Hello, Thedigeridontt:

Welcome to drawabox! Let's see where you can improve:

Lines

You started with a lot of wobbliness but your progress is undeniable. I'm going to tell you some tips so maybe you could find them useful. Try to keep the ghosting and the final execution as one single phase. It should feel as if someone pushes your hand down when he notices that you are ghosting well enough.

I didn't see arching anywhere so you are drawing from the shoulder correctly or the wobbliness hides the missing arching. If you find yourself in the second situation, try to draw imaginary lines and forms in a wall while standing in front of it with your arm fully extended. That's how you can identify the muscles needed to draw from the shoulder. From there you can pinpoint where your problem is.

Planes

You did mark the corners but not the middle lines. This is a problem because every line you want to put on paper should be planned and marked before doing it. This serves a double purpose, it lets you assess your progress on execution, and the reviewer assesses what you planned to do even if you miss the line. This will come in handy in future lessons when you should plan forms that are hard to execute but easy to mark.

Ellipses

There are more to comment on here. Great job drawing 2 times over the ellipses (believe it or not, is not that common to see that on lesson 1 submissions). I see that you struggle a bit making them smooth (although you get it a couple of times). The thing that worked for me was finding the sweet spot between speed and control. You need enough speed to not be course-correcting mid-action and enough control to draw both ellipses on top of each other. Also trying if clockwise or anti-clockwise is worth it.

You also have to improve in matching the minor axis of ellipses where you want. It's an awesome skill to learn before reaching lesson 2 where organic forms start to gain importance. Warm with the funnel exercise to polish it.

Boxes

You have some horizontal lines not aligned with the horizon in the rough perspective but is a problem of execution so I'm going to leave it as it is (see the importance of marks for reviewers).

Rotated boxes were perfect. I know the execution could be better but you got the point of the exercise, rotation respect a pivot point that is outside the form you are rotating. If you try this exercise on your own, try to make the boxes bigger. That should be easier, giving you more space to work with.

The organic perspective was good too. You didn't follow the recommendation of drawing through boxes there and as advanced student advice, try to do every recommended thing you read because that is how you will get most of your journey. It is a bit more grindy but you will have time between submissions to rest while waiting for critiques.

Verdict

You got all the fundamentals of lesson 1. You still need the practice but don't worry that's one of the reasons the 250 box challenge exists. I recommend you to do it slowly and take your time to review a couple of lessons 1 so you can reflect on other students and apply that knowledge to your own before reaching lesson 2.

I hope my critique was useful and good luck with those boxes!