Hi! Sorry for the late reply, i haven't been as active as i'd like to be due to work. Coming to the boxes, you have done really well. It is clear that you have understood the purpose of this challenge and hence you may move forward to lesson 2. Just remember the important stuff and if you can please consider helping others by critiquing their lessons.
Good luck.
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You have done well and you may move onto Lesson 2.
Hmm. It seems that though you have understood what needs to be done you lack practice. As such you may move forward for now but make it an absolute point to practice drawing ellipses each day as warmup. Another thing i'd like to point out is that you are drawing way too many superimpositions. Limit them to two. Also keep your primary focus on getting a smooth and consistent lines then move towards drawing an ellipse which sits perfectly within the plane. I'll share a photo on discord about how you can make better ellipses.
Next Steps:
Though you may move forward towards the 250 boxes challenge practice drawing ellipses each day as warmup before starting the challenge.
Thank you for the insight. After i "officially" finished this lesson i went on a hiatus for some time. During that time i spent a lot of time practicing. I practiced specific parts rather than entire animals. I learnt a lot from that time. As i said, i wasn't particularly happy with how my drawing looked. After practicing separately from drawabox and returning back i saw lots of errors. Since then i've drawn animals as a part of 50% rule. Honestly i was expecting a redo. Thank you!
Hi.
Ive reviewed your post and you have done a phenomenal job. Your line quality is crisp, the extensions are correctly done and even hatching is on point. It is clear you have understood the point of the exercise and therefore you may move forward.
Good luck! O~O
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You have done well and may proceed to Lesson 2. If it isnt bothersome please consider helping others out by critiquing them.
Hi. Sorry for the late reply. The foreshortened boxes are pretty well made. I can see you faced some issues with convergence, particularly with the last line. But that's fine as this is something you can improve with practice. Just include boxes to your warm-ups and you're all good. After seeing your submission I'm convinced you have understood the aim of the lesson and you may move forward.
Good luck!
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You have done well and may proceed on to Lesson 2. If you can please consider helping other members by critiquing their lessons. G
Hi.
Overall you have done a pretty good job. The lines are non wobbly and the extensions are correct. The hatching is consistent too. I can see you had trouble with some of the convergence but its fine as its a continuous process. As such i see no major problem with the boxes. Just remember the important stuff like drawing from shoulder, ghosting your lines. Also add boxes to your warmups for added practice (unfortunately boxes are something you can never escape). Since you've done everything upto the mark you may continue on your journey towards the next lesson.
Good luck! O~O
Next Steps:
You've done a good job and you may move forward towards Lesson 2. Also if you can please consider helping others by critiquing their work (You've finished lesson 1 so you can critique others).
Hi!
Overall you've done a pretty good job. The lines are confident. The extensions are in correct direction and the hatching shows the nearby plane correctly.
Just try to draw the hatching less rushed so that it doesn't go outside the plane you're drawing it on as doing so breaks the form of the box thus damaging the solidity.
Just keep this in mind for future boxes and as such i feel you have understood the aim of the lesson and hence you may move forward.
Good luck! O~O
(Also thank you for helping others by doing critiques)
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You may move ahead with lesson 2. Good luck!
Hi !
For the most part the boxes are well made. The lines are confident and the extensions are in correct direction. Coming to your question regarding the hatching you have done is correct for the most part. When drawing a box there is always a focal point. This is the edge closest to the viewer. It's the center point of all the extension lines. There are three planes along this point. You may see that all boxes have two Y. One is in the front while other is in the direction opposite of the front one. You can hatch any of the three sides connected to the Y in the front. Hope that clears your doubt.
Now with the critique.
Below i've pointed out the things that have noticeable errors.
Things to look out for:
1) You could have drawn boxes with more foreshortening . When the boxes are foreshortened the convergence point lies closer to the box. This forces you to think about convergence making drawing boxes harder. This is an important thing that needs to be practiced. While drawing boxes whose vanishing points lie far away you miss out on the important skill of thinking how the lines will converge.
(See revision column)
LINK
https://tasty-tangy-meeting.glitch.me/
Hope to hear from you soon. Feel free to ask any doubts by responding to this post.
Good luck! O~O
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To ensure you learnt how convergence for foreshortened boxes work it would be really helpful if you drew 20 foreshortened boxes. Try to bring variety in boxes and you can use the link above to help different angles for drawing the boxes.
Hi !
Below i've pointed out the things that have noticeable errors.
Things to look out for:
1) Through a rough skim over your submission there seems to be slight lack of diversity in boxes. What i mean by this is that a large portion of boxes have parallel edges, hence you are missing out on essential process of thinking about the convergences. Based on the boxes that do have the convergence its clear that you're having some trouble with them. You would have learnt a lot more if you did more of boxes that had converging edges.
2) The hatching meant for representing the plane viewer is facing was fine for intial boxes however it turned rushed later on. In many of the later boxes the hatching breaks out of the edges of the box. This damages the form of the box and makes it look 2D.
The line quality is pretty good without any wobbles. Extensions of lines is correct. Overall the boxes are pretty well made and it seems you have understood the main objective. As such the lesson will be marked complete once you finish the corrections. Feel any and all doubts below.
LINK
https://tasty-tangy-meeting.glitch.me/
Good luck! O~O
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To check if you understood conversions of boxes where VP are pretty close it would be helpful if you drew 20 additional boxes with sharper convergence. Keep in mind the errors pointed above and try to draw diverse boxes. Use the link above to find varying boxes if you cant think of new angles for boxes.
Hi. Sorry for replying so late. I discussed your submission with others who do critiques and the collective response was that it feels like you are drawing too fast. Though fraying of lines is not a problem, generally speaking but in this case the lines are fraying because you are moving too fast. Try to slow down a little. If you need help you can always ask. Its not the best but you can take a look at my lesson 1. 1 trick to help you with ellipses is as follows:
1) Draw the plane as you normally would.
2) Next imagine 4 points on each side of plane where you feel the ellipse would touch the plane.
3) Start to ghost around those points and try to touch those points while ghosting.
4) When you feel confident put the pen to paper. First thing that will happen is the sudden friction between pen and paper. Now it is easy to overshoot your lines as you put more effort into drawing the ellipse so keep that in check. Apart from theory only practice will help so make sure to do some of these exercises as your warmup.
Good luck!
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I feel 1 more page of ellipses in planes would help you.
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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