It was a real challenge, but after 2 months I am finally done with the 250 box challenge! Motivating myself to draw boxes again and again, and again was the biggest challenge.
The thing that made the difference for me was to start every morning with the exercise.
Hereby I share the result.
I am looking forward to your comments (and to drawing other things than boxes :) )
Hi.
Overall you have done a pretty good job. The lines are non wobbly and the extensions are correct. The hatching is consistent too. I can see you had trouble with some of the convergence but its fine as its a continuous process. As such i see no major problem with the boxes. Just remember the important stuff like drawing from shoulder, ghosting your lines. Also add boxes to your warmups for added practice (unfortunately boxes are something you can never escape). Since you've done everything upto the mark you may continue on your journey towards the next lesson.
Good luck! O~O
Next Steps:
You've done a good job and you may move forward towards Lesson 2. Also if you can please consider helping others by critiquing their work (You've finished lesson 1 so you can critique others).
Hi!
Thanks for the review :) I will keep on drawing them in my warm up!
Cheers.
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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