Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

9:50 PM, Monday June 7th 2021

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I decided at the beginning of this year I wanted to try to take drawing seriously. I had 0 abilities.. like I could barely draw stick figures and my brain could not compute the concept of 3 dimensional drawings. I started by using Mark Kistler's book "How to draw in 30 days," which was definitely helpful but was not as comprenhensive as I had hoped for. I was able to copy what he was doing, but was not fully grasping the underlying lessons. I found this sub reddit and i think this is more of what I was looking for. This lesson took 3-4 weeks to complete. I definitely messed up the rotated boxes. I started getting confused by the amount of lines on the page. Going to try the 250 box challenge next!

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3:30 PM, Tuesday June 8th 2021

Hi, it's cool that you decided to take drawing seriously :). Overall, your work looks good.

The superimposed lines, ghosted lines and ghosted planes all look good. The only thing I would say is to watch out for wobbly lines. As you will probably here many times on Drawabox, prioritize confidence over accuracy. Which means don't worry about your line being completely off as long as it was done confidently avoiding any wobbling. Also in the ghosted planes exercise, it seems that you didn't put start and end points for the cross section lines. While it may have seemed like there was a need for doing it, it's always good to mark were you want the line to start and end.

For the table of ellipses, ellipses in planes and funnels, again they're a bit wobbly. Make sure to try to draw them with a smooth, consistent stroke even if each pass doesn't overlap exactly with the previous one.

Lastly, for the rough perspective and organic perspective, make sure not to repeat lines. I know resisting the urge to correct an especially off line can be hard but the point is not be make a perfect drawing. Putting start and end points and taking the time to use the ghosting method will increase your chances of making a good line but even after doing these steps it can still turn out wrong, and that's ok.

Also don't worry to much about the rotated boxes, it's a difficult exercise. Most people mess it up and that's sorta the point.

Next Steps:

You seem to have understood the concepts of the lesson, so I'd say you're ready to move on to the 250 box challenge. Keep it up :)

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12:01 AM, Thursday June 10th 2021

Thank you for the input! I see what you're saying with the wobbly lines. I think I was too worried about my lack of control when drawing the lines and they weren't drawn as consistently.

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