Thank you! I had a lot of trouble at the beginning with that because I was going too fast, but I think I've improved a lot at that exercise since then (hopefully), now that I realise I can go more slowly. I also had a lot of trouble getting used to not drawing from my wrist which has made a big difference. Thanks again!
Thank you so much again for your help! Good luck with the rest of your journey too. :)
Hi again, Chiran! I'm not entirely sure how to submit revisions, but I think this is right. Please let me know if I've done this wrong!
So, I tried to be more careful about not letting myself repeat lines, and to be more confident and not let myself hide mistakes. I also tried to create more boxes of varying sizes and with more dramatic foreshortening. I found I had a lot of trouble with bigger boxes, so I did more boxes than you asked for. I hope that's okay.
Here's the link to the revisions: https://imgur.com/a/m7NyZQP
I really appreciate your thoughtful feedback! Do you mind letting me know your thoughts on these revisions?
Thank you so much Rennaisance! I definitely had a tendency to make my boxes similar sizes or too small at times, so I'll keep that in mind too for my future boxes. Thanks again!
That's very kind of you, thank you! Good luck!
Wow, Chiran! Thank you so, so much for your incredibly helpful and thoughtful feedback! I appreciate it immensely!
I'll focus on doing 15 more boxes and keep in mind: more dramatic foreshortening, don't repeat my lines (this is so hard for me so I'll really concentrate), and I'll also concentrate better on my line weight and hatching. I admit there were times when I was making boxes that I would go into a "sense of flow" which meant I wasn't fully thinking about what I was doing.
Thank you again so much!
From looking at your work, I think you really took in the lessons and did a good job. Your lines are confident and strong, your convergence is pretty good even from the beginning, and even your hatching is quite accurate.
The only tip I'd mention to help out in future is to try drawing the inside back corner first if you haven't tried that method already. Also to think of the all the parallel lines as a group rather than in pairs. Those tips really helped me personally to straighten out inner lines that accidentally converged too early or diverged.
Overall, great job!
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Good job on the hard work! Move on to the next lesson. :)
Hey there!
I can see a big improvement from your first boxes til your last ones, which is great. Also, your hatching got so much more accurate by the end too, with way less freying. I really believe you've taken the lessons to heart!
The little reminders I'd give you are:
When plotting your Y for the box, try to make sure all of the angle are greater than 90 degrees to prevent those weird angles that happen.
I know it's so difficult not to do this because I struggle with it so much, but try not to redraw lines even if they're wrong. The point of doing it with fineliner is that we can't erase our mistakes which means that we can look back at what we struggle with and more easily where we can improve for future. Again, I'm such a fiend for this habit so I know how hard it is to stop yourself correcting a line that's glaring at you!
It might be helpful to practice the superimposed lines exercise a few times when you can to help it feel easier to line up your lines.
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Congratulations on completing such a long challenge! Enjoy moving on to the next lesson. :)
I personally think you can move on to the 250 box challenge. I don't think you need to redo anything, just remember to be confident in your line making.
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Good job! Move on to the 250 box challenge.
I think you did well at the superimposed lines because there is is very little fraying especially at the beginning end!
I would recommend to keep in mind to draw from your shoulder with one confident movement and not too slowly. The reason I say this is because, especially in later lessons like rough perspective and rotated boxes, some of your lines become wobbly or arced, so its something to keep in mind.
Like the Staedtlers, these also come in a set of multiple weights - the ones we use are F. One useful thing in these sets however (if you can't find the pens individually) is that some of the sets come with a brush pen (the B size). These can be helpful in filling out big black areas.
Still, I'd recommend buying these in person if you can, at a proper art supply store. They'll generally let you buy them individually, and also test them out beforehand to weed out any duds.
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