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2:12 AM, Friday January 24th 2025
Welcome and congratulations on finishing the first lesson of Drawabox! I'm Mada and I'll be taking a look at your submission.
Overall you did a great job here, but I do have a bit to mention so let's break them down one by one. I'll write the most important things in bold.
Lines
Starting with your superimposed lines, these are looking good. However, while it's not that bad, but I can still see some wobbling in your ghosted lines and planes. You might still be hesitating here, or limiting your pivot for some reason (usually by unconsciously using your arm or wrist as the pivot instead of your shoulder). Do keep reminding yourself to use your shoulder, and prioritize confidence over accuracy. They will get better as you get more practice, but you do need to keep conscious of what you're doing right/wrong and tweak it accordingly on your next attempt. (https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ghostedlines/wobbling)
Ellipses
Now with your ellipses, you've generally done well in ghosting them and putting them inside the planes and tables. The funnels are looking great; you've managed to fit them snugly and aligned to the minor axis. However, I still see some wobbling here and there which leads into uneven and choppy ellipses. This is relatively common and can result from hesitation or a limitation on your pivot (like using your wrist instead). A confident execution leads to an evenly shaped ellipse, whereas hesitation leads to wobbling and uneven shapes just as it does for our lines. Be more confident, and make sure you're allowing yourself to draw from your shoulder (https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ellipsesinplanes/deformed).
Boxes
You've shown a good understanding of how to make 2 point perspective in the plotted perspective. I did see some skewed back vertical lines here and there, which is usually caused by an accumulation of human error as you plot more and more lines. I assume that's the case and you understand that every vertical line is straight in 2 point perspective. Even if the points are not aligned correctly, try to find a middle ground and draw it as vertical as you can.
You've applied the ghosting method and lines extension correctly for the rough perspective. You also drew the front/back faces rectangular, which is correct for 1 point perspective. Be careful of putting the VP of 1 point perspective way off to the side, as you risk skewing the boxes further from the VP (where 2 VP is more suitable for these boxes). Generally, anywhere around the center is fine for 1 point perspective.
As the notoriously most difficult exercise in this lesson, you've done a great job at doing the rotated boxes. You've rotated them pretty well (while making sure to move the converging lines) and used neighboring elements to deduce the next orientation of boxes, which is the whole purpose of this exercise.
Finally, organic perspective looks great as well. They look like they belong in the same page and the lines converge as they move farther away from the viewer. There are a few hiccups here and there where there are divergences that results in skewed boxes, but overall they're minor and they look pretty solid.
This will get more relevant as you get to the box challenge, but any hatching from this point on should also be done with the ghosting method. It will make your stuff cleaner and more practice is always good! Try to cover the whole area of the box with consistent spacing.
One last thing I want to mention is do not correct your lines by going over it with more lines. This will make your mistake stands out even more with how bold it is, and generally is against the concept of executing planned confident lines throughout this course. Unless it's waaaaay off the trajectory, accept the mistake and trust your muscle memory that it will get better with time and practice.
Anyway, I think you've grasped the concepts of the whole lesson and ready to put them into practice in warmups. Remember to keep working on your lines/ellipses confidence. Again, congratulations and keep up the good work!
Next Steps:
Move onto the 250 box challenge.
Do the lesson 1 exercises as your regular warmup and don't forget your 50% rule art.

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