I did it. Finished all 250 boxes. It was indeed a challenge, but I push through and although not all of the boxes are perfect or even good, I'm still happy I completed it.
Also about the pages not being in order, all the names of the photos are random numbers and letters and they all went out of order trying to get it here, so I'm just leaving it how it ordered itself.
Hello I'm Simon and will be reviewing your Lesson :)
First of all congrats on completing the 250 Boxes challenge! It's a really hard part of the course and having completed it Lesson 2 will feel much easier so have fun with it!
General notes
You did a good job of extending your lines in the right direction everytime well done :) You seem to have some diverging/parallel lines (like n°52,55...) that's okay just make sure to keep an eye on that and for the next time you'll pull the boxes exercise as a warmup. I encourage you to focus on practicing those shallower foreshortening boxes which are tougher but will help you improve a good deal! No wobbly lines in sight, good job. A few times (boxes13,168...) you seem to have went over your line again, that's not great, moving forward please try to not do that no matter how important you think this line is to the drawing, drawing over your line makes your drawing look messier, even if you make the new line perfect, and it also hinders your ability to remember your mistakes since you try to hide it under a new line, so it's not a big deal here but with the next few lessons be sure not to do that :) Good job on varying the orientation of all your boxes! That helps you improve much faster and you did well to do it! Great job on having your inner corners really good! Even for the last boxes it's often really hard to get a back corner that's consistently good but you managed. Well done!! You started using hatching on your boxes, that's a good habit, so keep practicing that on the next lessons when you can, that will already give you a little head start :) For your next boxes in your warmups I recommend you start using lineweight to emphasize the weight and volumes of the boxes and to bring them to the next level, it's a good skill to have that will come in useful in later lessons!
Other notes
Great job overall. And if your pages are wrongly ordered on imgur you have an option to move them as to put them in the right order :)
Also I strongly encourage you to go review some submissions on the website :) You can easily review some lessons 1 and if you feel like it can review 250 boxes or wait until you completed lesson 2! Don't hesitate to do a review every so often. It really benefits you so you don't forget the point of the previous exercises and helps other people who are waiting on a review :)
Next Steps:
Move on to Lesson 2
Thank you much for taking you time to review my boxes!! I'll take everything you said into consideration and do my best to improve even more. Thank you for your advice! Made me see and think things I haven't before when looking at my boxes, but I guess that's why I needed it critiqued XD
I'm just so happy, thank you again, you made my day ?
BTW I will try out giving good reviews/critique on other homeworks too!
Glad I could help :) whatever your level an outside feedback is always helpful indeed
Really happy you found the review useful
And don't hesitate to do reviews yeah, no need for them to be perfect many people don't get a review so any review is a good review :)
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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