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Thank you for reviewing my work :) I will work on your advice about my organic intersections and arrows in future warmups. Have a great day/evening.

Hi, hope you're doing well :) congrats on completing 250 boxes!

Here are some of my thoughts:

Lines are straight and confident. Excellent use of subtle lineweight too. As a result, your boxes feel very solid.

Convergences on the whole are quite accurate. I've noticed you mainly have trouble with the lines that make up the inner corner, which is totally normal as it's affected by the accumulation of previously done mistakes. You can try this alternative method of drawing boxes which has you drawing the inner corner earlier on and see if it makes a difference: https://imgur.com/a/DHlA3Jh

To further improve the convergence of your lines, you can start thinking about the angles and relationships between ALL the sets of lines converging towards a certain vanishing point, not just one pair. This diagram may help you understand what I'm trying to say: https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png

Lastly, in your warmups try to draw bigger boxes. This will give you more practise in drawing longer lines with confidence, and it also makes it easier for your brain to engage in spatial reasoning.

You can try the advanced box exercises when you're ready to develop skills further :)

Hi, well done for completing the 250 box challenge!!

Here are some of my thoughts:

Your lines are very straight and confident.

I would say that most of your lines converge accurately towards a vanishing point, with the exception of the lines that make up the inner corner of the box. This is normal as the inner corner is affected by the accumulation of previously done mistakes. You could try this alternative method of drawing boxes, which gets you to draw the inner corner earlier, and see if the convergence improves: https://imgur.com/a/DHlA3Jh

To further improve the convergence of your lines, start thinking about the angles and relationships between ALL the sets of lines converging towards a certain vanishing point, not just one pair. This diagram may help you understand what I'm trying to say: https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png

Finally, I would recommend hatching one face of the box next time you draw them to clarify which side is facing the viewer. You should also be adding lineweight to the outline of the box to emphasise the solidity of the form.

Overall, I think you did justice to this challenge! :) Please don't worry about how long it took you, it's better than rushing through and learning very little.

Hi, well done for completing this :)

You wrote about drawing at angles you're not comfortable in; don't worry about practising this. Feel free to rotate the paper until its oriented in the direction that's most comfortable for you to execute a confident stroke.

To be honest, your boxes look quite wobbly. Make sure to draw from the shoulder, use the ghosting method and be confident to draw a straight line. It's better for a line to overshoot/go off-course than for it to be wobbly as it undermines the solidity of the box.

You could also add a bit of lineweight to the outline of the boxes to further illustrate their solidity.

For many of your boxes, the lines seem not to be converging towards each other but away: https://imgur.com/LKktLZX

This gives the impression that the back face of the box is bigger than the front face, which messes up perspective.

One way to remedy this may be to avoid drawing lines that are almost parallel to each other, but instead make them converge more significantly towards each other.

One way to improve the convergence of your lines is to start thinking about the angles and relationships between ALL the sets of lines converging towards a certain vanishing point, not just one pair. This diagram may help you understand what I'm trying to say: https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png

I've noticed you seem to have trouble with the inner corner which is really common. You can try this alternative method of drawing boxes which may help: https://imgur.com/a/DHlA3Jh

Hi, well done for making it to the other side hope you're still alive

Here are some of my thoughts:

For many of your boxes, the lines seem not to be converging towards each other but away: https://imgur.com/7gtkmeX

This gives the impression that the back face of the box is bigger than the front face, which messes up perspective.

One way to remedy this may be to avoid drawing lines that are almost parallel to each other, but instead make them converge more significantly towards each other.

One way to improve the convergence of your lines is to start thinking about the angles and relationships between ALL the sets of lines converging towards a certain vanishing point, not just one pair. This diagram may help you understand what I'm trying to say: https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png

If the back corner is giving you grief, try this alternative method of drawing boxes that some say have helped them: https://imgur.com/a/DHlA3Jh

If you prefer the normal method (like me) that's fine too :)

Hatching on the whole is quite neat, remember to keep them evenly spaced out.

Lineweight should only be applied to the outline of the box: https://imgur.com/undefined

One superimposed line is enough to keep it subtle.

There are extra lines on some boxes which makes me think you're repeating "bad" lines, don't do this, just accept it and move on.

Lastly, draw bigger boxes! This will force you to draw more confidently and it will be clearer to visualise how the box is situated in 3D space.

Hi, well done for finishing lesson 1 :)

Here are some of my thoughts:

Lines

Your superimposed lines are neat, drawn confidently and with little fraying, good job. For future warmups you could try drawing more curly/wavy lines.

Ghosted lines and planes are on the whole quite straight. Some lines do look a bit wobbly however. Make sure you're drawing with your shoulders (not wrists) and confidently executing the strokes.

Ellipses

I really like your table of ellipses, even just on page 2 I could see an improvement in the way the ellipses fit more snugly against each other and against the bounds of the table.

Continue drawing through your ellipses, it may seem quite messy to do so but with practise your ellipses will become tighter over time.

For the funnels exercise, watch out as the minor axis (the line in the middle) does not always cut ellipses into 2 symmetrical halves. It may be easier to draw the two arcs first, then draw the line the middle so it is perfectly inbetween the two arcs. Some of your ellipses are also not aligned

Boxes

Good attempt on the rough perspectives exercise, you should find that with time your VP estimates will become more and more accurate :)

Rotated boxes looks quite small and angular instead of being more rounded overall. I think this is because you left out some boxes at the corners. Next time, starting with a bigger box could enable you to better visualise the rotation. To be honest, I struggle a lot with this exercise too so I understand the pain!

Your organic perspective boxes show gradual change in size.

All in all, I think this is a very good effort!

Hi again,

I'm happy you found my thoughts helpful :)

I've had a look at your funnels, your ellipses are very smooth! However, some of them aren't aligned properly to the minor axis line i.e. they're not cut into perfect halves, so work on that in future warm ups.

For reference: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/13/notaligned

Thank you so much for this detailed critique! I tried the new construction method to improve the back corner and the box was already much more accurate. The reason I made my boxes have very subtle convergence was that I read the notes about shallow foreshadowing and just associated that with a very, very far away vanishing point. For future warm-ups I will definitely include closer convergences.

Again, thanks a lot for looking through my submission :)

Hi, congratulations for finishing lesson 1 :)

Here's what I think about your work:

Lines

Most of your lines are confident and smooth, good job.

In the superimposed lines exercise some of the longer lines are a bit wobbly, it's important to not hesitate when drawing longer lines and treat them the same as short lines i.e. use ghosting method, put down a stroke quickly and draw from the shoulder. There is also fraying at both ends of the lines, take your time to place the pen carefully at the beginning of the line. Fraying at the end is normal at this stage however.

Ellipses

Your ellipses are also drawn smoothly and with confidence.

The table of ellipses is very neat, with most of the ellipses touching each other and the table without overlap. It would have been nice to have bigger sections of the table so you can practise drawing bigger/taller ellipses. Similarly you would have benefited from some larger planes in the ghosted planes exercise to practise drawing ellipses in a variety of sizes.

Boxes

Again, your boxes could be bigger to have more variation in size. I think this is caused by you doing the exercises in landscape not portrait, restricting the height.

Don't repeat lines if they go off-course, as you do in the organic perspective exercise. Just keep the original line as if you meant to place it there and move on. Repeating lines makes your work look messier.

Otherwise, really good attempts on the rotated boxes and organic perspective. There are some perspective issues but you will improve during the 250 box challenge.

I hope you find this helpful :)

Hi, well done for completing lesson 1 :)

Here are my thoughts:

Lines

Your lines tend to be a bit wobbly, which usually suggests you are not confidently executing your strokes. Remember to prioritise confidence over accuracy. When drawing a line, use the ghosting method, don't overthink and draw the line quickly. Check that you are drawing from the shoulder and not the wrist too.

Ellipses

Your ellipses on average are less wobbly than your lines, which is good. Some of the ones in the ghosted planes do show some signs of hesitancy however, remember to always prioritise confidence as accuracy will improve with time.

Make sure to only draw through your ellipses 2-3 times, not more as it can look messier.

Good job on the table of ellipses and funnels exercise, most of them fit within the table and touch each other without overlap.

Boxes

For some of the lines on the boxes, you draw on top of the lines you aren't happy with, this can be seen in the rough perspectives exercise. No matter how off-course a line is, don't repeat it, just keep it and pretend you meant to place it there. Move on to the next line.

Rough perspectives:

Make sure to draw through your boxes and apply the line correction method to every single one of your depth lines: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/15/step6

This will help you to understand how far off the actual vanishing point you were and the sort of tendencies you have when estimating perspective, so you can correct it next time.

The width lines of the boxes should be parallel to the horizon and the height lines perpendicular to the horizon:

https://imgur.com/a/XoSYNTU

There are some perspective issues in the rotated boxes and organic perspectives, however this is expected at this stage and will improve as you complete the 250 box challenge.

I hope this helps you!