250 Box Challenge
12:12 PM, Monday May 25th 2020
Sorry, the first page got out of order and should be the last. The rest of the pages are in the correct order. Thanks!
Congrats on completing the 250 box challenge!
You did well overall. I can see that your boxes have a much more consistent convergence towards their shared vanishing points towards the end of the challenge. I also see that your construction improved overall as well, your later boxes show a lot more confidence in your construction and less wobble in your lines overall.
One thing I recommend for your boxes in the future is to try and experiment with adding line weight to your boxes. This additional step will help take your boxes to the next level.
Finally while your convergences do improve overall I think this diagram will help you further develop that skill as you continue through Drawabox. So, when you are looking at your sets of lines you want to be focusing only on the lines that share a vanishing point. This does not include lines that share a corner or a plane, only lines that converge towards the same vanishing point. Now when you think of those lines, including those that have not been drawn, you can think about the angles from which they leave the vanishing point. Usually the middle lines have a small angle between them, and this angle will become negligible by the time they reach the box. This can serve as a useful hint.
You did very well overall and you clearly improved a lot. Keep in mind what I have said above and you should continue to see improvement in your construction.
Next Steps:
Move on to lesson 2!
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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