Liia

Thank you for taking the time to critique! I really appreciate the specific pointers you gave for different insects, and especially for the organic forms, as that is one exercise I've puzzled over. Thank you!

Have fun with boxes! You've started out strong :)

Hii there! Congrats on completing Lesson 1! I'm going to go ahead and critique your work today, let's get started :)

Lines

Super Imposed Lines - We have a nice start here with these lines. The strokes start at the same place, and its good to see you experiment with both long and short lines and curved lines. The only little thing I can say is that the lines have a small bit of wobbling to them https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/superimposedlines/wobbling You can see this improve already by the end of the lesson homework.

Ghosted Lines - Here the lines are drawn with fairly steady strokes. There is a bit of slight arcing to the lines occasionally. There are many different causes of this, but usually this is due to the small bits of compensation our arms make as it transitions between different pivot points as it straightens out while drawing from the shoulder, and is something that gets better with practice and built in muscle memory.

Ghosted Planes - Your planes are well constructed. You gave each line the time it needed without rushing. Each line looks well thought out and executed.

Ellipses

Table of Ellipses - Your ellipses are drawn through twice and fit snugly together. One critique I will suggest is that the ellipses could be drawn more confidently, giving them a smoother more even shape. Just as with lines, usually we try to prioritize a smooth and even shape (confidence) over having the ellipses fit snugly together (accuracy).

Ellipses in Planes - Here the ellipses are drawn through twice and touch all four sides of the plane. Here and there, a few of the ellipses do seem to be a bit squashed https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ellipsesinplanes/deformed Usually this is where we would try to prioritize confidence over accuracy.

Funnels - Ellipses are drawn through twice, touch the sides of the funnels and try to align to the central minor axis line. The top left and bottom right funnel do a particularly nice job of doing this!

Boxes

Plotted Perspective - Nice job keeping track of all those lines! You used a ruler and kept the vertical lines perpendicular to the horizon line. As expected, some of the back lines are tilted which we don't worry about at all. This exercise shows a good understanding of how two point perspective works.

Rough Perspective - For this exercise in one point perspective, we know that both the front faces and the back faces of each box will be made with rectangular boxes using straight vertical or horizontal lines. This knowledge can help us as we estimate where to place the lines for the back of our boxes as we ghost back towards the vanishing point https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/roughperspective/guessing. The boxes here start out with the back faces slanting, but by the end of the second page, this has pretty much been cleared up. Line extensions were applied correctly, and your lines show quite a bit of improvement from the beginning of this lesson.

Rotated Boxes - You followed the core steps of the exercise and completed this difficult exercise. The gaps are fairly nice and consistent, and you got all the boxes in and drew through them as well. One thing I'll note is that the boxes in the middle that go directly to the right are following the same vanishing point https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/rotatedboxes/notrotating, while the boxes that go to left show a bit of rotation that we're after.

Organic Perspective - These boxes are nicely done. They gradually get smaller which helps sell the illusion of space. One thing to note here is that some of your boxes tend to diverge a bit as they go back instead of slightly converging. This is something you'll dive more into in the 250 box challenge.

Congrats on completing Lesson 1, this lesson was well done and I'm going to go ahead and mark it as complete :) You'll need two agrees to get the badge for this lesson, but you can go right ahead and get started on the 250 Box Challenge while waiting for the agrees. And of course, feel free to ask if you have any questions or if there's anything I could explain better!

Great! For the plotted perspective, you used a ruler and the verticals are perpendicular to the horizon line, and you show that you have a good understanding of how two point perspective works :) Two or three of the back lines in the boxes are missing, but I'm not going to worry about that.

Alright, I'm going to mark this lesson as complete and move you on to the 250 Box Challenge! You will need two agrees on this critique to earn your badge, but in the meantime you can go right ahead and get started on the box challenge!

https://drawabox.com/community/submission/EF43RID5 critique here :)

Hello! I'm going to go ahead and critique your lesson for you, so let's get started :)

Lines

Super Imposed Lines - The strokes look nice and smooth and confident. You have a nice range of short and long strokes, and you also gave curved lines a go. I think you have a good grasp on the underlying concept of this exercise.

Ghosted Lines - Ghosted lines look pretty clean. The lines have a slight bit of wavering/arcing, but usually this improves with mileage. Usually this is just our arm getting used to the muscle memory of drawing from the shoulder.

Ghosted Planes - You gave each line the time it needed to build up these planes and did a good job constructing these. One thing to note from the first page, try not to redo a line, even if you think you might have made a mistake.

Ellipses

Table of Ellipses - The ellipses are smooth and evenly shaped. For the most part, you drew through them twice, and they mostly fit pretty snugly against the borders of the boxes and each other. There are a few here and there with gaps, or where it looks like the pen didn't quite make it all around twice, but overall, your work shows that you understand the underlying concepts.

Ellipses in Planes - I like the line confidence here. The ellipses are drawn through twice and touch all four corners of the planes. When you prioritize line confidence and even smooth shapes, as you do here, really all it takes is additional practice for the accuracy to come.

Funnels - Funnels are drawn through twice, and touch the sides of the funnels. They also align pretty well to the central minor axis line. I see where you marked a few ellipses where it didn't quite line up exactly, but I'm not worried about those (you'll get a lot more practice on that in lesson 2 - oh and warmups xD)

Boxes

Plotted Perspective - You used a ruler, and the verticals are perpendicular to the horizon line except some of the back corners, which is to be expected. The hatching was evenly done and not rushed. It looks like you have a good idea of how two point perspective works.

Rough Perspective - Here it starts out slightly slanted, but we see quite a bit of improvement over the two pages. Again, a quick reminder not to go over a line multiple times. Doing this tends to draw attention to the trouble spot instead of covering it up. Especially in the later lessons, in this course, once we make a line, we respect it and continue to build off of that. The front faces are fairly rectangular, however, some of the back faces slant a bit. Since we're drawing in one point perspective, we know that all the front and back faces will be rectangular and have either vertical or horizontal lines https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/roughperspective/guessing

Rotated Boxes - The gaps here are nice and consistent, the boxes show rotation, and you drew all the boxes in the set. The corners can be confusing, but you got all of them in, even the ones in the far corners.

Organic Perspective - The boxes are well constructed, you obviously put a lot of thought into them. If I'm being super picky, it's a bit hard for me to follow the line of boxes as they go back in space. Also, try not to redraw lines - we do use multiple lines to add line weight later on, but for these exercises, after we've planned and ghosted a line, once the pen touches the paper, its best to draw confidently and work with what we have.

Overall this was an extremely well done lesson, there wasn't much to critique as you show a solid understanding of the lesson material and followed it :) I'm going to mark this lesson as complete and move you on the to 250 box challenge. You do need two agrees to get the badge which usually takes a bit of time to get, but you can go ahead and get started on the box challenge right away. Congrats on completing lesson 1!

Perfect! Congratulations on completing lesson 1, I'm going to mark this lesson as complete and have you head on over to the 250 box challenge!

You will need 2 agrees on this critique to earn the badge for this lesson, but you can go ahead and get started on the 250 box challenge :)

Hi there! Congrats on completing and submitting level 1 :) Let's jump right in and get started!

Lines

Super Imposed Lines - Your lines are confident and smooth, this is our number one priority before anything else in this exercise. There is a bit of wobbling, usually this happens on the longer lines because we are getting used to using our shoulders as we draw and this improves with practice. Another reason this could happen is because our brains kick in partway through the stroke, and we start to think of where our stroke is going, and try to correct it in the middle of the stroke. In this case, we should always prioritize the smooth stroke over where it's going https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/superimposedlines/wobbling. The second page has just a bit of fraying on both ends https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/superimposedlines/fraying, remember to take that extra second to make sure your pen lines up at the start of the line. Overall, good work!

Ghosted Lines - Overall, the lines are steady and smooth. I still see some slight arcing and wobbling, but this will improve with practice, especially as we head into the 250 box challenge. The very light stroke where the fineliner skipped usually happens when the stroke is too fast for the ink to keep up, or if the pen is not held at a 90 degree angle to the paper.

Ghosted Planes - These are well put together, it looks like you gave each stroke the time it needed and ghosted the lines. Again for the slight wobbling, we want to prioritize drawing a smooth confident stroke, over the accuracy of the stroke.

Ellipses

Tables of Ellipses - You drew through your ellipses twice and they are fairly smooth and evenly shaped. They fit snugly against the borders of the tables and the ellipses around them. You also experimented with different degrees.

Ellipses in Planes - The ellipses touch all four corners and you drew through them twice. Not a huge concern, but a few of the larger ones show a bit of deforming https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ellipsesinplanes/deformed. As with the lines, we always try to maintain the confident execution and smooth of the shape above everything else. If we start with this, eventually we will train our muscles to get it to fit exactly where we want it to go, but if we train our muscles to waver midstroke, there isn't much we can do no matter how accurate it is.

Funnels - The ellipses are drawn through twice, touch the sides of the funnels, and align fairly well to the central minor axis line.

Boxes

Plotted Perspective - It looks like we're missing this page from the set

Rough Perspective - Front and back faces are looking rectangular, and the line extensions were applied correctly. The second page already shows improvement from the first.

Rotated Boxes - You followed the steps of the exercise, your gaps are nice and consistent. The boxes going up show some nice rotation, some of the boxes going to the sides look like they might be following the same vanishing point instead of rotating. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/rotatedboxes/notrotating We are missing the four corner boxes, the ones in the very corners of all four sides.

Organic Perspective - These boxes are thought through, and planned and the hatching is nicely done as well. They gradually get smaller as they recede showing a believable illusion of space. There is a slight tendency for the lines to diverge instead of gradually coming to a vanishing point. This is something you'll work on a lot more in the 250 box challege!

Your lesson was really well done, let me know if you have any questions!

Hey there! Congrats on completing lesson 1 :) Haha yes, figuring out out Imgur works is tricky the first time xD Let's go right ahead and get started!

Lines

Super Imposed Lines - We've got both pages of super imposed lines done in ink. They do wobble quite a bit https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/superimposedlines/wobbling so keep in mind that our number one priority is having a nice smooth confident stroke and next is how closely it it follows the original line. This accuracy is our second priority and comes with practice. One of the lines have fraying on both sides https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/superimposedlines/fraying but overall that doesn't seem to be an issue at all.

Ghosted Lines - I like how you experimented with both long and short strokes. The lines are looking nice and smooth and confident. There is still a bit of wobble at the ends of the lines and a tiny bit of arcing, but there is already improvement from the previous exercise https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/14/wobbling. Your really long lines are particularly well done!

Ghosted Planes - The work here looks solid. You took your time with each line, even though we've added to the complexity of our shapes, and thought through and executed each line well. You also added the dots to mark the start and end of each line dividing the planes which quite a few of us (including me) forgot.

Ellipses

Table of Ellipses - Each ellipse is drawn through twice and is fairly smoothly drawn. There are gaps between the ellipses and the bordering box/ellipses. Ideally, we would like them to fit snugly against each other.

Ellipses in Planes - Generally speaking, the ellipses are drawn through twice and we do hit all four sides of the planes. The ellipses do get slightly deformed https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ellipsesinplanes/deformed, but not a whole lot. Overall I'd say this is a strong start, and you'll get plenty of practice with this in warmups.

Funnels - Ellipses here are drawn through twice, fit snugly, and are fairly well aligned.

Boxes

Plotted Perspective - You used a ruler, the verticals are straight, and the lines plot back correctly to the horizon line. Each line in the hatching was also well done.

Rough Perspective - The lines are are perpendicular to each other, and you extended the line extensions correctly. The front and back faces of your boxes are fairly rectangular. One thing, try not to redo lines and draw over them again.

Rotated Boxes - You followed the core steps of this difficult exercise and drew all the boxes in the set as well as drawing through them. The gaps between boxes are fairly consistent. This diagram might help a bit with what different rotating boxes look like https://imgur.com/Kqg6uMX and is pretty helpful for the 250 box challenge too.

Organic Perspective - The boxes are pretty solid. Some of the boxes do diverge a bit, something you'll tackle more in depth in the 250 box challenge. Adding a few more boxes to each set that gradually get smaller might help sell the illusion of space a bit better.

Overall good work! I'm going to go ahead and mark this lesson as complete and move you on to the 250 Box Challenge. You'll need two agrees with this critique to get the badge, but you can go ahead and get started on the box challenge right away. Feel free to ask if you have any questions :)

Hello! I'll be critiquing your work today so let's get started :) No worries, ballpoint is fine for the first lesson (although of course we recommend that you find a fine liner for the lessons after this one https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/4/whatabout)

Lines

Super Imposed Lines - The strokes look nice and smooth, and you have a good variety of both long and short lines as well as curves. It looks like there is some fraying on both ends in some of the strokes, especially in the second page. See if you can take a second longer to ensure your pen starts at the same place before starting the stroke. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/superimposedlines/fraying Also a side note, when using ballpoint pens, the tip can clog up if you don't occasionally clean it, usually I keep a piece of scrap paper to wipe off the tip so it doesn't leave odd blobs when I draw.

Back to lines, there is also some wavering in the lines, usually this happens because we are getting used to using our shoulders when drawing and this improves with time and practice. Remember to lock in and draw confidently to the end once you start a stroke, and you should be good to go for future warmups :)

Ghosted Lines - Again, we have some smooth confident looking lines. There is the tiniest bit of wobble in a few lines, but overall this doesn't look like an issue at all.

Ghosted Planes - You took your time constructing the planes without rushing, and it payed off. These ghosted planes look like you really thought them through and then executed the strokes confidently. Good job!

Ellipses

Table of Ellipses - Ellipses are drawn through twice, you correctly prioritized the confident stroke over accuracy. Some boxes look like they have gaps between the ellipses, but overall it looks like you understand the concept, so I'm not worried about that at all.

Ellipses in Planes - Your ellipses touch all four corners and are drawn through twice. These look like they were a bit trickier for you as some of the ellipses start looking a bit deformed https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/17/deformed. Remember to prioritize the smooth even shape, even though that does make it harder to get all four corners.

Funnels - Ellipses are drawn through, generally touch the sides of the funnel, and are pretty well aligned. Just some additional food for thought, but in this exercise, it's also good to start thinking about the shifts of degrees https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/5/degree This means that as the ellipses move father out from the center, they generally get wider as well. You'll tackle this in more depth in lesson 2!

Boxes

Plotted Perspective - Looking good, you used a ruler, your verticals are perpendicular to the horizon line, and you plotted the lines back correctly. Overall, you have a solid understanding of how two point perspective works :)

Rough Perspective - Overall, this looks fine. The vertical and horizontal lines are perpendicular to each other, and the line extensions are plotted back correctly. However, just a reminder to still take your time and think through and ghost each line. Even though we're building up complexity, we still want to ensure each individual line is given the care it needs similar to the ghosted planes exercise https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/15/purpose

Rotated Boxes - The core steps of the exercise were followed, and all the boxes are there, the gaps are fairly consistent, and the boxes are rotating nicely. Just a note, even if we make a mistake, try not to redraw a line, this only brings unnecessary attention to the spot. I am going to ask one thing before moving you on to the box challenge, and that is to finish drawing through the boxes in the far corners.

Organic Perspective - The boxes gradually get smaller as they go back in space. It looks like the boxes have a tendency to lean towards more dramatic foreshortening, so thats something to keep in mind when moving on to the 250 box challenge. Also a reminder to avoid redrawing lines. I'm going to wrap up with throwing this diagram in here https://imgur.com/Kqg6uMX that is helpful with different rotations to experiment with.

Overall really solid work! Let me know if you have any questions, or if there was anything that wasn't clear