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12:52 AM, Sunday May 30th 2021
edited at 12:55 AM, May 30th 2021

Hi, I'll be handling your box challenge critique also I like your keyboard.

Overall you've shown some noticeable improvement by the end of the challenge, completing it also shows your patience and desire to learn so be proud of what you've accomplished.

Your line quality has improved, they're looking more confident and tidy. When it comes to line weight you've become more accurate and consistent when applying, with more mileage you'll only continue to improve.

You did a great job drawing large enough that you can see your mistakes easily as well as grow more comfortable drawing with your arm. Not only that but you experimented with orientations and different amounts of foreshortening, good work.

There are occasions where your lines converge in pairs rather than as an entire set, I'd like you to take a quick look at this example which shows how each line relates to one another in a set, notice how the inner pair will always be nearly identical while the outer 2 converge faster. As you move the vanishing point closer to the box you'll of course see an increase in the rate of quickly these lines converge.

Other than that you showed care while drawing your hatching lines, they're remaining confident and evenly spaced instead of rushed. Overall this was a really well done challenge, your boxes may still have room for improvement but we aren't looking for perfection just your best attempt at understanding the material and you managed to show that and improved along the way.

I see no reason not to move you on to lesson 2, keep practicing previous exercises as warm ups and good luck!

Next Steps:

Move on to lesson 2.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
edited at 12:55 AM, May 30th 2021
6:44 PM, Wednesday June 2nd 2021

Appreciate the timely review and kind words! Hope to hear from you again for lesson 2.

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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.

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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