RiggityRenekt

I found it was helpful to first identify what is parallel and then adjust inward from there. Judging relative angles is a skill that has to be built up.

Every convergence is a new angle for every edge of the box but practicing judging parallel is a clear goal that applies to all boxes - even if only in the planning stages. Meaning it is the more beneficial aspect to practice.

But yeah, getting the convergence right is a struggle sometimes. I've seen a lot of very experienced people mess it up as well. Realistically, it only has to be just good enough, not perfect.

If you suspect you aren't following the instructions properly you should share your work here or in the discord to get guidance. Definitely don't start over. Restarting does nothing but make you feel more burnt out.

In the end what does the number you write beside the box matter? It isn't like 250 is some magic number that will let you master boxes. Just try to identify something specific you can do better in the next box and do you best to apply it. Boxes should be a regular part of your warmups pretty much forever onward after the challenge, anyway.

Drawing, or any creative endeavor really, is a battle first fought in the mind. Our neuroses - doubts, insecurities, impatience, perfectionism, frustration, reluctance, etc are all the demons we all fight in that battle. The more we give into them the stronger they seem to become. To the best of your abilities, don't.

We would likely be able to give better advice if you provided examples of your work. Without that, just all that can really be said is to make sure all the angles in your Y are greater than 90 and to place your dots more carefully.

Be kind to yourself, don't stress, do your best to keep the goals laid out in the videos in mind as you go along. It takes time. Hang in there.

Discord could provide more immediate advice for you.

Glad I could help :)

Since you asked a technical question I'll give you a technical answer.

A square is a shape with 4 equal sides with 90 degrees at each internal angle. If you are drawing squares then you aren't following the instructions properly. Calling it ghosted squares would be incorrect.

A plane is a flat 2 dimensional surface oriented in a 3D space. When drawn onto the paper their sides can have virtually any length and the shapes can have just about any set of internal angles(as long as they are less than 180 individually and total 360).

The closest thing I can think to call it other than planes would be quadrilaterals. "Ghosted quads" almost works but since quadrilaterals technically can be concave we'd have to call it "ghosted convex quads" to achieve what simply saying "ghosted planes" does.

Ghosted planes is more accurate with the least amount of words.

With short questions like these I recommend you ask in the discord channel. You'll likely get a faster response.

This is why they say comparison is the thief of joy. That is also why artists warn others of too much social media. It can give a distorted impression of how difficult things actually are.

Most likely, if people are filming themselves and posting it online, they have spent a lot more time practicing than they are letting on and, in addition, chose to only show their best results. Nobody likes to look bad in public, especially not people who are trying to make a career on youtube.

And even if they do well on their first try, you don't know what kind of life experience they've had prior. Fine motor control and hand-eye coordination aren't silo'd off by category of activity. Athleticism(awareness of and ability to move your own body accurately through space) is broadly applicable to many things. I've personally found practicing shooting hoops increased my awareness of my upper body and control of my arms leading me to improve more at drawing lines(This is not a recommendation, this is just to make a point. A better return on investment for improving linework is to practice linework). I am convinced if Michael Jordan just had a bit of DrawABox he would be able to near perfectly nail just about any line in a short amount of time. He might not have to put in as much work directly toward DaB as you or I but he absolutely put in the work building his athleticism. To get good at something the sweat and tears all has to be paid at some point. Don't get discouraged because someone else got in line first and had a chance to pay a portion of it sooner than you.

A more reasonable comparison might be to check out other people's homework submissions here

Regardless, it takes A LOT more practice than a couple days. Don't let your desire to be good make you impatient and cause you to get discouraged. That happens to too many beginners. Ask just about any couple with kids - a road trip always goes by faster when you aren't constantly checking if you are there yet. Enjoy the journey.

As for tips, I recommend going on the discord and showing what you have so far. Maybe read through the critiques of other's submissions and see what advice they were given and think about how it would apply to you.

If it is urgent, join the discord and ask for help there. You'll want to provide more information there than you have here.

I draw both together. One ghosted plane, then one ellipse . Repeat until 10-15 minutes are up.

I'd argue drawing from life to be more than one "image" because you are free to change your PoV, pick it up and move it around, to help you get a better understanding of your subject.