I do see improvement in the funnels. However, in the planes exercise, just focus on the ellipse first, not on the boundaries. You can go beyond the plain since your ellipses are too pointy at the edges of the plain, make it smooth, not accurate within the plain.
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You can proceed with the 250 boxes challenge.
Thank you. I have done one page of the 250 Box Challenge (41 pages left to go): https://imgur.com/a/39JZNuL
I have used colour to identify the accuracy of my convergences. My lines are wobbling, but I'm drawing from the shoulder, using the ghosting method, and trying to draw each line quickly/confidently. I have made an effort to not repeat lines.
My line weight doesn't seem to have the intended effect, because it looks too-jarring compared to the rest of the line (where the thickness starts/stops).
Are a set of 4 edges going in a certain direction meant to have the same vanishing point, so three vanishing points per box?
Also, have I extended the lines in the right direction? I'm using the Y-method seen here (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/365180330103013388/716494148093607946/unknown.png), but does it work every time?
Yes, there are three vanishing points per box. Your convergences are correct, and it should work every time, yes.
Thank you. I'll get to work on the rest of the challenge.
Let's be real here for a second: fineliners can get pricey. It varies from brand to brand, store to store, and country to country, but good fineliners like the Staedtler Pigment Liner (my personal brand favourite) can cost an arm and a leg. I remember finding them being sold individually at a Michael's for $4-$5 each. That's highway robbery right there.
Now, we're not a big company ourselves or anything, but we have been in a position to periodically import large batches of pens that we've sourced ourselves - using the wholesale route to keep costs down, and then to split the savings between getting pens to you for cheaper, and setting some aside to one day produce our own.
These pens are each hand-tested (on a little card we include in the package) to avoid sending out any duds (another problem with pens sold in stores). We also checked out a handful of different options before settling on this supplier - mainly looking for pens that were as close to the Staedtler Pigment Liner. If I'm being honest, I think these might even perform a little better, at least for our use case in this course.
We've also tested their longevity. We've found that if we're reasonably gentle with them, we can get through all of Lesson 1, and halfway through the box challenge. We actually had ScyllaStew test them while recording realtime videos of her working through the lesson work, which you can check out here, along with a variety of reviews of other brands.
Now, I will say this - we're only really in a position to make this an attractive offer for those in the continental United States (where we can offer shipping for free). We do ship internationally, but between the shipping prices and shipping times, it's probably not the best offer you can find - though this may depend. We also straight up can't ship to the UK, thanks to some fairly new restrictions they've put into place relating to their Brexit transition. I know that's a bummer - I'm Canadian myself - but hopefully one day we can expand things more meaningfully to the rest of the world.
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