Hello, Jumbledbyrd:
First of all, thank you for the feedback you have given to others. I hope you have learnt in the process as much as the people you helped.
Let's see those boxes!
In general i would say you had an awesome improvement. By the end of the first 50 boxes you already achieve some decent boxes and that's a good sign. You have some little mistakes like extending a bit the lines in the opposite direction or missplace some vanishing points. By the last box a lot of that problems have been diminished so i'm going to focus on the mistakes that i are still there.
The inner corner can be managed in the planning phase and you don't have to wait until you have already placed some final strokes. You can research more about this technique in the following ScyllaStew video. The lesson you can learn here is that the best place to fix your mistakes is in your mind and the second one is when you are placing your marks. Missplacing a little dot will be easier to fix later on than an entire line, with a bit of luck it will serve another purpose for another mark. The important thing is "fix your mistakes before committing to them".
I have seen that you tend to struggle a bit when the vanishing point is placed near the box. Don't be stressed out too much for this. It's normal. The accuracy you need to make these look perfect is harder compared to the extreme far VP that makes your lines be almost parallel.
Your hatching is sometimes wobbly or finished before reaching the other end of the box face. Try to treat each hatching lines as a normal one, take some time to ghost it and you will see better results (and it's extra practice!!).
Don't be afraid of line weight. I know that it can be frustrating make a good box (in this case) and messing it up while adding line weight failing in the superimposed lines... BUT you have to practice it. The results look extremely better when you add line weight and as you will learn in lesson 2, it's super important to create a three-diminensional illusion. I would recommend you to lose this fear (if you really have it) in warmups. You will have to do it in straight lines and organic curvy ones, so practice in both cases. By the end of the lesson 2 you won't regret it.
And that's all i could get out of your pages. I hope it is enough and you can find something valuable in my words. Any question, feel free to answer with any doubt or clarification you need. Good luck with lesson 2!
Next Steps:
Continue with lesson 2
Thanks! I'll have to take a look at the video, because the inner corner I struggled with a Lot. And same with the line-weight, I didn't start until a good chunk into the boxes, so I'll definitely need to get some more mileage with it!
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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