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4:23 AM, Thursday July 7th 2022
edited at 6:21 PM, Jul 8th 2022

Here's answers to your questions: " i have a question, since i have a bit of a confusion, have you done these exercises on a pencil or a pen?" - I had done them using a tablet with pen like brush (although reckon should've used ink&paper which I did with 250 boxes submission.

  • Superimposed lines: Yes! noticed that lines where fraying the faster / slower I drew a line hence had to find a middle point in terms of speed to gain more control.

  • Ghosted planes: I believe that having dots not too far apart from each other allows more control although speed seems always the key to avoid missing a dot.

  • Funnel exercise: Understood!

Ellipses section

  • Table of ellipses: Will do so... find the exercise link below

  • Ghosted planes: Thank you!

Boxes exercises

  • Plotted perspective: Understood! find the exercise link below

  • Rough perspective: I constantly and subconsciously try to correct by making another pass over it, I reckon this is something to work on.

  • Rotated boxes: Understood! I found myself having momentum hence I wanted to do one more but will invest this energy in the 50/50 rule instead.

  • Organic perspective: You're right! Must've missed that important fact, but have made myself conscious about it and will keep doing so all the time from now on.

Here's the link to both exercises https://imgur.com/a/s9peVf0

I'll look forward to your feedback.

Regards,

edited at 6:21 PM, Jul 8th 2022
10:04 AM, Sunday July 10th 2022

for the table of ellipses compared to your first work is much better, there's still some overlapping going on, so just keep in mind that you should just keep it touching each other.

for the plotted perspective, nothing to say, great work!

i'll be completing this submission now, good luck with the future lessons

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7:20 PM, Sunday July 17th 2022

Yes, I admit that those ellipses are a bit hard as there should be a balance between speed and the hand movement. I'm still trying to find the sweet spot to get the most out of it.

Now, having done the 250 box challenge, should I wait for critique? would you mind advising further?

Cheers,

12:11 AM, Wednesday August 17th 2022
edited at 12:12 AM, Aug 17th 2022

hi, it's been awhile, sorry for responding too late. anyways for the 250 box challenge, for it to get critiqued, it's said that you should critique atleast 5 lesson 1 submissions after that you can then submit your submission or paste your link at the #critique-exchange in the discord so that it can get critiqued by the discord members of the drawabox community, if ever you haven't gotten critiqued yet.

cheers, loadsofskeptic.

edited at 12:12 AM, Aug 17th 2022
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