250 Box Challenge
5:44 PM, Sunday December 17th 2023
i draw left to right and up to down, so i always just wrote the box number on upper left corner
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1:18 AM, Thursday December 21st 2023
Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.
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I look forward to seeing your work.
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1:13 AM, Friday December 22nd 2023
I'm sorry about that, I shared it now. Thanks.
5:36 PM, Friday December 22nd 2023
9:26 PM, Friday December 22nd 2023
This link works, thanks.
In the future if you could number each attempt when doing challenges like this it'd be appreciated, it makes pointing to specific examples if we need to much easier.
Congratulations on completing the box challenge, it's definitely a lot more work than most people expect. Not only does it help deepen your understanding of important concepts but it shows your desire to learn as well. Be proud of what you've accomplished and that desire you've shown. That being said I'll try to keep this critique fairly brief so you can get working on the next steps as soon as possible.
Things you did well:
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Your construction lines are looking smooth and confidently drawn.
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You're doing a great job of experimenting with orientations, proportions and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is an important habit to build when learning any new skill, it helps form a more well rounded understanding. I hope you'll continue to display and nurture this habit in the future.
Things you can work on:
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They're not a requirement of the challenge but I recommend practicing applying hatching and line weight in your future work. They're useful tools to learn and the only way to improve is to practice.
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There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines a bit too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set and their respective vanishing point. The inner pair of lines will be quite similar unless the box gets quite long and the outer pair can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point. Move it further away and the lines become closer to parallel while moving it closer increases the rate of foreshortening.
The key things we want to remember from this exercise are that our lines should always converge as a set not in pairs, never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.
Overall while you did make a few mistakes your boxes are improving so far and with more mileage you'll continue to become more consistent. That being said I'll be marking your submission as complete and move you on to lesson 2.
Keep practicing previous exercises and boxes as warm ups, and good luck.
Next Steps:
Move on to lesson 2.
1:06 AM, Saturday December 23rd 2023
Thank you so much for your time! I appreciate the feedback.
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