1:57 PM, Sunday January 14th 2024
Thank you once again for the detailed feedback! I'll try to keep these in mind as I go forward and as I review animal constructions for warmups.
Thank you once again for the detailed feedback! I'll try to keep these in mind as I go forward and as I review animal constructions for warmups.
Drawabox is a jumping off point. it's lessons in fundamentals that you can carry with you through the rest of your career, and whichever kind of art you end up making.
The 50% rule is that at least 50% of all your time spent drawing must be for the sake of drawing. No studies and no course work of any kind (Drawabox or any other courses you're taking alongside it). You can take Drawabox alongside other art courses that teach other things if you'd like, as long as the 50% rule is maintained across ALL course work.
Getting confused when trying to apply Drawabox concepts in your personal drawings is normal. Drawabox is designed so that you get enough millage from just doing the homework and warmups that the concepts will become something you end up applying automatically. For your 50% work, just draw using whatever tools you'd like and in whichever way you'd feel like, don't worry about applying course concepts.
Hope this helps, feel free to reply if you're still confused about something!
Thanks for checking it out!
you had some great submissions this promptathon :)
Hi DIO!
Thank you for your detailed feedback. I've come back to Drawabox after a long break (about 9 months).
Feeling a little nervous about hopping back in, do you have any tips on how to resume after a long Hiatus? Any exercises I should do before I do the animal revisions?
Thank you!
Same! Although we got them banned at our school after making too many.
and thanks for the comment! I agree that I'm just trying to get somthing out, even if it's not the best I think I could do, because it's all about making sure I draw somthing after all :)
You're submissions we're still great!
You're penwork is amazing, very excited to see what you'll make next :)
Thank you for taking the time to write this!
If I understand what you wrote correctly, you're spending 1/4 of your studying days on DaB work, and the other 3 on other courses you're interested in.
If your goal is to maintain a balance of the 50% rule and you're worried your current schedule isn't doing that, then what I recommend is just record your time spent doing both kinds of drawing. That's what I use personally, although other people alternate between fun and study days, I haven't tried that myself but it sounds like a good idea.
Hope the advice helps, happy boxes!
Glad to see you're back for this seaons Prompathon!
Your ship design is really neat! I like how we can see the water before it breaks into streams when it hits the faucet head, looks like a power core of some sort.
Thanks!
Same to you!
Thanks for all the really encouraging comments on my work!
I feel more motivated than ever!
Back to lesson 4!
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