danielcalencar

Thanks so much, DIO. Your feedback is always amazing! I'll work on all the things you pointed out.

Cheers,

Hello DIO,

Attached is the requested revision

I tried to better apply:

1 - Sausage method + construction for the legs

2 - Use the boxy shape as a construction foundation for the paws.

3 - Draw the entire shapes when adding them (as opposed to drawing 2d shapes).

Hopefully these ones came out better for the purpose of thes exercises. Do let me know.

Best wishes,

Daniel

Hi DIO,

Thanks so much for the detailed feedback. You are awesome and I can see you put lots of efforts into these and I learn A LOT. so I really really appreciate these.

However, I would like to note that for the specific case that I am being asked to review this submission (the legs) I can't help but feel that I have received mixed messages, since I really thought I was following the up-to-date instructions.

For example, when I go to the page of lesson 5, I see no warning stating that the video may be outdated at the top of the page (screenshot), and that I need to follow the legs instructions provided somewhere else.

https://drawabox.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/user_uploads/CT6XFFR_anwqct8s.jpg

As such, when I click on that video, (which now I have realized is from 9 years ago), there's an explicit moment where Uncomfortable states that the legs go a bit 2D and he breaks his own rules there. https://drawabox.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/user_uploads/CT6XFFR_6qr7kqjh.jpg

I do remember, at that moment, feeling surprised, but then I thought that perhaps insects worked better with sausages, but animals should be approach differently (like in the video).

Indeed, the instructions on the page show the dog being drawn with the sausage approach (which I was already aware from lesson 4). However, because the limbs section in the text format is really not that detailed (e.g., explicitly saying that we should be using the sausage approach), I somehow assumed that the video (which is more detailed about legs), should be followed for this lesson (wrong assumption from my part as I have learned now).

I guess all I wanted to say is: (i) I really tried to follow your feedback you gave me back in lesson 4 (i.e., to follow instructions strictly, and (ii) perhaps it would be really helpful to put a warning at the top of that page saying that the approach in the video for the legs is outdated, and that the sausage strategy (which we learned in Lesson 4, should be used instead). Not sure if this could be communicated to uncomfortable.

Regardless, I am very thankful to your feedback, and I will do the revision requested and upload the images on here. Please do not consider this one as my submission. I just wanted to give a wee feedback to the course.

Hi DIO,

Thanks so much for the thorough critique!

Now that you mention, I don't know why I interpreted that the requirement of "4 drawings without texture" was a soft requirement. I think this may have been a mistake I carried from lesson 3 now that I see it. I'll definitely keep to the requirements strictly from now onwards.

Also, thanks for checking my previous submissions. You are awesome.

Cheers,

Daniel

Great! Thanks so much!!

Wow! Amazing critique! I love it!

Thanks so much for the hard-work and suggestions.

I only have one question if that's okay? For the arrows, when you mentioned playing with the 3 space between the overlaps, you mean something like my arrows bend in different angles and then they leave some negative spaces when overlapping or you mean that the negative space should be bigger when more distant?

Thanks again!!!

Hello there,

Welcome to this amazing course! I hope you have some fun while doing it.

So, in lesson 0, they explain all the details about the required material. You are mentioning A1 paper, but in reality the course mostly expects you to use A4. I am quoting lesson 0 here:

"All I ask is that you don't draw on lined paper... or like, napkins. In fact, above all else, I highly recommend using regular printer paper. It's a great size (A4, 8.5"x11")"

I don't think the dot grid would fit into the requirements unfortunately (it is technically a lined paper?)

I would encourage you to try the lessons regardless, however! Perhaps this can keep your momentum going for when you are able to work on A4 sheets and make your homework submission. Enjoy your trip!

Cheers,

Oh no, many people on here are veterans coming back to this course over and over. Some people start drawabox even with years of experience. So yeah, I would agree with the fella above that you should not be comparing yourself to people on here. At this stage, I would encourage you to not look at other users' drawings. Keep focusing on yourself :)

Hey there, I think you must be having a tough time at the moment. Please, don't give up, especially if learning how to draw is your dream. Look at you, you're even doing the challenge! I've known people who have difficulties finishing the first lesson, and you have done it, Basics Brawler!!!

So to your question. Is there something that you really like in real life? It can be anything. Do you like horses, birds, cars? I would say, try to focus on these things that you love to your core. In my case, I started learning how to draw because I love historical military units, like the roman legionaries etc. So if I thought about drawing dogs, I would cringe and think "drawing is not fun", but the possibility to create my own warriors made me want to draw. (I think you get the idea).

As for being the beginner of the beginners. Most people start there. I started there for sure, drawing ugly soldiers, bad perspective, chicken-scratches all the way. But know this: you WILL improve. Your brain already has powerful visual processing components. Learning how to draw is simply learning how to translate that into the sheet of paper. It takes time, but that's it. Trust me, you WILL improve. Just keep going.

Thanks, uncomfortable! I will have a look at the link you sent!

Cheers,