Congratulations on completing the 250 Box Challenge!
You did really well overall and I can see that you learned a lot by the end of the challenge. Your boxes look cleaner and better constructed by the end and you do a better job of getting your sets of parallel lines to converge more consistently towards their shared vanishing points.
One thing I notice when looking at your boxes is that you tried to add additional weight to some of your boxes. For the most part you did an okay job of this though in some areas I can see that you struggled a bit. When you go to add weight to a line it is important that you treat the added weight the same way you would a brand new line. That means taking your time to plan and ghost through your mark so that when you go to execute it the mark blends seamlessly with your previous mark. This will allow you to build and create more subtle and clean looking weight to your lines.
I can see some areas where you are still hesitating a bit, which affects the construction of some of your boxes. Just remember that the confidence of the stroke is far and away your top priority. Accuracy is something that you will improve on as you continue working through Drawabox and practice ghosting. While it is important that you use the ghosting method of each mark you make while doing Drawabox one thing you can try to help with ending your marks closer to where you want them is lifting the pen off of the page rather than stopping the motion of your arm. I would also recommend that you read this comment by Uncomfortable, where he talks more about hesitation.
For some of your boxes you tried adding additional line weight but after a bit you stopped. In the future I recommend that you try adding that extra step back in. When you go to add weight to a line it is important that you treat the added weight the same way you would a brand new line. That means taking your time to plan and ghost through your mark so that when you go to execute it the mark blends seamlessly with your previous mark. This will allow you to build and create more subtle and clean looking weight to your lines.
Finally while your convergences do improve overall I think this diagram will help you further develop that skill as you continue through Drawabox. So, when you are looking at your sets of lines you want to be focusing only on the lines that share a vanishing point. This does not include lines that share a corner or a plane, only lines that converge towards the same vanishing point. Now when you think of those lines, including those that have not been drawn, you can think about the angles from which they leave the vanishing point. Usually the middle lines have a small angle between them, and this angle will become negligible by the time they reach the box. This can serve as a useful hint.
You did a good job overall and if you keep in mind what I said here and read through the links I left you I'm sure you will continue to see improvement in your work over time.
Congrats again and good luck with lesson 2!
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while i appreciate your detailed critique, it seems your writings of paragraph 2 and 4 are copy pasted, which sadly makes me doubt the sincerity of the rest of your critiques. I understand im only paying 5 bucks, but this kind of detail is enough to demoralize someone anticipating for a review.
So I do have to apologize about the poor proofreading - I can understand that the repetition can certainly make the critique seem factory-produced.
When it comes to writing the critiques, my TAs generally tackle them in a variety of ways, but they all basically amount to assessing the work to find all of the present issues (as well as the notable strengths), then addressing them one by one. Many of the issues tend to fall into very specific categories - I myself have a tendency to rewrite the same memorized lines, whereas some TAs have a small library of statements they've found themselves writing time and time again. Where needed those lines will be altered if required to suit the specific situation, though this isn't always necessary. Sometimes the original phrasing fits just fine.
Ultimately this kind of process - whether writing just about the same words time and time again, or leaning into it and copy/pasting bits and pieces from a document, help us provide clear and detailed critiques for students while fielding a considerable volume of them each day. We by no means try and provide the same identical critique to each student - each one is tailored to exactly what they need to hear, based on their work. This is just one way in which we're able to do this a little more efficiently.
Unfortunately in this case, Scylla did slip up, and needlessly repeated herself. While the process is, in my eyes both necessary and unavoidable, we really should be working harder to avoid having students see how the sausage is made, so to speak. You can be sure that Scylla will be proof reading her critiques much more carefully in the future.
Some of you may remember James Gurney's breathtaking work in the Dinotopia series. This is easily my favourite book on the topic of colour and light, and comes highly recommended by any artist worth their salt. While it speaks from the perspective of a traditional painter, the information in this book is invaluable for work in any medium.
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