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8:09 PM, Tuesday April 6th 2021

Hi shelanoir,

Good job on completing the 250 box challenge. I'll be reviewing your homework.

I see great improvement in converging the lines of your boxes. Also you have a good variety of different rotated boxes. Your hatching lines look clean and you have extended your lines in the right direction.

A couple of things you can improve:

  • Wobbly lines: I notice some wobbly lines here and there. Make sure to draw each line with confidence and from the shoulder. Don't forget to use the ghosting method.

  • Lineweight: When you have completed a box, you should add some extra lineweight to the silhouette of the box, to reinforce the illusion of solidity. See: https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/1/lineweight.

  • Convergence: I see a good improvement on converging your lines. I do 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!

Next Steps:

Well done! Make sure to keep practicing during your warming up. Continue with lesson 2.

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7:02 PM, Wednesday April 7th 2021

Hi! Thank you so much for the critique and the diagram! I'll keep all of this in mind with the other lessons

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