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Hi, Brycealan8. Congratulations on finishing Lesson 2! These exercises were tough, so you should feel proud for completing them all the way through.

Contour Lines

• Organic arrows are looking good! I noticed some arrows had heaver lineweight on the smaller end of the arrow. Generally speaking, objects closer to the viewer have a heavier lineweight, so make sure that you reserve these heavier lines for the parts of the arrow that are closer to the viewer.

• Nice, solid forms for your organic ellipses. Good job on nailing those alignments and varying the ellipses' degrees.

• Good attempt on the organic contours but notice how they look a bit flat compared to when you drew through the Ellipses? You can remedy this by making sure to vary the degree of the contours and overshooting your lines overshooting them. When ghosting the contours, try ghosting as if you're drawing the entire ellipse but only put the pen down on the contour part. It takes some practice but it'll allow you to plan your contours and execute a confident line!

Texture

• Good texture explorations! You've nailed a nice transition between light and dark.

• Nice variety of textures in your dissections and you've wrapped them well around the form.

Construction

• Form intersections look solid as well. Good use of confident lines throughout and I like how you explored multiple intersections between different objects.

• The intersections themselves are great start to thinking about how forms work with each other. You'll have more practice in the lessons ahead! You've nailed the essence of the exercise, however, which was to start thinking about how different forms interact in 3D space.

• Good attempt at the organic intersections. Some of the ends of your sausages are a bit wobbly, so remember to aim for a confident stroke. And, like in the contour exercises, make sure that you're varying the degrees of the inner contour lines.

Hi, Sure. Congrats on finishing Lesson 2! I hope these comments are helpful:

Contour Lines

• Good attempt on the Organic Arrows but I noticed that some of your lines are wobbly, particularly on the smaller arrows with more thick-to-thin contrasts. Remember to aim for confident, smooth lines! They're especially essential to maintaining the illusion of a solid, 3D object in 3D space.

• Solid attempt on both Organic Forms exercises. For the Organic Ellipses, make sure to vary the degrees of the ellipses on your sausages, to give the impression that we are really looking at at 3D object (as we would have different viewing angles of parallel lines).

• For the Organic Contours, some of your contour lines are shallow, making the sausages seem flatter than they are. Make sure they curve around the sausages instead.

Texture

• Great texture explorations! Your transitions from dark to light are very nice and you've done a good job wrapping the textures around the organic forms.

Construction

• Form intersections look good, too. Here, your lines are much more confident and I like how you explored many different intersections between different forms.

• Organic intersections looks solid overall; good use of line weight and cast shadow. Like the Organic Contours, however, make sure your contour lines are curving around the sausage forms.

On a side note, for future exercises try taking photos of your pages under direct light. It helps gets a sharper image of your work!

Hi Cerri!

Thank you so much for reviewing my work! Your comments were really helpful and insightful.

I've done another page of the organic forms and interactions, focusing more on producing a solid, confident shape. Here's the link! https://imgur.com/a/bHRVAVC Let me know what you think :)

Hello! Hope this feedback helps :)

Thinking in 3D

• Organic arrows are nicely done! Some of the smaller arrows could have deeper foreshortening (more scale and line weight contrast, with gives a stronger impression of 3D space)

• Contour ellipses look good; ellipses are aligned to the axis and you've shifted the degree to match the the form

• Contour curves are nearly there. Your curves are very confident but a lot of them do fall outside the sausage form. The lines should appear like they're falling on the other side of the form. Ghosting can help you achieve this!

Texture and Detail

• Good texture analysis! Try to aim for more a smoother transition at the dark end of your textures by deepening your cast shadows!

• Dissections look great. Lots of variety and you've minded the curvature and changed the outlines of the form.

Construction

• Overall, good attempt at intersections between objects. Try to draw shapes that are similar sizes though, and closer to each other. That way, you can practice objects that intersect with each other on all different sides, instead of only one one or two sides.

• Hatching should only be used to indicate which plane is facing the viewer (not the entire surface of the object). There also shouldn't be hatching on spheres; instead, use a little circle to indicate where the "pole" is (like Uncomfortable did in his video).

• Organic intersections look good; they look like they have weight in 3D space. Some cast shadows could be improved by warping it more closely to the object underneath.

Hello, Brycelan8. Congrats on finishing a tough challenge while taking care of your new kid to boot!

Having looked at your boxes, I think you pretty much nailed the challenge. Your convergences are mostly correct (they converge away from the viewer) and your inner corners are also mostly within perspective. You draw a variety of orientations and experiment with forshortening. Your linework is fairly steady too, although there are a few wobbly lines here and there. Remember to ghost, use your shoulder, and aim for confidence. Something that might help too is to incorporate the "superimposed lines" exercise from Lesson 1 in your warmups before drawing.

You mentioned that some of your lines were way too parallel. I did notice some here or there but it's not as bad as you'd might think it'd be. While the boxes before the 200th one do tend to have shallower foreshortening, having more practice with these might actually be more beneficial since the later exercises involve drawing objects that are closer / human-sized. Like you said, the tricky part is to make sure that the lines are not parallel. Something that might help is to angle your page so that whichever "Y" line you are drawing off from is completely vertical. That way, when you plot your lines, you determine much easier if the line you're about to draw is too perpendicular.

Hope this helps!

Hello, Prehensile! Congrats for finishing a tough challenge.

Having looked at your boxes, I think you pretty much nailed the challenge. Your convergences are mostly correct (converge away from the viewer. Your inner corners are also mostly within perspective. You've also drawn boxes in a good variety of orientations. Your linework is alright as well, although like you mentioned there are a few wobbly ones. A few tricks would be to try "locking" your elbow and keeping your eye on the end dot (rather than your moving pen). And, of course, remember to go for confident lines above all else.

You mentioned that you had consistent issues where the two lines on either side of box would intersect. I looked through your boxes and I actually don't think it is a common problem with your boxes. For those tricky intersections, though, here are two tips that might help:

• If the intersection happens with the outer lines in a pair (those that define the edges of the box), it's a good sign that you may need to plan your foreshortening more carefully. When you plot your first plane (after drawing the "Y"), take note of how much foreshortening you wait. Generally speaking, the more the line "leans" towards the "Y", the more dramatic the foreshortening will be. If you do choose to have dramatic foreshortening, make sure the other line on the other side is proportional to the shortening you want to achieve, otherwise you'll end up with a box that's half dramatic and half shallow.

• If the intersection happens with an outer line and an inner line (e.g. red lines for Box 186), you may need to check your inner edge to see if the point you plotted aligns with the rest the convergences for your box. Of course, this also depends on how well you plotted the outer edge. It's tricky to get but I find that when plotting the outer edge, it is much easier to make a proportional box when I angle my paper so that whichever "Y" line I'm working off of at is completely vertical and then plan my outer converges around that.

Hello, 2391. Congrats on finishing a tough challenge! Here's some feedback:

Having looked at your boxes, I think you pretty much nailed the challenge. Your convergences are mostly correct (converge away from the viewer). Your inner corners are also mainly within perspective. You've also drawn boxes in a good variety of orientations and your linework is confident. There are a few hatches that are wobbly, but that can be fixed easily by remember to start your line on the dot (like the superimposed exercise from Lesson 1). Comparing your first and last boxes, it's clear that you have a good understanding how boxes sit in 3D space.

The only thing that I might suggest would be to try drawing boxes with orientations that have shallower forshortening. Not only does this increase your comfort with drawing objects that are human-sized or far away but it also prepares you for the lessons ahead where shallow forshortening is more relevant (since the objects being drawn are not overly large).

Hello, Rice0fTheSpooder. Congrats on finishing a tough challenge! Here's some feedback from me:

• Good on you for trying out a variety of different orientations - this will help you get more familiar with how 3D space works.

• There are some incorrect convergences / line extensions (although, fewer by the time you reach Box 250). Remember, lines in 3D space converge away from the viewer. This not only includes the plane that you hatched out but also the other planes that are "facing" you as well since the viewer's perspective mirrors yours. So, for example, in Box 174, your middle set of lines should be converging downwards as the plane that is facing the viewer is the top plane (and not the bottom one, which is behind the box).

• Some of the convergences on your longer / larger boxes (e.g. Box 136) are nearly parallel. This wouldn't happen in 3D space, so remember to make sure that your lines converge (it doesn't have to be super obvious but make it noticeable).

• Good attempt at linework, although some of your longer lines are wobbly. Remember to ghost, use your shoulder, and aim for confidence instead of accuracy.

Overall though, there's a clear improvement between your first and last set of boxes so I think you're getting the hang of 3D space.

Hello, Battleground. Congrats on finishing a tough challenge. Here's some feedback:

• There are some different orientations for your boxes but I think you could benefit more from drawing a variety of orientations. This will help later down the road when you draw objects from different angles / perspectives.

• Some of your convergences are nearly parallel (e.g. Box 250, 246, 245) .This wouldn't happen in 3D space, so remember to make sure that your lines converge (it doesn't have to be super obvious but make it noticeable).

• Some of your line extensions are also incorrect (e.g. Box 250, 177, 196). For these boxes, the line extension should be downwards, not upwards. This is because the lines should be converging away from the viewer (the top plane of the box is still facing the viewer - kind of - and so the lines converge downwards).

• Good attempt at linework, but some lines are a bit wobbly. Remember to ghost, use your shoulder, and go for confidence.

Overall, good attempt at the challenge. Looking at your progress from Box 1 to Box 250, it's clear you're getting the hang of how boxes sit in 3D space.

Hello, Azimuthzero. Congrats on finishing a hard challenge!

Having looked at your boxes, I think you pretty much nailed the challenge. Your convergences are mostly correct (converge away from the viewer. Your inner corners are also mostly within perspective. You've also drawn boxes in a good variety of orientations. Comparing your first and last boxes, it's clear that you have a good understanding how boxes sit in 3D space.

The only thing might need some work on is your linework - some of your hatching is a bit wobbly and frayed. Remember to ghost, start on the dot, and aim for confidence rather than accuracy. Overall, great attempt though!