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You can certainly try that and see if it works!

If I have understood it correctly, the advice to change the order in which you draw your boxes is based on that you can't rely on your habits when drawing boxes. With this many boxes to draw it's probably easy to just make it an automatic habit of placing one line after another in a certain order. When you change it up, you can't rely on that, which makes you think more about what you are doing. That's what I assume at least. You may want to ask other people about it to get further information though as I have not tried this. I personally plot everything after my Y and the first plane before placing any other lines.

Congratulations on making it through the box challenge!

Now to the critique:

Overall your lines look great: they are straight and smooth! I do see really slight curving and wobbling on some of your lines but considering most of your lines don't have this problem, I wouldn't worry about it. Just remember to take time to draw each line carefully. Crosshatching on your boxes is also most of the time really neat; however for example in the box 68 the crosshatching overshoots or undershoots on both sides. When deciding to add crosshatching, remember to take your time with each line, planning each line and executing it confidently. When it comes to the line weight, it should be applied to the silhouette of the box to make the form more cohesive. I see couple of boxes like the 114 that have the inner corner line thicker as well. If this is due to drawing the extension lines, it's fine but otherwise don't redraw lines without a good reason.

But as I said before, your mark-making is overall excellent. The things I pointed out are just really small things to look out for in the future.

You have extended the majority of your lines correctly, and in the cases where you have not, you have realized it and made a note of it. Good!

Your boxes perspective wise are really well constructed! When looking at the box as a whole I don't see parallel lines or diverging lines. I do notice though that some of your boxes have a single line either diverging, being parallel to another line or converging too much. For example boxes 177 and 96. This is a really common thing to happen and not something you need to worry about too much. One thing that could help with this could be thinking about the relationships between lines. You could try and change up the order in which you draw your boxes to help with this. You have also marked yourself in what direction the lines should have gone, which I think is a great way to learn. When doing this you could also try to imagine how changing the line's direction affects the other lines. I would also recommend ScyllaStew's method but it looks like you are already using it.

Lastly, don't be too harsh on yourself. The goal is not to be able to draw boxes perfectly in perspective.

As a whole you have done an amazing job with this challenge! I'll mark this as completed and you are free to move on to the lesson 2. Considering how good your boxes are, you can also start looking at the advanced box exercises. Keep up the good work!

Hello!

Thank you for submitting your revision. Looking at the ellipse in plane in the left bottom corner, the ellipse is looking quite nice and the lines are mostly smooth and straight. Well done! One thing to keep in mind though is that the line shouldn't curve right at the end. This usually happens when the student tries to correct their line at the end to meet the dot. But that being said it shows you are going in the direction.

Despite all the critique I provided, you have done a really good job with all the assignments. You have followed the instructions very well! Keep up the good work! :)

You are ready to move on to the 250 box challenge.

Hello!

Congratulations on getting through your first lesson!

I'll be handling your critique;

Lines: The one thing that I'd like you to keep in mind with your lines is that the lines should always first and foremost be smooth and straight. In your lines I see mostly wobbling more so than curving. So remember to take your time to apply the ghosting method before drawing the line confidently, using your shoulder to execute the line in one one smooth stroke. The slight wobbling also seems to indicate that you have slowed down, so at the beginning especially it is advised to draw your lines faster. In the superimposed lines exercise keep in mind that the line should not fray on both sides: remember to start your lines from the starting dot. Also, your superimposed lines are all straight lines. In the future I'd recommend adding curved lines into this exercise when doing warm-ups as the ability to go over curving lines again to add line-weight becomes really useful in the later lessons. I don't see any cases of you redrawing your lines, which is a good thing! In the future I'd like you to pay extra care to your line quality and only after getting that down worrying about accuracy.

Ellipses: In the ellipses I see some wobbling as well. Just as with lines the goal is to have your lines be smooth and confident. Another thing to keep in mind is that they should be evenly shaped. You can take a look at this to see more concrete examples: https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/a76a8906.jpg .I also see some hook type of things on the top of your ellipses. Try to get rid of those. So with ellipses remember to draw confidently, using the ghosting method until you feel ready to execute the mark. When executing your lines draw with your shoulder without worrying about accuracy. Drawing ellipses with a greater speed might also help you. You have remembered to draw through your ellipses. Good job on that!

Now I'm going to point out things about your accuracy. Accuracy in ellipses is probably hardest thing in this lesson, which is why these things are completely normal mistakes to make. I am saying this for you to have as a future reference, so please do not worry about accuracy right now, Ellipses should be kept within bounds of each other or the borders in the exercise tables of ellipses. Also, I'd recommend having more variety in the angles of your ellipses as shown here: https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/f4181ea2.jpg . Your ellipses seem to be mostly upright. In the ellipses in planes the ellipse should ideally touch all four sides of the planes. In the funnels the minor axis should cut the ellipses in two symmetrical halves. You have succeeded in this in some cases. Great job!

Boxes: Plotted perspective: good job! Nothing to mention there. Rough perspective looks good as well. The main thing in that to keep in mind is to have the height lines perpendicular to the horizon line and the width lines parallel to the horizon line. You have succeeded in this in most of the cases. Well done! In the rotated boxes the boxes farther back should be rotating little more. Organic perspective exercise looks also good. One thing I will mention for your box challenge is that remember to keep the initial "Y's" angles should all be greater than 90 degrees to avoid distortion as seen here: https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/7e325b33.jpg .

Overall you have done all your exercises well! Good job! Before I mark your lesson complete I'd like you to do a page of Ellipses in Planes where I want you to put extra care into making confident marks. Despite the nature of the exercise I don't want you to focus on accuracy in your ellipses rather try to aim for an evenly shaped ellipses that don't have wobbling in their lines. Also try to draw each line carefully ad well without wobbling. The other things I mentioned you can address in your warm-ups.

Feel free to add the link to your ellipses in planes exercise in the comments below.

Hello!

Congratulations on getting through the box challenge!

Now on to the critique:

Overall the lines on your boxes look really well drawn! The only few instances I saw your lines curve slightly were in the cases like box no. 200 where it's barely showing. Considering the quality of your lines in most of the cases though I'd remind you to just take time to draw each line as carefully. When it comes to hatching, few things I'd like to point out is that: 1) The lines should be kept within the bounds of the plane. You should try to keep overshooting to minimum. Starting the lines outside the bonds of the plane is also something to be avoided. I saw this in box no. 95 for example. 2) The hatching lines should also be parallel to each other. For example in the box no. 61 the hatching seems distracting. You have done a really good job with hatching in the box no.1 though.

The perspective in your boxes seems to have steadily improved over the challenge. in the beginning I saw some diverging in your lines but later on your boxes seem to be converging. By converging I mean boxes like no. 27 where the downward pointing lines are diverging. Later on I see singular lines that are diverging like in the box no. 173 the left-most blue line.The rest of the box seems to be converging correctly though. A way to combat this is thinking about the relationships between the lines and constructing the box based on that. I think this is well demonstrated in ScyllaStew's video for the challenge where she plots everything down before drawing any planes. Another place where thinking about the relationships between all the lines would benefit the construction would be cases like box no. 185 where the blue lines are converging but they are converging at two separate points. Instead you should try and keep in mind that all the four blue lines should meet at one point and how that affects all the lines. A way to help you think about the relationships could be changing the order in which you draw your boxes.

Parallel lines is also a mistake you should try to avoid. In the box no. 204 you have drawn converging lines well on two sides but the blue lines seem to be be parallel to each other. Also, despite two lines being close to together thus becoming more and more parallel with each other they should still be converging. For instance, in the box no. 215 the two blue lines close to each other seem to be parallel with each other. I saw this in some other boxes as well so try to avoid it when moving on. In the box no. 220 you don't have this problem.

In the future I'd like you to keep in mind the things I pointed out when doing warm-ups. Overall though you have done an amazing job with the challenge! You can also take look at the advanced box exercises and start practicing them.

I'll go ahead and mark this lesson complete. Great job!

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Thank you so much for the critique! This is really helpful!

Hello!

Congratulations on getting through your first lesson!

Critique:

Lines: Overall your lines look nice: they are smooth and confident. Some things to keep in mind though: In the super imposed lines there should be no fraying on both ends instead you should always start from the same dot. In some of your lines I see slight wobbling and curving. To fix this remember to use ghosting method enough times until you are confident to execute your lines. When executing the lines, always use your shoulder to draw smooth, straight and confident lines. In the ghosted lines exercise I see little bit curving right at the end of the line so that the line connects your starting and ending dot. However accuracy should not be your first priority as it improves overtime. Accuracy should also be achieved through the ghosting method. Lastly, remember to not redraw any lines, no matter how badly they go.

Ellipses: Your ellipses look also really nice: they look to be confident and smooth! Something to keep in mind though is the shape, try to keep them evenly shaped all around by drawing them with your shoulder and keeping the speed constant when drawing. Your accuracy is still little off but nothing to worry about as it too will improve overtime. Things to keep in mind for the future are though: In the tables of ellipses your ellipses should be kept within the bounds and not overlap with other ellipses. Also, the ellipses next to each other should have the same degree. In the ellipses in planes your ellipses should touch all four sides of the planes. In the funnels the minor axis should cut the ellipses into two symmetrical halves.

Boxes: Your plotted perspective exercise is really well done! Nothing to point out there. Your rough perspective exercise looks good as well. The boxes' width lines seem to be parallel to the horizon line and height lines perpendicular to the horizon line, which is extremely good! Good job on that! In the rotated boxes, the boxes further back need to be rotated further. Your organic perspective looks nice!

Overall you have done a great job. You can address the things I mentioned in your warm ups but other than that you are free to move on to the 250 box challenge. Also, please do not rush these assignments: it will only hinder your learning.

Well done your first lesson!

Hello!

Congratulations on getting through your first lesson!

Critique:

Lines: Your lines look really neat! In the later sections there are however lines that wobble so remember to ghost enough times before executing your lines and use your shoulder to draw confident and smooth lines. You should never redraw a line either! Your lines seem to be accurate but remember it shouldn't be your first priority.

Ellipses: Your ellipses look really nice! They seem to be drawn confidently and smoothly and are evenly shaped, which is thhe most important thing, Your accuracy is slightly off: in the ellipses in planes in some cases your ellipses don't touch all the sides of the planes and in the funnels ellipses not perfectly aligning to the minor axis, but that is completely normal and nothing to worry about. To improve in accuracy ghost enough times before drawing the ellipse.

Boxes: Your exercises from this section are also done really well! The only thing I would mention is that in the rough perspective try to keep the width lines parallel to the horizon line and height lines perpendcular to the horizon line.

Overall your exercises have all been done very well! The few things I mentioned you can address in your warm ups. You are free to move on to the 250 box challenge. Great job!

Hello!

Congratulations on getting through your first lesson!

Critique:

Lines: Remember that your lines shouldn't wobble nor should they arch. So remember to always use the ghosting method until you are confident enough in your lines and then execute it confidently using your shoulder. Accuracy shouldn't be your first priority. In the super imposed lines there should be no fraying on both ends.

Ellipses: Your ellipses look mostly smooth and evenly shaped, which is good! Your accuracy is little off: in ellipses in planes the ellipses should be touching all the sides of the planes and in the funnels the minor axis should cut the ellipse in two symmetrical halves. However as with lines accuracy should not be your first priority, instead the most important thing is that the ellipses are drawn confidently and smoothly using your shoulder and are evenly shaped.

Boxes: All of your exercises in this section are really well done! The only thing I would point out is that in the rough perspective the width lines should be parallel to the horizon line and the height lines should be perpendicular to the horizon line.

Overall you have done a great job! You can address the things I mentioned in your warm ups but other than that you are free to move on to the 250 box challenge. Well done!

Also, if you need any clarification to anything I have said, feel free to ask!