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250 Box Challenge

5:35 PM, Friday September 10th 2021

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I have completed this over a period of 4 months. I took a long gap after around 50th box or so and then completed the rest of the boxes in past few weeks. If you look closely, you might see the difference in better form and lines over the time. I have tried my best to understand and be intentional with each box. towards the end I have also experimented with bigger size that is why one page might have just 4 boxes. And in earlier ones there is some unintentional foreshortening that I corrected later on as i got more knowledge by revisiting the website.

At the end of the day, I completely get the point of this challenge, I was not able to draw a perfect box but I definitely understand what to keep in mind before drawing a perfect box on a page. The conceptual elements related to the challenge are clear to me now by deliberate practice and paying attention. I can say for sure that I've come out on the other end equipped with very necessary skills and understanding that I wouldn't have gotten otherwise.

Any critique and point will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance :D

Godspeed,

RenaissanceMan

P.S I actually drew more than 250 boxes, but some were experimental and some were just warm ups, so. I thought I might just state this as well as I am not including those in my submission.

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6:10 PM, Saturday September 11th 2021

From looking at your work, I think you really took in the lessons and did a good job. Your lines are confident and strong, your convergence is pretty good even from the beginning, and even your hatching is quite accurate.

The only tip I'd mention to help out in future is to try drawing the inside back corner first if you haven't tried that method already. Also to think of the all the parallel lines as a group rather than in pairs. Those tips really helped me personally to straighten out inner lines that accidentally converged too early or diverged.

Overall, great job!

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Good job on the hard work! Move on to the next lesson. :)

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4:47 PM, Sunday September 12th 2021

Thanks for taking out the time and looking at my work, really appreciate that. And definitely I'll try these methods you mentioned, I wasn't aware of these but now I know thanks to you, so all good.

Also as a return of a favor I have also looked at your work and pointed some things out, hopefully that will be helpful to you as well.

once again, thanks for the effort mate :D

8:58 PM, Sunday September 12th 2021

That's very kind of you, thank you! Good luck!

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