Hi,
finally done with 250 box challenge :)
This is my submission, three albums are included.
Looking forward to feedback!
Tena
Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.
Not only does the challenge help deepen your understanding of important concepts but it shows your desire to learn as well. Be proud of what you've accomplished and that desire you've shown. That being said I'll try to keep this critique fairly brief so you can get working on the next steps as soon as possible.
Things you did well:
Your lines are looking confidently and smoothly drawn.
You're taking time to plan your hatching lines and space them evenly rather than rush them out on to the page.
It's nice to see that you're trying to implement line weight. It takes a bit of mileage for people to become comfortable using it but it's a very helpful tool.
You're experimenting with proportions, orientations, and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is an important habit to build because it helps us understand new concepts. I hope you will continue to nurture and display this habit in the future as well.
Things you can work on:
You're quite frequently imagining your vanishing point between your box and the viewer (boxes 241 and 249 are examples), this leads to you diverging your lines from an actual vanishing point and your boxes end up distorted as a result. I'll point you to this diagram I made that explains the process of making a box and how we can always determine which way we will want to converge/extend our lines.
There are times when your lines converge in pairs and you attempt to keep your lines a too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set and their respective vanishing point. The inner pair of lines will be quite similar unless the box gets quite long and the outer pair can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point. Move it further away and the lines become closer to parallel while moving it closer increases the rate of foreshortening.
I won't be moving you on to the next lesson just yet because I need to make sure you understand the concepts introduced here first. I'd like you to draw 15 more boxes, do your best to converge your lines in the correct direction so your boxes don't end up distorted.
Once you've completed them reply to this critique with a link, I'll give them a look and address anything that needs to be worked on. Then once you've shown you're ready I'll move you on to the next lesson.
I know you can do this and look forward to seeing your work!
Next Steps:
15 more boxes please.
Hi,
first of all thank you so much for looking over my submission and taking time to get me detailed feedback.
I did have some issues and still do with lines converging in pair. That's something I spotted after first few boxes but I guess it will take time and practice to correct that tendency.
I have some questions regarding first point you wrote about vanishing points. I'm looking over my boxes 245-250 and I realize my mistake with box 249. There was a Y shape and vanishing point clearly point that V.P. I placed above should instead be placed below the box.
What I don't understand is where the mistake with other 5 boxes is. Those are examples of boxes where we don't see 3 planes. We see only 2 planes and I guess it has a lot to do with the horizont line. As a result there is no Y shape, more of a sad T shape :D When we have Y shape it's the only one that occurs so there is only one possible direction for every V.P. where as with sad T shape we have two options with different placement for one of the V.P.s. Aren't both options ok and if not why so? Can you help clarify this before i go into making more boxes? I want to be sure I know what to correct :)
I'm looking forward to your reply and thank you in advance for taking the time!
No problem.
So when referring to the "T" shape I'm guessing you're referring to boxes like 246 and 250. For those boxes that one vanishing point can be on either side because the box is in 2 point perspective and not 3 point perspective. You should still extend lines in at least one of the directions so you can see how accurate you were but largely the "Y" shape is used for 3 point.
Hope that clarifies things, if not just let me know.
Ok, thank you! I was confused because I thought you said boxes 241 - 250 are all wrong.
Here are my additional 15 boxes!
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