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8:34 PM, Monday August 8th 2022

Hey there I'll be handling your box challenge critique.

Unfortunately this is just a link to your lesson 1 work. Reply to this comment with a corrected link and I'll get to your critique as soon as I can.

I look forward to seeing your work.

Next Steps:

Need a link to your boxes please.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
12:33 AM, Tuesday August 9th 2022
edited at 12:35 AM, Aug 9th 2022

crap!

I hope this one works.

https://imgur.com/a/9ixmyQF

I also made the folder public

edited at 12:35 AM, Aug 9th 2022
2:16 AM, Tuesday August 9th 2022

It does, thanks.

Just a note for the future that you can keep them private and it's probably wiser to. As long as we get the link we can see them and if they're made public then it's visible on the uploads page of imgur. Sometimes users get annoyed seeing the exercises and leave not the politest of comments.

Also limiting yourself to one page per picture would also be appreciated so we can see details a bit more easily (line wobbles etc.).

Anyways let's get started.

Congratulations on completing the box challenge, it's definitely a lot more work than most people expect. Not only does it help deepen your understanding of important concepts but it shows your desire to learn as well. Be proud of what you've accomplished and that desire you've shown. That being said I'll try to keep this critique fairly brief so you can get working on the next steps as soon as possible.

Things you did well:

  • Your construction lines are looking smooth and confidently drawn.

  • Seeing as how line weight is not a requirement of the challenge it's nice to see that you're applying it. It's a useful tool but one that most people need some mileage with before they feel comfortable applying it. Getting an early start like this will help you see better results sooner.

  • You're doing a great job of experimenting with orientations, proportions and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is an important habit to build when learning any new skill, it helps form a more well rounded understanding. I hope you'll continue to display and nurture this habit in the future.

Things you can work on:

  • Your hatching lines could be tidier. Just like any other line we want to take our time planning them using the ghosting method, space them evenly and draw them confidently.

  • Before the halfway point of the challenge you were often placing your vanishing point between the viewer and your box. This leads to you extending your lines in the wrong direction and your boxes becoming distorted because your lines are actually diverging from where the vanishing point would actually be. Here's a guide I wrote that will hopefully help you place your vanishing points and line extensions more consistently. If you need some more examples you can find them here and a simplified guide below.

  • There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines a bit too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set and their respective vanishing point. The inner pair of lines will be quite similar unless the box gets quite long and the outer pair can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point. Move it further away and the lines become closer to parallel while moving it closer increases the rate of foreshortening.

The key things we want to remember from this exercise are that our lines should always converge as a set not in pairs, never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.

Overall while you did make a few mistakes your boxes are improving so far and with more mileage you'll continue to become more consistent. That being said I'll be marking your submission as complete and move you on to lesson 2.

Keep practicing previous exercises and boxes as warm ups, and good luck.

Next Steps:

Move on to lesson 2.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
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