250 Box Challenge
2:22 AM, Tuesday August 23rd 2022
I used the Y generator tool for the first 100 boxes.
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7:44 PM, Tuesday August 23rd 2022
Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.
Not only does the challenge help deepen your understanding of important concepts but it shows your desire to learn as well. 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:
- You're doing a great job of experimenting with orientations, and proportions. Experimenting is an important habit to build when learning any new skill, it helps form a more well rounded understanding. I hope you'll continue to display and nurture this habit in the future.
Things you can work on:
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You have some noticeable wobbling and arching occurring in your lines. Remember that line confidence is our top priority and that accuracy will improve as we continue to build up more mileage. Arching is a sign that you may not be using your shoulder and instead may be relying on your elbow or wrist.
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They're not a requirement of the challenge but I recommend practicing applying hatching and line weight in your future work. They're useful tools to learn and the only way to improve is to practice.
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I'd like you to experiment with rates of foreshortening more. Currently you tend to keep your vanishing points quite close to your box and have your lines converge dramatically. Try pushing your vanishing points further back more frequently so that your lines become closer to parallel (but not completely parallel since perspective is still a factor). Remember that experimentation is important.
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There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines a bit too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set 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.
The key things we want to remember from this exercise are that our lines should always converge as a set not in pairs, never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.
I won't be moving you on to the next lesson just yet, each lesson builds off concepts in the previous course material so if you move forward with un-addressed issues you end up just creating further issues on top of them.
I'd like you to draw 25 more boxes please. Focus on experimenting with different rates of foreshortening and trying to improve your line quality.
Once you've completed your boxes reply to this critique with a link to them, I'll address anything that needs to be worked on and once you've shown you're ready I'll move you on to the next lesson.
I know you can do this and look forward to seeing your work.
Next Steps:
25 more boxes please.
11:21 PM, Tuesday August 23rd 2022
Hey, i have a doubt, how do i know which face to hatch?
2:06 AM, Wednesday August 24th 2022
You can hatch any of the 3 front facing planes, because of perspective these planes should be larger than the rear planes since your sets of lines will converge towards your vanishing points.
The initial Y you draw at the start will be the corner nearest to the viewer and it also has the benefit of implying 3 faces as soon as you add an extra line to each set. You may find this guide helpful, it's made to help people understand which direction their lines should extend and how to place vanishing points but because it also goes through creating a box step by step you can see what I mean by the implied faces in the 3rd step.
I hope this helped, if not feel free to let me know and I'll try to explain it again or bring in Uncomfortable if need be.
1:46 AM, Friday August 26th 2022
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