On rotated boxes: I know we were supposed to do only one page but the exercise was super fun to do so I did two pages. Also, the 2nd page of superimposed lines was done several days after I did the first page because I forgot to do it twice back then.
I'll welcome any feedback/critique before moving onto next lesson. Thank you!
I think you did a very good job
Your superimposed and ghosted lines look confident, smooth and very accurate.
Your ellipses look smooth and confident, I see that put effort in and drawing them through several times. But Also I see some circles that don't touch, and though they are pretty, that was not the goal of exercise. But I nevertheless see, that you grasped the idea in other places, ellipses touch the boundaries of the box and other ellipses quite nicely.
Your funnels are also good in terms of confident lines, drawing ellipses through. But two of them have ellipses that are alittle bit not aligned (https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/14/notaligned) especially 2 bottom ones in the center. Other funnels are sweet, I see you understand the concept.
In a plotted perspective exercise the boxes are drawn correctly and clearly. Though some of the boxes in the bottom have clearly not vertical lines as edges, that are supposed to be vertical. This is not a mistake, rather an observation. Maybe try to get a ruler with some vertical and horizontal marks on it. Or don't, this is nothing serious.
In rough perspective exercise your lines are nice, confident, smooth. I see progress in terms of finding the right direction of lines, they are clearly moving towards the VP closer on the second page overall. But first I noticed again that the lines that are supposed to be vertical are sometimes really not vertical on the second page in the top 2 frames. Making them vertical should be a priority in this exercise, because it sets the whole scene off. And second, I don't understand your question marks, do you have question about this exercise? If yes, feel free to leave a comment here, and I will try to answer.
Both pages of rotated boxes exercise are good: you really rotate the boxes in all directions (except for the bottom row in the first page, but maybe it's just too small to see https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/17/notrotating), distances between boxes are kept nice and narrow, you drew through your boxes, and, in addition, they are really pretty to look at!
Your rough perspective exercise is also done fine, boxes are floating, becoming smaller as they go further, there is no dramatic foreshortening. These are all good things.
Next Steps:
I think you are clear to move on to 250 box challenge https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes, because you understood the main ideas of the lectures and exercises and demonstrated nice, hard work in your exercises.
Thank you so much for such a thorough feedback!
The question marks in the rough perspective were mostly just me thinking "the hell is this crazy line doing" after finishing the box, as you noted some lines were not as vertical as they are supposed to be and the boxes looked off, so I just marked them for myself to remember to keep an eye on that later.
I'll put more time into practicing funnels, ellipses and rough perspective. I think the rough perspective was the one that humbled me most. I do have a question regarding that exercise though, the front planes of the boxes facing the viewer, should they be freehand ghosted lines too, or can we use a ruler for them?
Hello!
Sorry for not responding sooner, only saw your message.
No, for rough perspective exercise you are supposed to use ruler only for the "horizon". Everything else must be made freehand. It's hard, even if you ghost a lot sometimes, but, after 250 box challenge I bet your eye balling will get significantly better, and you will feel more confident later. And even then you will make mistakes, it's life :)
If we are talking about plotted perspective exercise however, you need a ruler for every line. Just in case.
You don't have to re-do exercises though, as you will have warm-ups with these exercises at the beginning of exercises in further lessons.
Good luck!
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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