250 Box Challenge

12:35 PM, Wednesday February 21st 2024

250 Box Challenge - Google Drive

250 Box Challenge - Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FWXCzvod7z4LPMoxnl0i80KfyGuKU8Eh?usp=sharing

Well that took a while!

I misnumbered 3 times, but overall the total count of boxes is 250. There was also a period in the 110-150 boxes range where I didn't hatch faces because of an irl event making it so I had limited time to work boxes, and so I opted to leave it out in order to save on time. I began hatching again after everything settled down.

Additionally, the later boxes have random dots and stray marks from time to time. This is because I made the switch to fineliners at about 200 boxes in order to get better acquainted with them. The height of the nib, and me being unfamiliar with it at first resulted in stray dots or lines while ghosting. It also didn't help how my paper would have the tendency to fold upwards at the edges thus touching the tip of my pen by accident.

That's all my notes. Thank you in advance for looking at my submission! :)

3 users agree
4:59 PM, Sunday February 25th 2024
edited at 7:56 PM, Feb 25th 2024

Hello Chy, I'll be reviewing your 250 Box Challenge today.

First off, congratulations on completing the first hurdle of Drawabox. It’s definitely a long marathon, but the quality of work between the start and end pages really demonstrates overall improvement. Now let’s begin with the critique.

Note: A few boxes appear more like two-point perspectives than three. Buuut I don't think there's anything on the website that directly prohibits that, so it's probably fine.

Things you did well:

  • Line confidence was definitely a major strength here. It's evident you took your time planning and executing when plotting for the desired box.

  • Experimentation with box size and foreshortening. This is a positive habit to carry forward and helps progress our spatial reasoning.

Things you can work on:

  • Hatching is generally well done for what you had time to accomplish; however, lines slightly wobble as they reach the opposing edge. I suggest ghosting a couple extra times, as smooth lines are always the priority for this course. Remember that hatching should receive the same care as any other line.

  • Inner Corner: Sets of lines sometimes converge in pairs rather than collectively towards their respective vanishing points. When constructing a box, be aware of the initial Y line and how each adjacent line should angle itself to the vanishing point. Here’s a diagram showing what to aim for.

  • Boxes tend to have the same rotation a few times. I recommend playing around more with box orientation in order to further spatial reasoning ability. Here's a range of the possible positions. Keep in mind that boxes should always drawn from imagination, not reference, so don't copy these boxes directly from the image.

Overall, you've done a good job of steadily improving your box quality. I'll mark this down as complete and send you off to Lesson 2. Good luck!

Next Steps:

Lesson 2.

This community member feels the lesson should be marked as complete, and 3 others agree. The student has earned their completion badge for this lesson and should feel confident in moving onto the next lesson.
edited at 7:56 PM, Feb 25th 2024
8:08 PM, Sunday February 25th 2024

Thank you for the critique! I noticed that I had trouble messing with box orientation even when drawing from my imagination, so that image helps a lot. Thank you for that inner corner diagram as well! I'll keep that in mind for any future box practice.

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