Here are my revisions! I've been drawing lots of bugs since here, and I think these came out the best. Nailing the boxy form of the scorpion from most side-angles was hard, but I like how the mantis came out. I also focused always for a more 3d impression over other things, and went slower to take these extensive notes to my drawings
If there's any problems with these, let me know and I'll try again!
Hello! Sorry this took such an incredibly long time. All I can say is that I've been very busy. Let me know if these satisfy the critique, and if not, I'll have a resubmission ready much, much sooner than these.
Here are my revisions! https://imgur.com/a/nNJVma4
Sorry it took a while. I added the reference photos for the ones that I could find, but the first page I did quite a while ago so I couldn't find the exact photos used. I drew bigger, focused more on construction before moving towards other steps, and went back and re-read the directions for branches and leaves a few times over. Adding texture for the final two drawings was a little tricky, and while I've been working on the 25 challenge here and there to get texturing down, I think my examples came out alright.
I hope these are more what drawabox is looking for, and if not, I'll divert more time this week to get them even cleaner asap.
Thank you for the critique, even if it was largely bad stuff. I'll admit to be rushing since I was doing these in downtime at work between waiting for the next job to pop up with what I do, so I'll take your words to heart and do these reduxes slowly at home next time! Even if they didn't come out great, it was really fun to draw all this stuff, so I don't mind having to redo it. I was also curious on how big I should make things, since I like to draw/write small and wound up making a bunch of little drawings, so I'll keep that in mind as well!
Thank you for the advice! It might be a while before I submit again, but I'll keep at it!
Hello, sorry this took so long!
[(https://imgur.com/a/E8CGL2S)]
I finished these boxes sometime last week, but had to fly out for a wedding and forgot to submit them before I left. Regardless!
I took your critique and focused more on foreshortening, extension, and line weight. I also tried to be a bit more straight with my lines, but I think fully getting out of my wobbliness will take time. It took me a few attempts (in practice, not these submissions) to get the right idea for more varied foreshortening perspectives, so I hope these turned out alright. Matching up the interior perfectly is still difficult, but I think these came out well.
Looking forward to more critique!
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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