Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.

You seem to be self reflecting quite a bit which is admirable for sure, just know that the person critiquing your work will generally try to avoid reading self critique so it doesn't influence our own. If you have questions that's totally fine and we can answer them, just know that if they're buried in self critique we'd prefer if that critique wasn't there if that makes sense.

One thing I will comment on is the rear corner line, pretty much everyone struggles trying to draw it and get frustrated that no matter what they try it ends up not looking correct. As you mentioned it's not really the corner itself that matters, the corner line is ultimately the result of every other line in the box, so if you made a mistake somewhere else it will tend to show up in this corner line as well. That being said we don't expect perfection and neither should you, even professionals and the greats made/make mistakes, we're all human after all.

Congratulations on completing the box challenge, it's definitely a lot more work than most people expect. Not only does it 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 confident the majority of the time from beginning to end of the challenge, you are redrawing some of your lines which is a habit you shouldn't be forming. Part of the reason we use ink is to learn to work without mistakes instead of erasing/redrawing over and over until it's perfect. Some people complain that it ruins the box from the beginning if they make a mistake early, but those mistakes are how we learn what those mistakes cause.

• Your hatching is intentionally planned and drawn confidently, some people end up rushing hatching lines because they feel they're obligated to draw them when in reality rushing them just weakens their boxes overall. Everyone mark we make should be ghosted and drawn confidently.

• You're experimenting with different orientations, proportions and rates of foreshortening which is great. Experimentation is a key factor in deepening our understanding of new concepts, without it we risk only being able to draw one certain way so I hope you continue to nurture this habit.

• Overall your convergences have become more consistent throughout the challenge, while your boxes weren't bad to begin with there is definitely fewer instances of boxes distorting due to diverging lines by the end.

Things you can work on:

• It doesn't appear like you experimented much with line weigh through the challenge, while it is an optional inclusion it takes a lot of mileage to become comfortable using and is a very useful tool so I recommend starting to practice with it.

• Largely your convergences are looking great, but I generally include some tips/reminders for them here so don't take this as you're doing poorly. You have a few spots where your lines converge in pairs like in this example, this is something that we can work on. Take a look at this example as well it shows how each line in a set relates to one another 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.

Just remember that your lines should never converge in pairs, always a set, our lines should never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.

Overall this was a really solid submission, I have no problems moving you on to lesson 2 so I'll be marking your submission complete.

Keep practicing previous exercises as warm ups and good luck in lesson 2!