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250 Box Challenge

3:39 AM, Tuesday September 28th 2021

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i often used my finger to find the vanishing point and used my hands and the pen to help measure/extend the lines between dots before making the boxes/lines. Uncomfortable never said not to do this. It felt most natural to me to use all the tools allowed to us (hands, eyes, fingers, pen, paper) when free-handing the boxes. I followed the rules; i used the tools he allowed when they were allowed only using the ruler to extend the line that had been made using th ghosting method after it had been completely drawn. But I know there is probably some nazi on here who probably thinks my method was wrong and should have been more blind. Hopefully you can rejoice in the amount of effort this took with me.

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2:46 PM, Tuesday September 28th 2021

Hello Akakunari, I hope you are well,

Yes it is never said that we are not supposed to use fingers and pen to our advantage. I personally used dots but after realising I don't need them I stuck to just ghosting and imaging a line going to a vanishing point in my head. That's what I believe we are aiming here for to draw a box without any tool that is good enough for our needs, but I don't believe we are able to achieve it with just 250 boxes. Even if we did double that I think we still wont get that skill. We need to draw other things during our “fun” time using boxes to get used to them. In conclusion, I think it is fine what you are doing.

Moving onto your boxes, there aren't any major mistakes to them. You are properly extending the lines back to vanishing point and you vary your distances of VP. What I want to point out here is that your lines sometimes become wobbly. As if you didn't take enough time for them. But I can say for sure that you can make straight lines with confidence. Always take as much time as needed for each time. I know that this is a long and tedious challenge, but what we want to gain from it is a foundation of perspective, a simple box that lets us build everything if we master it. We also want to get used to drawing straight lines, so keep in mind to be patient.

There is also a problem of repeating lines, which occurs sometimes. Always aim to make a good line with things I said previously and even if we make a bad line, leave it. Don't try to hide your mistakes behind the curtain. Keep it so it becomes a reminder that we have to do certain stuff to make a good line.

Lastly your lineweight could see more work. Sometimes I can see your lines splitting which tells me you are not taking enough time while applying it. What we want is a line on top of the previous one, we don't want to make it wider. https://imgur.com/OHvr7Mb

Overall you did a great job on this challenge. So I will mark this challenge as complete. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Have fun during your journey,

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2:57 AM, Wednesday October 6th 2021

thanks so much for reviewing my work. this is a great and thorough review! i agree i am wobbly with my lines. i often draw with a little lap table on my couch because it is more comfortable on my back but it can lead to some sloppiness. i probably rushed this a bit, i was trying to get done before doing another course with marshall vandruff. also i grew frustrated doing all these boxes but not knowing how to draw a cube. so i spent a lot of time with the resources on radiorunners curriculum for the solo artist that pairs with this dab lesson. And now i think i know how. doing this makes me really want to get back to figures and faces in rooms and places because i let myself get too grindy. i took a break half way thru the challenge to do vandruff's composition bootcamp so i felt it was fairly balanced over a long time but killed me at the end like the last 50 boxes. happy it is done.

5:22 PM, Wednesday October 6th 2021

Great job finishing the challenge, it is a really tedious project but you completed it.

About radiorunner, I want to say that you shouldn't follow the time frames, it is just unhealthy and the author didn't follow them. Additionally rushing through courses leaves so much information lost in this process, I personally like to rewatch videos few times so my brain remembers more information for longer. I am not saying that you follow the time frames, but I saw so many people do that.

5:00 PM, Friday October 8th 2021

Thanks! I definitely am not following the time frames. The challenge in radiorunners course is to do the 250 box challenge and 250 cylinder challenge in like 1 month LOL it's very unrealistic. But I do get kind of down because based on my pace it will take me like 9 years to get through it all... probably I will stop at some point and make a graphic novel with the limited information I have or jump around more.

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