250 Box Challenge
10:06 PM, Friday January 24th 2025
that was not as tough as i thought it would be
Hello, I'm Joxmarf and I will be reviewing your lesson.
First, huge congrats! The box challenge requires discipline, patience and consistency. Its repetitive nature can make it a bit of a drag, so good job for pushing through (Also, random but loved the happy face on the 222 box).
General Observations
Your lines mostly converge. You were clearly mindful of avoiding parallel or divergent lines. It still happened sometimes, of course, but I could really see the improvement as the challenge went on. Regarding the line extensions, they are done on the right direction, going away from the central point of the Y. You forgot to do the extensions for some of the boxes. Remember this is an important part of the exercise, so when you do it again for warmups do not skip it.
I would say that you didn't vary your boxes as much as you could have. The orientation of your boxes does vary, but you didn't experiment much with the length of the Y line. In your warmups, you could do boxes with the shape of cubes, bricks, rods, books, etc. Experiment!
Regarding your hatching, they are good, but remember to ghost before making a line on the page, thinking of where the line starts and where it ends. Many of you hatching lines don't reach the other side of the plane.
In some lines, you seem to have given it a second pass. I don't know if it was to hide some wobbliness or to add lineweight. If it's for the former, best to avoid it.
Overall, a very solid submission.
Good luck with the rest!
Next Steps:
Incorporate this exercise to your warmup pool. Move onto lesson 2.
Thank you so much for your review. I appreciate the advice and I'll keep it in mind.
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