250 Box Challenge
3:23 PM, Saturday June 13th 2020
This challenge was pain.
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4:14 AM, Tuesday August 16th 2022
So I took a look over your boxes. I am going to note down some bullet points that are worth pointing out:
Pros:
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Your wobbling significantly decreased and your lines look much straighter, confident and clean;
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There are a variety of perspectives;
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You didn't overdo the superimposition.
Cons:
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Some of your boxes don't converge further away (i.e. box 105, 54);
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Lines that are supposed to converge at a VP converge either converge instead at 2 separate VPs, or point at arbitrary directions (i.e. box 49, box );
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Your boxes are of uniform size;
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Inner corners of some boxes are arbitrarily placed.
Recommendations:
- Try to make all your boxes converge. You can do 3VP, 2 VP, or at least 1 VP. You can look at this guide to assist you with making consistent VPs:
https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png
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Add some large boxes to practice ghosting and superimposing longer lines;
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Try drawing the inner corner before you finish the box. As you draw the outer edges, the small mistakes accumulate into the arbitrary inner corner. Here's another guide: https://imgur.com/a/DHlA3Jh
Next Steps:
Do 10 boxes with the provided guides and resubmit it (as a sketchbook) so I could critique (reply to this once you're done). After that, do another 50 boxes and I will mark it as complete.
2:11 AM, Wednesday August 17th 2022
How did I do?
9:43 AM, Wednesday August 17th 2022
Your new boxes look much cleaner, straighter and you got the perspective more accurately than the previous ones, but there's a little more work to be done regarding your inner corners: they did not meet up properly (I understand that it is hard to line up 2 VPs with one dot, but again this is why you practice them after all).
After putting the Y shape down, try to imagine the position of the VP in your head, then use the double dots method to draw the lines. Repeat the same process when you move to the inner corners, but be careful to not slip up.
Here's a little trick I do when unsure whether I've correctly placed my dots: After putting the Y shape down, before putting any pair of 2 dots as outlined in the guide provided to you, I would put the paper further away from eyesight (probably 50-60cm), narrow my eyes, then try to imagine the box you want it to be. After that, I place down the dots and repeat the steps to see if they have been correctly placed, and fix them if need be.
Next Steps:
Your results are good now. Draw 50 more boxes and I will mark your exercise as complete.
1:47 AM, Monday August 29th 2022
I have finished the last 50 boxes. I apologize if the pages are out of order, I tried to keep them in order when I saved them to my PC.
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