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So just to make sure I understand the methodology of the course: Don't subtract from the initial silhouette. That's straightforward enough. But when adding on top of that base sausage form, make sure it's a smaller complete form that just rests on top of the base? I was going to make an analogy of lego pieces, but those snap together. I guess a more accurate analogy is like working with clay?

Thank you for your critique. I have tried to implement them it to the best of my ability.

Hey Uncomfortable, thank you kindly for the critique.

A few questions and quick clarifications for you:

The frayed lines your seeing is either a result of me grazing the page as I ghost or missing when I try to apply line weight (I'm under the impression that you add line weight the same way you do all other marks so I'm not always accurate)

I'll work on fixing the ghosting issue, don't really know what to do about line weight

Sometimes my contour ellipses aren't aligned to the minor axis because I feel that sometimes my center line isn't actually center so I try to allign them.to where the minor axis ought to be ( as mentioned on the exercise page). To what degree should I worry about this? Should I try and align the ellipse to what is drawn more than where it should be ?

And a broader question, i have a bit of a mental block when submitting work i know that's going to be reviewed, I feel like I have an easier time with warmups because I know no one else is gonna see it. (,probably from years of prep school) any tips?

Thank you for the critique again, hope this wasn't too long winded.

As requested, here are revisions with your critique in mind:

https://imgur.com/gallery/1yJdUJ7

A few notes for you:

I was doing the warmups since the start of the 250 box challenge

I tried my best ; )

Hey there!

personally- I pick 2 warmups to do before each session of drawabox with a fine liner pen for about 15 minutes (5 minutes on one, 10 on the other) i sometimes use different materials to set up a page. (markers or ballpoint pen)

i dont count the time it takes to set up a page. for example the set up for rotated boxes or table ellipses.

once the timer is up, i can pickup wherever i was last time in the course

personally- i do not use these exercises outside of drawbox, since im gonna be doing this course for a while i figured there would be plenty of mileage i may do gesture or quick observational studies to warmup when i'm normally drawing- but i do intend to incorporate them after the course.

and dont worry about doing a full page of any given exercise- if you can pull of a page of rotated boxes in 10 minutes, you're either a magical drawing wizard or you were rushing and it didnt come out very well

use it as a chance to revisit the concepts from lesson 1 and what each exercise teaches- i constantly revisit lesson 1 videos whenever my memory is fuzzy on an exercise

hopes this helps!

Hello Tofu, thank you for the critique!

Dang- the line quality was the one thing i put so much focus onto- i even wrote "1.) Plan 2.) Ghost 3.) Execute (dont think just go) " on my wall ^^;

hmm- i thought i was making the boxes pretty big, but maybe i'm misinterpreting- I thought i was taking up alot of space

for the convergences in pairs- i think i was just trying to use the info that was on the page without thinking of any vps, so should i be thinking of vps to some degree? i thought i was supposed to ween myself off of thinking that way

thank you for the critique!

Hey Benj, thanks for critiquing my stuff.

Actually i started this program because lines have always been a pain point for me. (and to finally find out what the fundementals actually are)

i tried not to do too much in a given day (like up to an hour and a half per D.A.B session) . alot of the perspective work took me multiple days, i think rough perspectvie took me like 3 or 4 days.

rotated boxes was tough,

what i've taken from what you've written is basically just to keep confidence first and foremost and let accuracy build up over time? its tricky for the boxes because I like to think i'm drawing a box instead of a set of lines that end up looking like a box? theres alot of tension for me among focusing on drawing confidently versus trying to aim for a goal, but perhapds there is a hierarchy to it?

well i'll come back to this overtime when doing warmups

again, thanks for critiquing!