Welcome to drawabox, and congrats on completing Lesson 1. Let’s see how you did, shall we?
To start off, imgur doesn’t show file names, so it would’ve helped if the images were in order. More specifically, it would’ve helped if I knew whether your superimposed lines started off frayed, and then got better in their second page, though at the cost of their confidence, or if it was the other way around. Either way, make sure that you’re not drawing them wildly (confidence is not without its preparation!), and remember that more so than accuracy, it’s confidence that we’re after, here. The ghosted lines look fine, though I’ll request that you keep your doodles to a separate page. As for the planes, be careful that you’re not overly conscious of your end points. I say this because your lines have a habit of changing their trajectory as they approach them. Again, confidence is our priority here, not accuracy.
Moving on to the ellipse section, the table of ellipses exercise looks good. Your ellipses here are smooth, rounded, and drawn through. That said, make sure that you’re drawing through them a minimum of 2 times – not 1 and a half, or almost 2, but 2. The ellipses in planes are well done. I’d not stress too much about your ellipses not lining up, at this stage – they won’t for a while. The funnels look mostly good, too. A few things, however. First, based off of how hard you’re pressing your pen, you appear to be a little stiff. This is also apparent from the occasional wobbles. Try to relax a little. Also, see if you can have your ellipses increase in degree, as they move away from the center, next time.
The plotted perspective exercise looks… strange. I don’t think you did this freehand but, in an uneven surface, perhaps?
The rough perspective exercise is a little mixed. I notice that, as the convergences improve, line quality gets a little worse. In that same page, you’ve also redrawn some of your lines, too. Normally, we have you pick between confidence and accuracy. Here, however, both are achievable, because the plotting of the points is an entirely separate step, that you’re meant to linger on – plotting and replotting them, until they’re perfect – before committing to your lines. And, when you do, you don’t need to stress about where they’re going (you’ve already figured it out!), but rather entirely focus on their confidence.
The rotated boxes exercise is missing its reminder boxes. Looking at it (its extra layers, that is), I think it would’ve been helpful to you if you had some, but that’s alright. Though it struggles to rotate, what’s here is good, because you’ve kept your boxes snug, both up front, and in the back. Again, though, be mindful of that automatic reinforcing habit.
Leaving it aside (though, it should mention, it’s at its worst here), the organic perspective exercise is well done. The boxes are, more often than not, well-constructed, and, as per their size, and foreshortening, they flow quite well, too.
Next Steps:
Now, it’s unfortunate that you’ve completed your box challenge, because there’s a number of things that we would’ve liked you to work on, throughout it. I will request, therefore, and extra 50 boxes out of you. When you submit your challenge in 2 weeks, you’re to submit the old challenge, as well as the extra 50, and specify that that’s what you’ve done to the TA in charge. GL!
Here we're getting into the subjective - Gerald Brom is one of my favourite artists (and a pretty fantastic novelist!). That said, if I recommended art books just for the beautiful images contained therein, my list of recommendations would be miles long.
The reason this book is close to my heart is because of its introduction, where Brom goes explains in detail just how he went from being an army brat to one of the most highly respected dark fantasy artists in the world today. I believe that one's work is flavoured by their life's experiences, and discovering the roots from which other artists hail can help give one perspective on their own beginnings, and perhaps their eventual destination as well.
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