250 Box Challenge
12:28 AM, Friday April 2nd 2021
This was a challenge alright
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9:08 PM, Tuesday April 13th 2021
Hi kennylasa,
Good job on completing the 250 box challenge. I'll be reviewing your homework.
I see great improvement in your boxes. You also have a good variety of different rotated boxes and you have extended your lines in the right direction most of the time. Also good job on drawing shallow and dramatic boxes, to practice different kinds of perspective and line convergence.
Some things you can improve:
Parallel lines
A box in 3 point perspective will ALWAYS have their lines converge. They can never diverge, or be parallel. It is possible for them to converge very slightly, but they have to converge. Even if it's really hard to notice it, the convergence has to be there. I have noticed some parallel lines on some of your boxes. Keep an eye out for that.
Line weight
When adding line weight to the silhouette, make sure to keep it subtle.
Box sizes
You could have drawn your boxes a little bit bigger, since they're pretty small now. Maybe you did this so you could extend your lines more.
Convergence from the inner corner
Although I see great improvement in you convergence, I notice some divergence here and there from the inner corner. It's pretty normal to have the inner corners come out pretty off, as they are affected by the accumulation of previously done mistakes. Now, a way to improve your convergence is to start thinking about the relationships between your set of lines, instead that just in pairs. When we are doing our boxes, we usually compare the one we are drawing with the main converging line, this is a first step. However, what's better, is to take into account all the other lines that converge into that point so we can guess better how the angle of our next line should be.
Now, I know how confusing it sounds, so check this diagram and see if somethings clicks. If you don't immediately get it, don't worry, just keep checking it from time to time and it eventually will make sense.
Another way to improve your line convergence is to change the order you draw your boxes in. By drawing the inner corner before the last line of the box, some people found it easier to use the previously mentioned info above of thinking about the relationship between lines. Here's the order I'm talking about: https://imgur.com/a/DHlA3Jh. This takes into advantage something explained in the rotated boxes exercise too (taking advantage of lines that are very close), so give a look at the page if you want to know more about it.
Next Steps:
Well done! Keep practicing drawing boxes during your warm ups. Continue with lesson 2.
7:29 PM, Sunday April 25th 2021
Thank you so much for taking the time to review my work! Your advice is very helpful, and I'll try to incorporate it in my future boxes
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