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Circled in red - some of this will be related to accuracy and a matter of practice, but some will also be related to planning. The Y method will resolve the ones where the edges aren't correctly meeting on that front corner. Just something to keep an eye on.

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Lines

Starting with your superimposed lines, you're doing a good job here lining your pen up with the starting point and executing your lines with confidence - both pages are quite well done though the second one really nails down the few little wobbles you were experiencing. Next, your ghosted lines and planes are looking bang on with confidence and fairly accurate to boot.

Ellipses

Your tables of ellipses are looking similarly confident for the most part. You've got a good variety of shapes and sizes and you've done a great job tucking them in there nice and tight. Your smaller ellipses tend to end up a bit lumpy, whether this is needing to refine your control of your shoulder muscles or you're drawing with your wrist, I'm not sure but it's something to be aware of.

Next, your ellipses in planes are also pretty good - for the most part, you're keeping a confident stroke and managing to hit the four sides of the plane. There is a little bit of deformation of the ellipses where you've prioritised accuracy a bit too much so just remember confidence is more important than accuracy at this point as accuracy is something built with time and practice.

Finally, your funnels are looking good with most of your ellipses aligned to the minor axis - the main thing I'd pick here is that your ellipses are looking quite stiff compared to some of the previous ones, which goes back to what I said about accuracy.

Boxes

Onto your rough perspective and you're doing a commendable job keeping the horizontals parallel and verticals perpendicular to the horizon line, your check lines are applied correctly and your line confidence only took a small hit here, with it remaining mostly confident.

Your rotated boxes are off to a good start - you're keeping the gaps between the boxes tight and consistent, which has given you good cues about where to place the next one. The left side of your rotated boxes definitely ended up with a bit less rotation than the right and you missed a couple of the diagonal boxes on the furthest edges.

Finally, you're getting a good amount of variation in the size and rotation of your boxes in the organic perspective exercise which is starting to create a sense of depth in each frame. The boxes themselves are diverging a little bit in places and you're offsetting the corners of your boxes in places, however this exercise is simply an introduction to the concepts you'll explore in depth in the 250 box challenge.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to your revisions, I've been flat out this week.

Definitely looking better here. Your superimposed lines are coming along well and you're doing a good job keeping the horizontals parallel and verticals perpendicular to the horizon line in the rough perspective. Your estimation of perspective is not too far off the mark and where it does, it varies in exactly the ways we expect it to for beginners just starting out - less accurate the further the box is from the vanishing point.

With that, I'm marking this lesson as complete. Keep practicing these exercises in your warm-ups and I'm sure you'll see some good gains in line confidence by the end of the box challenge.

Hey there, I'm Meta and I'll be your TA today, so let's get started.

Lines

Starting off with your superimposed lines, you were wobbling quite significantly to start with and this improved a little in your second page but you're clearly still focusing too much on accuracy here. There's a few less wobbles as you moved into the ghosted lines and planes however you may need to experiment a little more with the speed with which you're executing your lines - speed does not equal confidence but as a beginner, you may need to go a bit faster to override your brain's tendency to want to micromanage the movement of your arm.

Ellipses

Next, your tables of ellipses are off to a good start with a fair amount of variation in the size and shape of your ellipses and kept butted up against one another. I did notice you seemed to have the opposite problem here where you went too fast and lost control over your markmaking somewhat. This improves in your ellipses in planes however, where you've prioritised confidence over accuracy and made a clear attempt to hit the four sides of the plane. That said, make sure you're drawing through your ellipses a full 2-3 times as you often land short of the second go around. Finally, the alignment to the minor axis on your funnels is not bad, though you are once again getting quite loose with your ellipses and causing gaps between the ellipses.

Boxes

You've made a good attempt at keeping the horizontals parallel and verticals perpendicular to the horizon line in your rough perspective exercise however you have not applied the error checking method at all as outlined in step 6. Make sure you're taking the time to read through the exercise instructions before you sit down to draw and check your homework against the examples. Your line confidence here is also not great - this is pretty normal as students often get a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of taking their lines and turning them into boxes so just remember to take your time to plan out each and every line of your box and execute confidently.

Next, on the back planes of your rotated boxes, you've done a pretty good job keeping the gaps tight and consistent, things get a little more haphazard on the front planes and because of this, it has resulted in a fair bit of guesswork, which has made it hard for you to rotate your boxes. That said, this exercise is intended as an introduction to certain concepts tackled further in the course.

Finally, you're getting a pretty good amount of variation in the size and rotation of your boxes in the organic perspective exercise which is starting to create a sense of depth in each frame. I particularly liked the instances where you overlapped the boxes, which pushed that sense of scale more.

Hey there, I'm Meta and I'll be your TA today, so let's get started.

Lines

Starting with your superimposed lines, you're doing a pretty good job of lining your pen up with the starting point and keeping these confident. This confidence carries over into your ghosted lines and planes as well, which is great to see. There is a small amount of arcing present there and this section provides some insight into this and how to work towards correcting it.

Ellipses

Your tables of ellipses are fairly confident, except for the smaller ones, which may be seeing you slow down too much and allowing your brain to take over, or you may be letting your wrist creep in. It's good to see you are drawing through your ellipses 2-3 times as required though and varying the shape and size of the ellipses you're drawing. Your ellipses in planes are quite good, you're making a clear effort to hit the four sides of the plane and executing these with a good amount of confidence... I gotta admit though, that giant ellipse/plane that takes up half the page did make me giggle (and it's really well done!). Finally, your funnels are off to a good start, with you keeping the ellipses pretty well aligned to the minor axis and pretty confident.

Boxes

You've done a good job on your rough perspective, with keeping the horizontals parallel and verticals perpendicular to the horizon line and you've correctly applied the error checking method. Your line confidence did take a hit here, which is pretty normal - just make sure you're giving each and every line of the box the amount of time and attention as it deserves and also try not to go over lines when you make a mistake as this tends to both highlight the mistake and tend to be lines that are not planned/ghosted in the appropriate way.

You've given the rotated boxes a good try - you're keeping the gaps between the boxes tight and consistent for the most part, which has given you good cues about where to place the next one. You didn't manage to capture the full range of rotation, tending to follow the vanishing point of the box you previously put down, however this exercise is intended only as an introduction to certain concepts you will explore further throughout the course.

Finally, you're getting a pretty good amount of variation in the size and rotation of your boxes in the organic perspective exercise which is starting to create a sense of depth in each frame. The issues I mentioned in your rough perspective exercise are also present here so make sure you're really paying attention to that and really taking your time on each and every line that you put down. The boxes themselves exhibit a bit of divergence however this is something that you can work on in the 250 box challenge.

Hey there, I'm Meta and I'll be your TA today, so let's get started.

Lines

Starting with your superimposed lines, you're doing a pretty good job of lining your pen up with the starting point and keeping these confident. This confidence carries over into your ghosted lines and planes as well for the most part. There is a small amount of wobbling and arcing present there and this section provides some insight into this and how to work towards correcting it.

Ellipses

Next, your tables of ellipses are showing a good level of confidence and it's excellent to see that you're drawing through them the requisite 2-3 times. This continues through your ellipses in planes where your mark-making is not only confident, but often quite accurate in hitting the four sides of the plane without sacrificing that confidence. Finally, your funnels are looking good with most of your ellipses aligned to the minor axis for the most part, with most of the misalignment occuring towards the ends, which is pretty normal. I did like your error checking here as well, because it shows an awareness of what you were aiming for.

Boxes

Your rough perspective exercise is looking pretty good - you've done a good job keeping the horizontals parallel and verticals perpendicular to the horizon line (particularly on the front planes) and you've correctly applied the error checking method. You did seem to have a little trouble with the back planes though, so you may need to spend more time planning out where those lines should go and taking the time execute all of your lines confidently.

Your rotated boxes are off to a good start - you're keeping the gaps between the boxes tight and consistent, which has given you good cues about where to place the next one. You capture most of the range of rotation on the boxes as well, which is quite good considering this exercise is intended as an introduction to certain concepts. One thing I will call out is the haphazard nature of your hatching - if you are going to add this, give each of your lines the time and attention it requires to be confident and clean like the rest of your linework.

Finally, you're getting a good amount of variation in the size and rotation of your boxes in the organic perspective exercise which is starting to create a sense of depth in each frame. The boxes themselves are diverging a bit in places however this exercise is simply an introduction to the concepts you'll explore in depth in the 250 box challenge.

Hey there, I'm Meta and I'll be your TA today, so let's get started.

Lines

Starting with your superimposed lines, you're doing a good job of lining your pen up with the starting point and keeping these confident. This confidence carries over into your ghosted lines and planes as well and these exercises are generally well done. There's a tiny bit of arcing present in the ghosted lines, particularly in the longer lines - this is normal and this page offers some advice on how to counteract this.

Ellipses

Next, your tables of ellipses are showing a good amount of confidence for the most part and I'm glad to see that you're drawing through them the requisite 2-3 times, you've also got a good amount of variation in the shapes and sizes of your ellipses. The smaller ellipses are particularly wobbly compared to the others however, so make sure you're not slowing down too much or drawing these with your wrist. Your ellipses in planes are very confident and you're generally getting pretty accurate in hitting the four sides of the plane whilst still prioritising confident markmaking. I would suggest that you limit your drawing through the ellipse 2 times because your pen seems to be particularly dark/heavy. Finally, your funnels are looking good with most of your ellipses generally pretty well aligned to the minor axis.

Boxes

Your rough perspective exercise is looking pretty good - you've done a good job keeping the horizontals parallel and verticals perpendicular to the horizon line and you've correctly applied the error checking method. Your line confidence did take a little hit here and I can see little wobbles introducing themselves into your line work, so make sure you're still taking the time to plan and execute confidently. Your rotated boxes are looking good - you're keeping the gaps between the boxes tight and consistent, which has given you good cues about where to place the next one as well as managing a good amount of rotation.

Finally, your organic perspective exercise is looking really cool - you've done a great job varying up the size and shape of your boxes and especially with the overlapping. The boxes themselves are diverging a bit in places however this exercise is simply an introduction to the concepts you'll explore in depth in the 250 box challenge.

Hey there, I'm Meta and I'll be your TA today, so let's get started.

Lines

Starting with your superimposed lines, you're doing a good job of lining your pen up with the starting point and keeping these confident. This confidence carries over into your ghosted lines and planes as well and these exercises are generally well done. There's a tiny bit of arcing present in the ghosted lines but this seems to have resolved itself as you progressed through the exercises.

Ellipses

Next, your tables of ellipses are showing a good level of confidence and I'm glad to see that you're drawing through them the requisite 2-3 times, you've also got a good amount of variation in the shapes and sizes of your ellipses. You do overlap your ellipses a little bit but this is corrected in your second page. This confidence continues through your ellipses in planes where you're getting pretty accurate in hitting the four sides of the plane whilst still prioritising confident markmaking. Finally, your funnels are looking good with most of your ellipses generally pretty well aligned to the minor axis.

Boxes

Your rough perspective exercise is looking pretty good - you've done a good job keeping the horizontals parallel and verticals perpendicular to the horizon line (particularly on the front planes) and you've correctly applied the error checking method. You did seem to get a little confused on the back planes though, so you may need to spend more time planning out where those lines should go.

Next, on your rotated boxes, you've done a good job keeping the gaps between your boxes tight and consistent on the front planes of the boxes however on the rear planes, you seemed to get a bit more lost in the weeds with it, so remember that we're using the other boxes to give ourselves clues about where to place the next boxes. In terms of rotation, you haven't quite managed the full degree of rotation, tending to follow the vanishing point of the previous box rather than sliding the vanishing point along the axis. I thought your application of line weight here was particularly well done and you've done a good job of being restrained with it and only applying it to those lines that are in front.

Finally, you're getting a pretty good amount of variation in the shape and rotation of your boxes in the organic perspective exercise. You could've pushed the scale difference between the smallest and largest boxes a little more to really enhance that sense of depth in the frames. The boxes themselves are diverging a bit in places however this exercise is simply an introduction to the concepts you'll explore in depth in the 250 box challenge.

Hey there, I'm Meta and I'll be your TA today, so let's get started.

Lines

Starting with your superimposed lines, these are looking nice and confident, however you should take the time to line your pen up with the starting point each time as your lines are starting fray on both ends due to this. Your ghosted lines and planes are looking generally okay, there are instances where your lines are arcing and a few instances of wobbling. This generally improves over the rest of your work, so I think it's just a matter of practice and ensuring you're executing your lines with confidence (sometimes this might mean speeding up a little at first).

Ellipses

Next, your tables of ellipses are showing a good level of confidence and I'm glad to see that you're drawing through them the requisite 2-3 times, you've also got a good amount of variation in the shapes and sizes of your ellipses. This confidence continues through your ellipses in planes where you're getting pretty accurate in hitting the four sides of the plane whilst still prioritising confident markmaking. Finally, your funnels are looking good with most of your ellipses generally pretty well aligned to the minor axis.

Boxes

Your rough perspective exercise is looking pretty good - you've done a good job keeping the horizontals parallel and verticals perpendicular to the horizon line and you've correctly applied the error checking method for the most part, however your check lines should have stopped at the horizon line.

Next, I'm glad to see you've taken a good full attempt at the rotated boxes and you kept the gaps between your initial central boxes tight and consistent however as you got further out, you tended to do a lot more guessing of where the boxes should be placed. We use the other lines of the boxes to give ourselves a good hint about where the next box should be placed. The biggest issue I see with this exercise however is that you got overwhelmed and stopped ghosting and planning your lines - this is an important aspect of Drawabox, no matter how visually confusing things get, you should always be taking your time to understand what you're looking at and plan your next step, this will serve you well throughout the box challenge as well.

Finally, your organic perspective exercise is off to a good start, you're starting to get some variation in the size and rotation of your boxes however you could have pushed the scale much further as well as experimented a bit with overlapping your boxes to really sell that illusion. That said, this exercise (and the rotated boxes) are intended as introductions to certain concepts that are explored in further detail in the 250 box challenge and beyond, so we only ask students to take their best shot at them. Lastly, I did notice that you did not separate these out into frames as you did for the rough perspective exercise - you might've missed that as it's not as clearly outlined in the text as it is in previous exercises.