250 Box Challenge
1:45 PM, Thursday October 22nd 2020
can i have critiques please ?
i would really appreciate it .....
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11:51 AM, Monday July 11th 2022
Hello TRYINGTODRAWABOX.. i'll be looking over your submission..First of all i'd like to congratulate you for finishing the most tedious 250-box challenge.. not everyone is able to complete it as it takes a lot of time and patience ...
So starting off, you've done a great job with experimenting different sizes, orientations and rotations of boxes.
The main problem is that you have cramped more than 8-9 boxes in a page which looks visually very confusing.. So i would suggest you to draw another 30 boxes , 5 per page and dont extend the lines all the way through ...extension just enough to visualize where it might coincide would be enough.
Hatching lines
Hatching lines seem haphazard. it looks as if you are rushing through the exercises which is never a good sign while being a beginner.Just like in lesson 1 ghosted lines, place carefully the pen at the start of each line (in the line of the box) so it can only fray in one end in the worst case.
a box in 3 point perspective will ALWAYS have their lines converge. They can never diverge, or be parallel.
Line weight
Just like in lesson 1, lineweight should only be added to the silhouette of the boxes, and with a superimposed line, one is enough, as it's important to keep it subtle.
When doing this superimposed line, it should be done ghosting and drawing it confidently.
https://drawabox.com/community/submission/7O9J3W37
Just look through this submission and try to make it as similar as possible.. or even better ! You can do it..
Next Steps:
Draw 30 more boxes, 5 on each page and keep in mind the afore mentioned points.. After that only i will be able to mark your exercise complete.
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