Hello all. I hope my question is appropriate, I am brand new. I've made it through lesson one up to Rotated Box. I'm stuck and so I want to start over...if anyone can see anything obvious that I'm doing wrong I'd appreciate any comments. Thank you:
Remember that for every line you make in the DrawABox exercises you need to do the ghosting and draw it in a single, confident stroke. Do not revert back into "sketching" or "little by little" type of lines.
It will also help of you make the whole thing a lot larger.
Drawing larger is very helpful thank you. Another question please? Regarding the BACK of the new box..I dont understand the angle/direction of the edge i marked with a red check
Appreciate any direction...
Hello,
Make the boxes closer. For example, the boxes that are vertically rotated have a large gap between them. If the boxes are far then you would not be able to use other boxes as a guide for the edges.
And don't forget to use the ghosting method to get one smooth confident line, which apart from being a good practice will make it clearer for you in this exercise when you are drawing nearby boxes.
And finally, remember, as it is mentioned that this exercise is supposed to be hard, so don't worry too much about getting it perfect, just go through the instructions once more to make sure you are not missing anything.
Good Luck.
Thanks for the input. I'm giving it another shot. Right now I care less about a good drawing, more about UNDERSTANDING the principles. I just want to find out if i can understand drawing, then I'll worry about training my hand. This Exercise is scaring me..lol..
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