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Thank you for your kind words.

I still have to start working on colors, though. They're very intimidating.

Wow, totally missed that. No wonder I was missing a big part of it.

I went back and revised the lesson material. While some of the cylinders still seem way off, I started to approach how I draw them differently and more cautiously after starting to take in consideration these contact points.

Here are the extra 50 cylinders in boxes.

https://imgur.com/a/BZOrfUO

Hey, thanks for all the pointers. Lots of improvement to do.

I'll be sure to keep in mind all this advice for the future.

Thanks for the in-depth critique.

I'll be sure to take your notes in account as I move to the next lesson.

Hello, again, Molly.

I'm glad you took the time to draw two more pages as requested. Regarding the links I shared, I noticed they had some typos, which prevented them from working. They are fixed now.

Now, on your new boxes you managed to draw all the extended lines in the right direction, although you forgot to draw a set of them on the bottom right box of your first page. This one specifically would be a good example of the importance of extending the lines correctly, because if you extend the lines you're missing, you'll notice that some of them will never meet, since they are moving apart from each other. This should never happen. If the perspective is correct, the extended lines should move closer to one another and meet at the same point. The same happens on the box in the center of the second page. The green lines will never meet.

Now, it's nearly impossible to get every box with a perfect perspective, where all lines meet in a single point, but our goal is to make sure that the lines meet in points that are close to each other. This segment of the video explains it better.

Regarding the side that's facing the viewer, here you have picked all the sides correctly, as you did on most of the 250 first boxes. An example of a box you shaded the wrong side would be box nº. 45.

Overall, these last boxes are much better than the previous ones and it shows you corrected your previous mistakes.

Don't forget to keep practicing some boxes during warm ups, as this will help you keep improving. Good luck for lesson 2.

Hi, Ducky. Good job finishing this hard challenge. Overall your work here is pretty good. You mixed a good amount of shallow and dynamic perspective boxes, while keeping their perspective very acceptable. It clear by the many placed dots and you were conscious about looking for the right place to draw each line.

What concerns me the most here is your line work. You draw multiple times over the same lines and this happens throughout the whole exercise. While it is encouraged that students increase the lightweight of their boxes silhouette, this should be done by superimposing the outer lines only and with a very subtle stroke. One of the points of using ink it to plan each line very carefully before committing to them and while it's evident you made an effort to plan them, in some cases you also seem to try to correct your mistakes. Avoid doing this as the incorrect line will still be there. Learn to accept the result and, keeping your mistakes in mind, do better on the next box.

You should feel free to start lesson 2. Good luck.

Hi, Farhan. Congrats on finishing this exercise.

Overall you did a good job throughout this challenge. In some cases you still seem to struggle with the inner corner and, in the end, some of the inner lines end up diverging or converging too soon. This is especially hard when those inner edges are very close with the outer ones. Now that you've finished the chalenge, don't be afraid of trying new methods of construction in order to find a way that helps get a better result. Some people prefer to find the middle corner right before closing the last outer plane, but keep in mind that the depth lines should only meet in the vanishing point.

Another note: in these kind of exercises it's always better to number each box. Not only this makes it easier to check your own improvement, but also someone can easily point to a specific box if they needs to help you with something.

Feel free to move to lesson 2. Keep doing some boxes for warmups, as you'll need the practice by the end of the next lesson.

You superimposed lines are overall good, but they are slightly wobbly. Also, some of them are fraying at the start. Place your pen carefully before starting the line. You ghosted lines and planes are looking very good, although it looks like (at least in a few cases) you did not place the dots before drawing the inner lines on the planes. Be sure to always plot all your lines with dots, as this gives you a goal to draw them to. If you don't place dots how can you know if your lines are accurate? This will help you check your improvement.

You did very well on the ellipses exercise. It's evident that you've drawn them with confidence, as they end up being very smooth, with virtually no wobbling.

On your rough perspective exercise (although you get what was asked of you), there are some lines that could be better aligned with the horizon. Remember that the horizontal lines of your boxes should be parallel to the horizon, while the vertical ones should be perpendicular to it. On some cases you draw over the same lines more than once, probably to correct a misplaced one. Avoid doing this, as in the end the misplaced line will still be there. Just keep your mistake in mind and do better on the next box.

Good job on the rotated boxes keeping everything packed together. On some cases you could have pushed the rotation further, but overall you got a good result out of it.

Your organic perspective is also good, although I feel you could have drawn a larger number of boxes, to help you better sell the illusion of depth. Nonetheless, you did well on the boxes you've drawn, taking the risk to overlap some of them. The perspective is mostly accepted, except for a few onces that are slightly distorted, but you'll have plenty of opportunities to practice perspective on the boxes challenge.

Very good submission and good luck for the further lessons.

Hi, denyekayana. Good job on going through this lesson.

Lines

Overall your lines are good. Some of the superimposed ones are slightly arching. Although they are not particularly bad, this might be something to keep in mind. You kept up the good work during the ghosted lines and planes as well.

Ellipses

You did well on the table of ellipses, but, during the ellipses on planes exercises, a few of them are slightly deformed, probably because you were too focused in keeping them within the planes bounds and ended up trying to stir them during the process of drawing. You did a good job in the majority of them, though.

Boxes

Really good work on the rough perspective boxes. You kept everything aligned with the horizon and ended up with a good perspective, shown by your depth lines.

You did a good job regarding the mechanics of the rotated boxes exercise. The end result might not have ended so smooth as the example homework, but what's important here is to understand how boxes rotate in 3D space.

Again, you did well on the organic perspective. You kept a good flow from the smaller to the larger boxes. In some cases you could have overlapped more of the boxes. For example, on the top frame of the first page you leave a gap after the fifth small box. It would be better if you just kept an even distance between the boxes and then just overlapped the larger boxes on top.

Overall this is a very solid submission and you should feel free to start the boxes challenge.

Hi, PandasEatBamboo. Good work going through this lesson.

Your superimposed lines are arching a bit. This can happen with you're not correctly drawing from the shoulder and end up mixing some elbow motion into your movement. Be sure to always draw from the shoulder. Your ghosted lines are better in this regard, but, when going through your ghosted planes, they could definitely be smoother. Don't forget to apply the ghosting method and draw each line with a swift stroke. Don't try to steer it into the end point during the drawing process. That's what the ghosting is for.

Your ellipses are very good, which is a sign you drew them with confidence. During the ellipses in planes exercise a few of them ended up being deformed, probably because you were trying too hard to make sure they would fit inside the planes.

The rough perspective exercise is very nice. You did what as asked of you and ended with a good perspective. Some boxes could be better aligned with the horizon line, though. Remember that the horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon, while the vertical ones should be perpendicular to it.

You did very well on your rotating boxes, although some of them are not quite rotating as they are sharing the same vanishing point. This is noticeable on some of the boxes near the bottom left corner. If you had pushed the rotation further on the initial middle row/column boxes you might have prevented this.

The organic perspective is also good. You did a good job keeping the flow from the smaller to the larger boxes and ended up conveying a good sense of depth on the final work. You did well overlapping some of the boxes, but be careful when increasing the line weight of your boxes. This should be done just slightly and very subtle. The perspective is also decent in most of the boxes. There are a few of them which are not very good, but you'll have plenty of opportunities to get better at this during the boxes challenge.

One final note, though. Try to avoid correcting your lines by going over them. This happened in a few of your boxes exercise. If you misplace a line, just keep them in mind and do better on the next box.

Overall you did a good job here. Good luck for the other lessons.