Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.

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:

• Your lines are mostly looking confidently drawn, there is some wobbling but as long as you remember that accuracy will come with mileage and you make confidence your first priority you'll continue to improve.

• When drawing your hatching lines you're taking the time to try to space them evenly and keep them tidy which is great.

• It's good to see that you're trying to implement line weight. It takes a bit of mileage before most people are comfortable working with it but it's a powerful tool so starting to build up that mileage early will definitely help you in the long run. This tends to be where more wobbling occurs as well, just remember that if your lines aren't completely accurate with one another at this point it's fine, just maintain confidence.

• You're experimenting with proportion, orientation and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is an important habit to build because it helps us develop a better understanding of the concepts we're practicing. I hope you keep developing and demonstrating this habit in the future.

Things you can work on:

• Line confidence as mentioned.

• 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 rear line being off is normal and honestly expected. That line in particular is usually left until the end and it reflects every other mistake in the box up to that point pretty much. While it's not mandatory to use the Y method it does have a benefits and makes your life easier once you get used to it so I encourage you to give it another shot in the future, but if you find a way that works for you that's fine too.

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 looking pretty solid so far with noticeable improvement and with more mileage you'll continue this trend and become more consistent. That being said I'll be marking your submission as complete and moving you on to lesson 2.

Keep practicing previous exercises as warm ups and good luck.