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PJisBACK

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pjisback's Sketchbook

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    10:37 PM, Saturday February 7th 2026

    Hey thanks for the feedback! :D

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    4:05 PM, Tuesday January 20th 2026

    Hey Salamenzi!

    First I would like to congratulate you on completing the 250 Box Challenge :)

    I can see a clear improvement in your boxes and understanding of a 3D space!

    You used a lot of different boxes and angles and managed to consistently improve drawing all of them.

    The only critiques I have are that you lines sometimes curve a little - make sure to draw from your shoulder/with your whole arm and feel free to turn the page so you can draw in the direction that suits you the best.

    I would suggest adding a 10-15 min warmup and focus on drawing Superimposed Lines from Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

    If you kept a 50/50 rule and had a fun drawing and not just exercising you can continue with the next lesson, otherwise take a little break.

    Congrats again, and I hope you continue on! :D

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As discussed in Lesson 0, printer paper (A4 or 8.5"x11") is what we recommend. It's well suited to the kind of tools we're using, and the nature of the work we're doing (in terms of size). But a lot of students still feel driven to sketchbooks, either by a desire to feel more like an artist, or to be able to compile their work as they go through the course.

Neither is a good enough reason to use something that is going to more expensive, more complex in terms of finding the right kind for the tools we're using, more stress-inducing (in terms of not wanting to "ruin" a sketchbook - we make a lot of mistakes throughout the work in this course), and more likely to keep you from developing the habits we try to instill in our students (like rotating the page to find a comfortable angle of approach).

Whether you grab the ream of printer paper linked here, a different brand, or pick one up from a store near you - do yourself a favour and don't make things even more difficult for you. And if you want to compile your work, you can always keep it in a folder, and even have it bound into a book when you're done.

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