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1:47 PM, Thursday December 9th 2021
edited at 1:59 PM, Dec 9th 2021

Hi again, time for a proper review this time.

First of all, congratulations on completing the challenge again! It is quite a task, and I hope you managed your time and energy well and adhered to the 50% rule, in any case I hope it went as smoothly as it can be.

Many improvements are seen, you quickly figured out which sides are facing the viewer and which lines to extend (as well as the importance of the hatching lines for clarity).

You improved significantly with adhering to the vanishing points, the improvement was gradual but noticeable, good job.

I see that your most significant jump happened around 130-150 boxes in, both your line quality, confidence, and your accuracy when making the lines thicker went up significantly, wonderful.

For the most part, this exercise was done really well, and while your understanding of 3d space may not be perfect yet, it's not supposed to be - that's what future lessons and practice are for.

Couple of things to keep in mind:

First, when drawing the hatching lines, did you use the ghosting method and drawing from the shoulder? Your hatching lines are consistently a step or two below your usual lines. While it does take more time and effort, any mark made on the page should be made using these principles. Not only they will look better, they will also gradually teach you to get more accurate and faster with your lines, to the point where eventually you'll be able to ghost less and less to achieve the same lines. So, please adhere to those methods!

If you are, then see what makes your lines be less confident in those cases. For me, I figured out that I was ghosting too much, some people ghost too little, some people get messy with shorter lines. Experiment during your warm-ups with varying line lengths

Second, while it is rare, occasionally I see that you try to "fix" your inner lines by drawing over them. It seems like you are aware that this isn't desirable, but reminding you anyway - keep it at one line even if its bad, it keeps the drawing cleaner and also helps you to learn from them when trying to figure out what happened.

Overall, amazing work with noticeable improvements. Keep warming up, adhere to the 50% rule and move on to the next lesson!

Next Steps:

Move on to Lesson 2!

Congratulations!

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edited at 1:59 PM, Dec 9th 2021
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5:40 PM, Wednesday December 8th 2021

Hey Starpixo, congrats on completing the challenge!

Could you please upload pictures of the entire challenge, or at least extra 10-15~ pages that show your beginning and middle? While the end is certainly a highlight, it is useful to see the entirety of the process.

12:59 AM, Thursday December 9th 2021

Here is the updated link: https://imgur.com/a/fDsfton

I intended for the other link to have all 250 boxes, must have messed it up :( sorry.

If it still doesnt have all images then please let me know :)

2:00 PM, Thursday December 9th 2021

Oh it's all good, happens to all of us (my review was literally erased when I uploaded it, so I guess we both got our share of technical problems :D)

Thank you for uploading it again, I have reviewed your submission in a separate post!

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