250 Box Challenge
6:56 PM, Monday November 29th 2021
250 boxes! All in one google docs. I would love to hear your critique!
hey, i'm koyomi and i will be reviewing your 250 boxes challenge!
first of all good job for going all the way through the challenge!
i don't wan't to sound harsh but there's a lot of mistakes and there's some that i think could have been avoided easily, so let's see.
the first thing i'm noticing here is the absence of correction lines. there's only four pages where i can see you drew them, correction lines aren't an option it's a requirements and it's purpose is for you to notice your mistakes, have consciousness about what goes wrong and what goes right to improve your understanding of 3d space. https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/1/convergences
we can see that your lines are improving through the challenge so that's great! at the end your lines are arcing a little bit i would advise to try arc consciously in the opposite direction to get a straighter line. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/10/arc
you did a lot of 2 point perspective boxesespecially at the end, i would not recommend to do so much of them, one or two each 20 boxes isn't too bad but your focus should be on 3 point perspective boxes. your boxes are also pretty redundant i would advise to use the Y method shown i the course to diversify your boxes.
i think you rushed this challenge and you should not. you will not improve simply by going through drawabox lessons and do the exercises in a record time, you need to slow down and pay more attention to what drawabox has to offer to you. if you rush, at the end you will be disappointed because you will not have learned as much as you think you would.
Next Steps:
move on to lesson two but pay a closer attention to the content of the course.
include 1 or 2 boxes (with correction lines) to your warm
warm up** sorry
Thank you for pointing out my mistakes, your feedback was very helpful!
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
On the flipside, they tend to be on the cheaper side of things, so if you're just getting started (beginners tend to have poor pressure control), you're probably going to destroy a few pens - going cheaper in that case is not a bad idea.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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