlap themselves and the boundaries— likely as a result of the second draw through. Although this may be an issue of accuracy rather than confidence (meaning that it will improve with time and practice), I would suggest practicing ghosting through an ellipse several times before putting it down on paper so that you can become more familiar with the particular ellipse you want to draw. Doing so may help keep your lines closer together when drawing through it two and/or three times, along with giving it the desired size and slant (one not overlapping the boundaries or the other ellipses, in this case).

For the Funnels exercise, the ellipses homework section requires that you only complete 1 filled page of the Funnels exercise. But I will critique both pages nonetheless.

Some of the funnels don't appear to be split evenly in half by the minor axis (the line that cuts through the horizontal middle of the funnel). As a result, many of your ellipses, especially the ones drawn with good accuracy (well done there!), are also not cut into two symettrical halves. I recommend carefully placing the minor axis so that it makes the two arcing lines of the funnel symmetrical. Doing so will ensure that given the ellipses are drawn correctly (within the boundaries), they will be split symmetrically as well. Additionally, some of the ellipses overlap one another. I would suggest the same as I did for the Table of Ellipses exercise, which is ghosting several times through an ellipse before placing it down.

On the Ellipses in Planes exercise, again your ellipses overlap the boundaries in a few places, however here it seems more an issue of accuracy rather than confidence. For this particular exercise, it may help trying to hit the midpoints of the plane rather than trying simply to hit the boundaries of the plane when drawing each ellipse. Just remember that confidence should be prioritized over accuracy when creating smooth, fluid lines.

• Boxes Section

For the Plotted Perspective exercise, the outer lines appear to be a bit messy for some of the boxes, so I would suggest being more careful when applying line weight. It's mentioned in the written content for the 250 Box Challenge that only a subtle amount of line weight is needed to set the outer form apart (https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/1/lineweight). Other than that, your depth lines appear to converge correctly towards the vanishing points, so well done there!

For the Rough Perspective exercise, the lines themselves appear mostly confident, with a few uncertain lines here and there. It may be worth mentioning that although it may be difficult to do, the width lines of the boxes should ideally be parallel to the horizon while the length lines perpendicular to the horizon. Since this exercise is done in 1 point perspective, two of the vanishing points are so far off the page that the convergences for one vanishing point effectively become parallel to one another. The convergences following your depth lines are quite off, however mistakes made while estimating perspective is normal and doing so will become easier with time and practice as well as during the the 250 Box Challenge.

On the Rotated Boxes exercise, I would suggest making your work larger so that you can use the full extent of the paper. Don't be afraid of extending your work out towards the squares drawn on each end of the axis, since they are there to unconsciously remind you of the full 180° rotation you're trying to acheive with the rotating boxes. Additionally, try to keep the gaps between the boxes as consistent as possible so that it will become easier to infer the placement of other boxes in 3D space (this is also explained briefly in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/guessing). Also, many of the boxes, particularly the ones on the outer corners, don't appear to actually be rotating, meaning that they follow the same vanishing point(s) as the boxes next to them. This is also explained in more detail in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/notrotating. However, as mentioned for the Rough Perspectice exercise, mistakes relating to perspective are normal and you will continue to improve with time and practice.

Finally, for the Organic Perspectives exercise, the lines of the front boxes appear quite strong in the first few frames of the exercise. Similarly for the Plotted Perspective exercise, I would recommend applying less line weight, as only a small amount is needed to set a silhouette apart (https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/1/lineweight). Additionally, some areas appear cluttered with boxes, making them a bit confusing to interpret. While you can still draw these, I would suggest not drawing as many boxes behind the ones towards the front— especially near a turn in the swoopy line guide. It may help to also strategically place the boxes away from one another so that the lines don't overlap too much in any one area.

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Hello! Here is my critique. Let me know if I say anything wrong or unclear!

• Lines Section

For the Superimposed Lines exercise, your lines appear clean and confident, especially on the second page shownn on Imgur. There doesn't seem to be any major instances of fraying on both ends of a line, which suggests that appropriate time was taken to place the pen at the starting point for each stroke. Doing so helps in preparation for confident strokes, so well done there!

For the Ghosted Lines exercise, your lines seem straight and confident, and it may even be worth mentioning that your accuracy is rather good as well. Accuracy, although not prioritized over confidence, may continue to improve with time and practice.

For the Ghosted Planes exercise, you seem to have grasped the concept of confidence using the ghosting method very well! On the second page shown of the exercise, there seems to be a box missing the lines drawn to its midpoints. Other than that, the only suggestion I have as of now is not to press too hard at the beginning (or end) of the lines where the corners are rather dark compared to the rest of the planes. These may also come from plotting large points. However, there might be multiple factors influencing this outcome, such as the type of pen used.

• Ellipses Section

On the Table of Ellipses exercise, there is a small amount of wobbliness concerning some of the ellipses' lines. If this is an issue of accuracy, then it will continue to improve with time and practice as you become more comfortable with ellipses. If it is an issue of confidence, however, I would recommend practicing ghosting through an ellipse several times before putting it down on paper so you can become more familiar (and thus confident) with the coming strokes. Some of the ellipses in the tables seem to overlap the boundaries a small amount, but as this may be an issue of accuracy, you will improve over time and practice.

Overall for this exercise, your ellipses tended to be more even or circle-shaped. For the future, I would recommend drawing ellipses with a larger variety of degrees and slants.

In the Ellipses in Planes exercise, although many of the ellipses aren't completely accurate, you seemed to prioritize confidence over accuracy, so well done there! It may be worth mentioning, however, to try hitting each of the midpoints (where two of the lines touch the plane) rather than focusing on simply hitting the boundaries.

In the Funnels exercise, you did a great job for the most part in keeping the ellipses aligned to the minor axis (the line cutting through the horizontal middle of the funnel). The funnels themselves are very neat, and additionally your ellipses fit snugly within the arcing boundaries. As a suggestion, you may also want to try drawing ellipses which increase their degrees as they move outward from the middle of the funnel.

• Boxes Section

On the Plotted Perspective exercise, your boxes appear neat, however some of the depth lines are not extended all the way to the vanishing points, so make sure follow through when drawing them.

For the Rough Perspective exercise, your boxes appear to have dark corners like in the Ghosted Planes exercise, which (apart from the pen) may have to do with plotting thick points. If that is the case, I suggest plotting slightly smaller points, as the written content for Ghosted Lines suggests that "ideally the resulting line should swallow both of them up". Additionally, its worth mentioning that the width lines of the boxes drawn should be parallel to the horizon while the length lines perpendicular to the horizon. Remember that this is because the exercise exhibits 1 point perspective, where two of the vanishing points are so far off that the corressponding lines or convergences for one vanishing point become effectively parallel to one another. It may also be worth mentioning that your depth lines are fairly accurate, for which again accuracy will continue to improve with time and practice.

For the Rotated Boxes exercise, try to keep the gaps between the boxes as consistent as possible in order to infer the placement of boxes in 3D space more efficiently (this is explained briefly in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/guessing). Additionally, a few of the boxes don't appear to actually be rotating— or at least, not to a large extent. This mistake is explained here in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/notrotating.

Finally, on the Organic Perspective exercise, most of your lines appear confident and neat, as in rest of the work for this lesson. However, I would recommend being more careful when applying lineweight to the boxes. Correct me if I am wrong here, but generally lineweight is added for the purpose of conveying which object(s) should stand out to the viewer, or in this case, which box is in front of which. I suggest applying lineweight to the boxes closer to the viewer, along with perhaps exaggerating the sizes of the boxes to convey the illusion of depth more clearly. It may also be worth mentioning that making mistakes while estimating perspective is normal, and that it will become easier through time and practice and when you tackle the 250 Box Challenge.

Hello! Here is my critique. Let me know if I say anything wrong or unclear!

• Lines Section

For the Superimposed Lines exercise, there appears to be a small amount of wobbliness here and there, but otherwise your lines are fluid and confident. There doesn't seem to be any fraying on the starting points of the lines, which suggests that you took the time to place your pen at the start of the line before drawing. Doing so is also important in preparing for a confident stroke.

Similarly in the Ghosted Lines exercise, your lines appear a small bit wobbly in some places. However, they are mostly neat and straight, which you seem to do a great job of throughout the rest of your work, so well done there! It's worth noting that you have fairly good accuracy as well, and although it is not prioritized over confidence, accuracy will continue to improve with time and practice.

• Ellipses Section

For the Table of Ellipses exercise, your ellipses appear smooth and confident, and you draw a variety of them with different degrees and slants. You also do a great job of keeping the ellipses close without overlapping one another! There are some instances of overlapping past the boundaries of the frames, but as this may likely be an issue of accuracy, it will improve with time and practice.

Much like in the Ghosted Lines exercise, your lines in the Ghosted Planes and Ellipses in Planes exercises are neat and confident, and you seem to have improved from the small amount of wobbliness before. For the ellipses themselves, most of them appear smooth and confident, however some of them wavered a bit to where their lines weren't closely packed together. If this is an issue of accuracy while still aiming for confidence, then you may improve naturally with time and practice as you become more comfortable with ghosting through ellipses. If it's an issue of confidence however, I suggest practicing ghosting through ellipses a few (if not many) times before putting them down on paper. Doing so may help your arm become more familiar with the particular ellipse you want to draw, and thus allow you to gain confidence in the coming strokes.

For the Funnels exercise, most of your ellipses appear to aligned well to the minor axis (the line cutting through the horizontal middle of the funnel), meaning that they are cut into two symmetrical halves. The ellipses also fit nicely within the boundaries of the funnels, so well done there! Again, the tightness of your ellipses (how close together the lines are from multiple draw throughs of an ellipse) will improve as you become more comfortable with applying smooth, confident strokes.

• Boxes Section

For the Plotted Perspective exercise, your boxes appear neat and their depth lines converge correctly towards the vanishing points. As of now the only suggestion I have is to add hatching similar to what is seen in the written content for this exercise (https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/14/step8) so that the boxes can be set apart from one another more clearly. Otherwise, I can't seem to locate any mistakes, so well done!

For the Rough Perspective exercise, I notice that you placed a question mark in one of the boxes in the first frame. Based on what I've learned from this course so far, there would not be a diagonal line crossing a face of a box when concerning depth lines. Remember that a box has six faces, each one resembling a quadrilateral with convergences. However, it seems that you understood this for the rest of your boxes. Additionally, it's worth mentioning that although it may be difficult to do, the width lines of the boxes should ideally be parallel to the horizon while the length lines perpendicular to the horizon. Remember that this particular exercise is in 1 point perspective, meaning that two of the vanishing points are so far off that the corressponding convergences for one vanishing point effectively become parallel to one another. But it seems you do a fairly good job of this too, so well done!

On the Rotated Boxes exercise, I would suggest covering the most of the space with your work, so that you take advantage of the full extent of the page. Also, don't be afraid to draw the rotated boxes so that they touch (or engulf) the squares drawn on each end of the axes. The squares themselves are meant to represent a full 180° rotation, so you're unconsciously aware of what you're trying to achieve. Additionally, your boxes appear to have small gaps between them except for the ones near the outer corners. I recommend that you try and keep the gaps consistent so that it is easier to infer the placement of the other boxes in 3D space. (this is also explained briefly in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/guessing).

Finally, for the Organic Perspective exercise, I would suggest making the sizes of the boxes more dramatic in order to better convey the illusion of depth. Also, for the most part, your boxes seem to have shallow foreshortening (the importance of this is explained in good detail here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/G3SI84C/7/foreshortening). Additionally, If you can, I would suggest drawing more boxes in general (for each frame) so that the fluidity of the line guide is followed more clearly. But that may just be a personal preference. It also may be worth mentioning that line weight does not need to be added to entire lines to convey which boxes are in front; it can simply be added near the corners where the lines intersect (this is explained breifly in the written content for the 250 Box Challenge, which comes directly after this lesson: https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/1/lineweight).

Hello! Here is my critique. Let me know if I say anything wrong or unclear!

• Lines Section

For the Superimposed Lines exercise, you seem to have somewhat confident strokes; however there are instances of wobbliness and fraying on both ends of a line. Wobbliness stems from aiming for accurate lines rather than prioritizing confidence and fluidity. Fraying on both ends suggests that not enough time was taken to place your pen at the starting point of a line before drawing it. I suggest that you stop and slow down right after drawing a line and carefully place your pen on the starting point before moving on. If you find that you are going too fast when drawing multiple times over each line, try relaxing your arm a bit after each line. This may also help with building up confidence for the next line.

Your lines also arc in some places—particularly in the lines closer to the length of the page—but not by much. This can come from not using the shoulder pivot to draw, however it can still occur even when doing so. You can correct arcing lines by consciously arcing in the opposite direction. Eventually you may associate that particular motion with drawing a straight line.

For the Ghosted Lines exercise, your lines are a small bit wobbly, similarly to the superimposed lines. Additionally, your lines tended to overshoot their end points to some degree. While overshooting is not considered a huge issue at this point in the course, the written content in the Ghosted Lines page recommends "lifting your pen off the page the second you hit that end point" if you have trouble with it. Overshooting may also improve with time and practice as you get better with applying fluid, confident strokes. Your accuracy will also improve over time, but confidence should still be heavily prioritized.

• Ellipses Section

For the Ghosted Planes and Ellipses in Planes, the wobbliness of your lines seemed to have improved a bit. I would recommend practicing more with the ghosting method by getting nicely familiar with the stroke you want to make before drawing each line. You do mention however that your ghosted lines are getting better while doing the 250 Box Challenge, so well done there! For the ellipses inside the planes, you seem to be mostly applying confident lines. Some of them are a bit wobbly though, and you seem to draw through some of them on the first page quite a bit (I may be incorrect here). The written content for the Table of Ellipses exercise suggests only drawing through them two or three times to ensure a confident and consistent ellipse without overdoing it (this is explained in more detail in the written content: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/11/drawingthrough).

For the Table of Ellipses exercise, you did a great job of keeping the ellipses within the boundaries of the table, and of drawing various types of ellipses! Like in the Ellipses in Planes exercise, however, the ellipses do tend to look a bit wobbly in some places— for which I suggest practicing ghosting a few (if not many) times through an ellipse before putting it down on paper. This is so that your arm gets familiar with the motion and in doing so you gain confidence in the coming strokes.

In the Funnels exercise, your ellipses appear mostly aligned to the minor axis (the line going through the horizontal middle of the funnel) pretty well. Some of them, however, seem to resemble a rectangle with rounded corners rather than an ellipse, so I would suggest working on making them more smooth in the future. Similarly to correcting wobbliness, try ghosting through your ellipses until you have a good feel for drawing them smoothly and confidently.

• Boxes Section

You did a great job on the boxes for the Plotted Perspective exercise! They are neat and converge correctly towards the vanishing points. Overall, I can't seem to locate any clear mistakes there.

In the Rough Perspective exercise, your lines begin wobbly, but you improve considerably as you went forward, so well done there! Additionally, it's worth mentioning that although it may be difficult to do, the width lines of the boxes should ideally be parallel to the horizon while the length lines perpendicular to the horizon. Remember that for this particular exercise, since it is in 1 point perspective, two of the vanishing points are so far off the page that the corressponding lines or convergences for one vanishing point effectively become parallel to one another. However, you seem to have done a fairly good job of conveying this as well! While the convergences themselves are quite off, mistakes regarding perspective are normal and estimating it will become easier as you continue to tackle the 250 Box Challenge.

For the Rotated Boxes exercise, most of the boxes near the outer edges appear to have larger gaps than the boxes towards the middle. Try keeping the gaps between the boxes fairly consistent as they rotate, so that you can infer their place in 3D space more efficiently using the neighboring boxes (this is also explained briefly in the written content for this exercise: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/guessing). Additionally, when doing this exercise, don't be afraid to extend the boxes out towards the squares drawn on each end of the axes, if you can. The squares are meant to represent a full 180° rotation on each axis to remind you what you're trying to acheive. However, the written content also mentions that it's fine if you place them too far out from the rest of your work (https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/step3).

Finally, for the Organic Perspective exercise, I suggest applying slightly less dramatic foreshortening to your boxes. The reason why is explained in good detail here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/G3SI84C/7/foreshortening. Additionally, try amplifying the size of each box a bit more in order to better convey the illusion of depth (particularly with the ones near the front of the viewer). I would also suggest drawing more boxes for each frame in general so that the flow of the line guide is followed more clearly— but that may simply be a personal preference.