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Hello! Congratulation on finish the work and reaaady for some feedback! :D

1/ Extending the lines:

Halfway through the homework, one thing I noticed that you consistent in doing is extending the lines away from the Y. That is such a great thing. Sometimes you also extended in the wrong direction, but don't worry, mistakes are made to learn!!

2/ Divergence and parallel lines:

From the beginning of the homework, I noticed that a lot of your line are mostly parallel or divergence. It's not the bad thing, but we want to have sure that it has a little bit of converge so it won't look distort. However at the same time, we can't be perfect on drawing and even master have this parallel and that divergence too. So I would say you did a great job in this! Final thing to note: some of your boxes are converge in pair, which it's fine, but we want to make sure it all converge together. Here is the tips from DAB that I recommend you should take a look at to perfect up your boxes: https://imgur.com/3zoQA65

Here is what the box should look like when I say all pair should be converge: https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png

3/ Hatching lines:

You hatching lines are really good. Mostly they fray on 1 side, some are frayed on both side.

4/ Lineweight:

You didn't put on lineweight at first but from the thirty-ish boxes you start to add on. Remember to always put on lineweight :)

5/ Wobbly lines:

Almost every boxes are draw with confident, so there are no wobbly lines :)

I saw a lot of improvement from the 200 boxes: boxes are more converge and it start to make sense in 3D way. I'm very proud of you and keep working on being the best version of yourself ;)

Hello! I'm here to giving you my critique. First of all, just for you to know I'm also struggle with rotated boxes but I will try my best to give you my thought.

Lines:

Superimposed Lines: your line was perfect, there was no fraying on both side of the line. However your lines have a curve tendency and it will be best to fix that. Remember, your line only curve when you not holding your pen 90 degree to the paper. Read more about how Uncomfortable teach us to hold our pen: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/2/grip

Ghosted Lines: it's fine when your pen was out of ink sometimes, I could still see you set a starting point and ending point, which is nailed the purpose of this exercise. However, I could see some wobbling here. I think maybe you sit at the uncomforty position or you hesitate to draw the line, from my observation I think the first option is the reason. Try to find yourself a comfort position before drawing. Also there is a line you forgot to draw, read this and come back to check it out!

Ghosted Planes: all of your planes are perfect. I like how you try to utilize the paper by filling all the blank. However, I could see a major problem with your ellipses. You draw the ellipses twice, which is a correct thing because we want our ellipses to be smooth. Your ellipses are wobbling because you trying to let them touch the planes. I can see less wobbly in the second page. But remember: confident first, accuracy second. My ellipses were wobbly either at the first time but practice makes perfect!

Ellipses:

Tables of ellipses: I see a major improvement here. Your ellipses were executed confidently and touching each other without overlapping. I can see you aim each ellipses with concrete goal.

Funnels: ellipses fit together and not overlapping or too loose. The minor axis cut the ellipses in half as well. Also keep in mind that before drawing ellipses, you should draw the minor axis perpendicularly. I saw it wasn't create a 90 degree angle!

Boxes:

Plotted perspective: all your boxes are draw through and all the lines converged toward vanishing point. I have no comment for this. This is good enough.

Rough perspective: I can see quite a problem here. First with your boxes, you should do this with ghosting method. Plot the starting point and ending point so your boxes could be straight and smooth. Second, you forgot to extend the vanishing point toward the horizontal. Read more on Uncomfy instruction over this: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/step6

It was supposed to be 1 full page of rough perspective, but don't worry. You are good for now.

Rotated Boxes: I can see you struggling with this but don't worry, you are building up your spatial awareness. I can see the boxes are rotated and being drew through. However, you should use your neighbor edges to guide your boxes. Gaps between boxes should be keep close. As I said before, this is a hard exercise and I'm also struggling with it, so I gave you the best of my current ability!

Organic perspective: I think you nailed this exercise! You start from the front and as boxes move toward the end of the line, it getting smaller. Two things I need to say: give some line weight to the boxes in the front, and keep the line spacing out so it easier to see.

Congrat on finish the 1st lesson!!

Thank you so much for your detailed critique and analysis!! Have a great day sir!

Hello, I know this post is from a few months ago but I just want to add a say in it.

First of all, thinking about drawing will not help you a lot. Trust me, something I have anxiety before putting my pen down the paper and I just end up messed up everything. My way of doing is: relax myself, deep breath, and not thinking about drawing. I mean this act of thinking will make you worried a lot. And if you still struggle with it, I suggest you should find a friend or a family member to draw with. Talking with them while drawing could distract you from thinking! Have fun and good luck! :)

I would say depend on your personal schedule. If you feel like you could commit to DAB everyday, or just 3 time a week, then go for it. For me, I did DAB everyday, then I did a bit of drawing, let say about 30'. Even 5' a day is okay.

Hi! Feel free to listen to anything. I think listen to music helps us enjoy the drawing process more. Try to listen to something chill, like jazz or lofi. I shouldn't recommend listen to podcast or asmr, it did distract me a lot.

Lines:

Superimposed line: Your lines are great start! There is no fraying on both side, however on the second page I feel like some lines are getting out of direction a little bit.

Ghosted line: your lines show confident, and it's fine if you miss shooting a little bit. Keep in mind that lines should be straight! Some of yours are arching.

Ghosted plane: this is perfect. You remembered to apply the ghosting method. I like how you try to add diversity to your plane, but I think some of your planes shouldn't be too narrow. It'll hard to draw the circle inside.

Ellipses:

Table of ellipses: Your ellipses are drew with confident and smooth, however some of them are not touching each other. You drew the 2 to 3 times which is good. Remember to prioritize confident over accuracy! Your ellipses need not to be perfect now.

Funnels: your ellipses fit perfectly and some are solid. I still see a bit of hesitation, but don't worry about that! Your minor axis did cut the circle in half.

Boxes:

Plotted perspective: I see no problem with this exercise. Your boxes are pretty and I could see the vanishing point!

Rough perspective: on the first page I could see you struggled with the boxes, but it is improved! Your lines are converged toward the horizon line. Also I noticed you forgot to draw some line toward the horizon, so keep this in mind and go back to check them out.

Rotated boxes: you nailed it! Boxes are rotated and corners between boxes are closed.

Organic perspective: your boxes are fine and some aren't, but it's fine to have mistakes. Your boxes should be saw in 3 planes. Remember that lines need to be executed confidently!

Congrats on finish the first lesson :) This is my first time giving critique so you might find some faults in there... Great job anyway!!