spyggt

Thank you for the additional red lined adjustments and the additional diagrams you linked! They are very helpful!

This definitely looks better to me! Make sure to double check with the instructions in the future lessons as well! I appreciate how you did one lesson a day as well as changing things from my feedback as it shows your improvement compared to the first time. I think you are getting a much better understanding of the concepts of the lessons now even though there is definitely still room for improvement such as keeping the gaps consistent in the rotated boxes so keep things in your warmups.

I'm going to mark this as complete, Good luck in the 250 Box Challenge!

Hello and congrats for completing lesson one!

It's good that you started using loose leaf paper but I'd like to ask if you could please continue to use loose leaf paper on the earlier exercises as well. It's easier to see your work on A4 paper than lined paper and it makes it easier to critique as well as it's a better paper for practicing these exercises.

Unfortunately there seems to be some problems with following instructions on the first few exercises so I'd like to call to attention that for the superimposed lines you are supposed to be using a ruler for the first line as mentioned in the discord as well. https://imgur.com/a/9J6CAJp

For your ghosted planes please try not to correct the line after you put it down, it calls to attention the mistake more and goes against drawabox rules of correcting your mistake. You were supposed to also fully bisect your planes. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/15/step4

Your table of ellipses are looking solid so far, but I would really recommend you to work on loose leaf paper in this exercise in the future. Try to not draw through your ellipses more than two or three times.

I think you mostly understand the funnels exercise, however strive to keep the ellipses aligned to the central minor axis line. Often there is one side of an ellipse you have drawn skewed heavily on one side, such as here https://imgur.com/a/sugX3fr where it looks like the ellipses aren't following the central axis line as there are ellipses that are to the complete side of it. One thing you could have done more of is vary the degree of your ellipses by starting with a narrower degree in the center and then widening the degree of the ellipses as they move outwards in the funnel. Please check the example here. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/18/step3

Your ellipses in planes have some pretty major mistakes

https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ellipsesinplanes Please refer back to this page as there are several cases of you drawing through your ellipse up to six times ( which can make it difficult to assess your work.

Your plotted perspective looks great, nothing to comment on here. There are some wonky convergences in your Organic Perspective and the 250 box challenge would be a great next step after revisions to improve your convergences.

Your rotated boxes are coming out fairly wonky. However I like that you drew this fairly big as it helps with dealing with complex spatial problems. I understand that you are frustrated by the rotations in this exercise but I'd like you to try and give it one more attempt with a focus on keeping the gaps between your boxes narrow and consistent throughout the exerrcise. I'm not expecting it to be perfectly or well done.https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/21/guessing One of the main reasons I will be assigning revisions for this section is because you did not enough boxes for this exercise so it is unfinished. I understand that it may be tricky to draw the back corners but please make sure there are 25 boxes.

I don't mean to discourage you, but I just want to be confident that you are ready for the 250 box challenge and understand how to properly implement these exercises in your warmups before moving on. Make sure you carefully read and follow instructions in the future.

Hello and congrats for completing Lesson 1! In this feedback, I will mostly point out what you did good & minor mistakes so you can avoid them in the future.

Lines:

Your super imposed lines are looking solid, they are only wavering on one side without any fraying where your starting. Both your ghosted lines and your ghosted planes are looking very confident, it's good that you're not sacrificing confidence for accuracy.

Ellipses:

Your table of ellipses turned out pretty well and your confidence is great here but one thing I'd like to comment on is that sometimes you aren't fully finishing drawing through your ellipses 2 or 3 times and this is shown when there is a line that is dangling. Your ellipses in planes turned out great as well, not much to comment here.

Your ellipses in funnels are looking fine but one thing you could do in the future when doing this exercise as warm-ups is varying the degree of your ellipses. You can do this by starting with a narrower degree ellipse in the center and then widen the degree of the funnels as they move outwards in the funnel. A good example of this is shown here https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/18/step3.

Boxes:

Your plotted perspective looks great, nothing to comment here. Your rough perspective turned out pretty well and you are correctly checking the convergences. Theres some wobbling here and there which is probably happening because you are getting more concerned with accuracy. Try to rely on muscle memory that you will build up while ghosting your mark and almost make your mark without thinking. This may be less accurate at first but will give you smooth and confident lines.

Your rotated boxes turned out very well and it's good you drew it big. You did a great job drawing through your boxes and your gaps are narrow and consistent. One thing you can do to further improve this exercise is to incorporate line weight and hatching in this exercise. You can strategically place line weight to clarify where certain forms overlap. This is good practice for the ghosting method and drawing confidently. Some of your lines in this exercise could be more confident as there is some wobbling present. Your organic perspective is looking pretty good and your lines seem to be more confident in this exercise. You are developing a sense on how to construct boxes and there are some solid ones but there are still some wonky divergences in the construction of your boxes so the 250 box challenge will be a great next step for you to improve consistency.

Overall this is a really solid submission and I know that the mistakes you make can easily be improved upon with more mileage. You are understanding the concepts in all of these lessons quite well and your line confidence and ellipses are coming along nicely. One thing I think you should practice during the 250 box challenge is incorporating line weight into your warm-ups and hatching. This is a useful skill that will feel more comfortable the sooner you challenge yourself.

I am going to mark this lesson as complete and good luck with the 250 box challenge!