Like Liska said we can't tell if we don't see the boxes, but something you can do to check where you made the mistakes is to trace one of your finished boxes line by line, and at every step extend the lines. This way you'll see exactly where the lines are starting to diverge.

Hi! Maybe the problem lies in what you said about adjacent lines but it's hard to tell without seeing the boxes. Could you post some of your latest pages?

Take the time to read thru the 250 box challenge instructions. Not a single time does it say "check how the box looks", or "avoid the box looking distorted". That's not how DrawABox approaches things.

There's a series of steps/rules you need to follow. Read and understand each carefully. Then execute those steps as faithfully as you can. You will succeed if you do that.

What is success in this case? It is explained in the challenge instructions (and also in organic perspective exercise):

• Draw a Y-shape. Keep angles between the lines greater than 90 degrees

• Draw an additional line, one towards each vanishing point.

• Draw the lines to finish the three side of the box facing the viewer

• Draw thru your box

• Extend lines away from the viewer to check convergences

• Apply lineweight (and maybe hatching) to show which side faces the viewer

And do that 250 times. That's it.

"They look all distorted" is not very helpful criteria. But "these two lines converge instead of diverge" is the kind of criteria that will guide you towards more consistent boxes.

And "a bit better" by the end of the challenge is what you are expected to do. I mean if you can consistenly extend lines away from the viewer that already is a huge success. Pay close attention when the instructions say "facing the viewer" and "away from the viewer". Consistency in the convergences and those convergences being consistent with whats away/towards the viewer is key for boxes to look like boxes.

Hello,

When you said you boxes comes out weird, it may be due to the distortion effect your perspective point are too close from one another. Another problem when you start drawing without marking the perspective point is that when you came back

using it you forgot it exact place so they may look a little strange.

Repetition is important here. That's why uncomfortable put 250 boxes.

What you need to do is always following the same order. First place three dots that will be the top of the box. From this angle try to imagine the vp to finish the top the of the box. Then you start to draw the bottom. You can keep the line towards the back parallels (therefor you're in 2d or trying to make them slightly converge toward a third point) You're in 3d space.

You have really trouble with the vp; you can try to make a mini challenge. With cello tape put three A4 sheets closes one

to another. The one on the center is your page. The 2 on each side is where your vp goes. Place you angle and extend

the line with pencil. This is like one of the exercice in lesson 1 but in big scale. This mini challenge is just to help you to understand the process and to help you prepare for the 250 boxes challenge therefor should not been sent.

Hope that it helps!

Good luck!