OH I should've noted that I changed to traditional because my one 0.5 pen died pretty quickly, and I'm not wholly comfortable getting more art supplies, for personal reasons.
I hope I can make more responses to this thread tho - I'll try a "close enough" alternative. And push comes to shove, I'll try a ballpoint pen x.X
This is amazing.
Some feedback I can actually give is to try rotating your box in the organic perspective exercise a little more. For the most part, they all seem like they're in the same orientation as one another.
Something else that you can work on is to improve on the ellipses being more enclosed in the ghosted planes, though that's more of a nitpick.
Your superimposed lines fray a lot at the ends, so you can practice reducing the fraying ends.
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Good luck on the 250 box challenge, and the rest of Drawabox! I'd' recommend working on the Lesson 1 concepts by practicing their exercises as warmup for about 10-20 minutes.
For the rough perspective exercise, you were supposed to take the depth lines(the lines that are supposed to converge to the vanishing point), and link them to the horizon line. The idea is supposed to show that "close enough" can be sufficient.
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I think you only really need to work on the ghosting method for line making and perspective. You can do these as warmups prior to any instructional exercise you're following, or even just before drawing, and not even for a long period of time.
Other than that, get started on the 250 box challenge! I wish you luck on both that, and the rest of Drawabox!
Most of your work is actually pretty good! The only problem I have with a good amount of them is that you should try practicing the ghosting method when drawing lines, as your rough perspective exercise lines are all a little wonky.
As for your funnels, you want to work on keeping your ellipses as even on both sides as possible - so that when they're vertically cut in half, they're close to being symmetrical, if not just symmetrical. Though I think you improved on that towards the bottom half of the page.
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Good luck on the rest of Drawabox! Aside from continuing on with Drawabox, some people suggest doing some of the Lesson 1 exercises as warmup, or just small practices on these fundamentals. If there was any warmup that I thought was useful, maybe the ghosted lines or one of the rough perspective exercises could be good to do for like, 10-15 minutes.
My main issue with some of these submissions are that you didn't follow the instructions as closely as you could've. This only is a problem as you don't get as much practice, or fully accomplished what the exercise challenges are.
No problems with the super-imposed lines; your ghosted lines could be a little more straighter overall. There are some suggestions on how to improve on making it more straight, as well as just some tips on drawing with your shoulder.
Your table of ellipses don't exactly follow the instructions, which is more just a loss of practicing. Most of the elipses don't really seem to snugly fit within their area, having some space around them, which is what the exercise asks for.
Your ghosted planes are mostly fine - there are some wobbly lines, but I think some practice ghosting lines will help.
Your ghosted elipses are all deformed; the exercise page says that "maintaining a smooth elliptical shape is critical and above all else is your first priority."
For the Rough Perspective exercise, you didn't follow the instructions of plotting red(or any colour that's different from your pen) lines to the horizon line. While this isn't any explicit technique(as far as I know), it's meant to show you how far off those converging lines are from reaching the vanishing point. Also, Uncomfortable states that "there's a lot of value in learning about how the lines themselves behave on their own, as well as coming to appreciate the fact that often times "close enough" is more than good enough."
As for the funnel exercise, I think you can improve on reducing the space between the elipses, and fitting them in between the funnels.
For the rotating box exercise, you did not do the top right corner of the exercise, and as a nitpick, I'd suggest continue to practice the ghosting method for drawing lines.
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I'd suggest re-doing the Table of Elipses, the Rough Perspective exercise, Elipses in Planes, and the Funnel exercises.
Be watchful of following the exercises' instructions, even if it ultimately means taking more time, and being more mindful of using the ghosting method in the exercises, even if they don't explicitly mention doing it in the exercises. The ghosting line exercise suggests practicing it outside its designated exercise as well.
Some of your ghosted planes have wobbly lines, or kind of have a concavity to them.
Personally, a few of your funnels are slanted - try to keep their angle perpendicular to the major axis's angle(in this exercise's context, the short line splitting the long line).
For the perspective pages, I'd personally suggest to continue using the ghosting method, or at least keep your lines straight.
The very top left box on your rotated box exercise doesn't follow the vanishing points, at least in relation to the far left corners on your page.
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My only real suggestion for now would be just practice getting your lines to hit its plotted points, as the images look like you can already make straight ghosted lines.
This is a remarkable little pen. Technically speaking, any brush pen of reasonable quality will do, but I'm especially fond of this one. It's incredibly difficult to draw with (especially at first) due to how much your stroke varies based on how much pressure you apply, and how you use it - but at the same time despite this frustration, it's also incredibly fun.
Moreover, due to the challenge of its use, it teaches you a lot about the nuances of one's stroke. These are the kinds of skills that one can carry over to standard felt tip pens, as well as to digital media. Really great for doodling and just enjoying yourself.
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