Congratulations on attempting lesson one! My name is Rexplosive and I am a community member. I myself have only finished lesson one. I am now starting the 250 box challenge. Still, I feel confident that I understand the first lesson and will be referencing Uncomfortable's notes to ensure a good critique.

Lines

Superimposed Lines

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate confidence. Your hand blocks the endpoint, and yet you must confidently execute/guide your stroke. Any hesitation would result in wobbly lines. We are looking for smooth and consistent lines. We can expect to see fraying on the end of the line opposite the starting position. If you are taking the time to correctly position your pen, we should not see fraying on the start position. There are three levels of results https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/10/levels. We want to avoid wobbly lines, arcing lines and overshooting.

Results:

I think you did a good job at fraying only on one end. You started consistently at one point, showing you took the time to point your pen to the paper. Your lines are curved to some extent, but I can see there is confidence behind these lines as you executed your stroke. I would have liked to see variation as the exercise intended. Short, medium and long lines. The pages could have been filled in better as to not waste paper. I think you somewhat understood the idea of the exercise, but could have executed it better.

Ghosted Lines

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise is to introduce you to a technique that you will use on every single mark you make through all of Draw a Box. The goal is to develop a habit of thinking before you draw. Remembering to rotate the page, plan your dots, prepare with ghosting, and finally execute with confidence.

Results:

These seem to be missing from your submission.

Ghosted Planes

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise is to apply the ghosting method to something more complex than a single line. Yet still, keep in mind that each line is an important step that must not be rushed. Regardless of whether we are making a plane or a box, we still plan (dots), prepare (ghost) and execute(confident, straight stroke).

Results:

It looks as if you have drawn your planes with a ruler. None of the lines to make the plane itself seem to have been done free hand. As well the pages do not seem to be filled and used to their potential as is demonstrated on the homework page. I do not think you have demonstrated understanding of what was asked of this assignment.

Ellipses

Tables of Ellipses

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise is to get you used to drawing ellipses in a variety of sizes, orientations and degrees. We want to see that the ellipses did not go out of the allotted space, were snuggly packed next to each other, and were not drawn too short. Remember to draw through each ellipse, and avoid the egg shape.

Results:

I think you have done a great job with your table of ellipses. Your ellipses show a variety of sizes, orientations and degrees. They are drawn within the alloted space and are snug against each other. I see you have also drawn through them. Great job!

Ellipses in Planes

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate maintaining the smooth, even shape above all else. Next demonstrating that you can fit snugly within the plane touching all four edges. Avoid deforming the ellipses by staying calm.

Results:

I think you did a good job of drawing within your planes. Only two overlaps (at most three) are expected. I would like to think that you understood what you were supposed to do here.

Funnels

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise is to get used to the minor axis line and fitting ellipses in snugly within a set space. Remembering to get each ellipse in the correct orientation with the minor axis. The ellipses should look as if it is evenly split in half along the axis (symmetrical equal halves). Avoid being slanted and cut unevenly along the minor axis. Remembering to fit snugly through the funnel, and within the space created by the curves. Avoided spilling outside the funnel.

Results:

I think you did a great job fitting your ellipses in snugly against each other through the funnel. As well as within the confined space you created. They are a nice even shape and appear to have actually been drawn correctly against the minor axis. I think you have demonstrated that you understood the purpose of the exercise. I would have also liked to see you attempt to emphasis the degree of each ellipses as you reach the ends of the funnel. Nonetheless, good job.

Boxes

Plotted Perspective

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise was to familiarize those who are starting out with vanishing points.

Results:

This seems to be missing from the submission.

Rough Perspective

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise was to get familiar with the concept that close enough is sometimes good enough. To get comfortable separating yourself from the explicit reliance on plotting everything back to a vanishing point. The boxes should look pretty close to correct but are not expected to be correct. You should demonstrate that you understand in one-point perspective, your horizontal lines run parallel to the horizon (kinda) and all vertical lines run perpendicular to the horizon. There should be no signs of guessing, no drawn lines to the vanishing point, and only one point perspective.

Results:

Once a page is completed, we were asked to draw lines in an identifiable color, hopefully pen, and trace back our lines to the horizon. I can see instead you have drawn lines from the vanishing point back to your boxes and not on all boxes. I think this makes it way more challenging to understand your intuition at this level. I think you did a good job drawing your boxes to an imagined vanishing point, but I am unsure if you fully grasped how you would improve from this point. It is fundamental to understand the purpose of what you are doing, otherwise it will be difficult to improve.

Rotated Boxes

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to infer information about space and the arrangement of objects from neighbouring objects. Remembering to rotate the boxes as they move away from the center box. Making sure to keep things together. Keeping gaps narrow and consistent. Making sure to draw through all boxes.

Results:

I think this is incomplete. I am unsure if you understood the purpose of this exercise. I would like to see you attempt to draw out the remaining boxes.

Organic Perspective

What we are looking for:

The purpose of this exercise is to experience the deep end. Work with freely rotating boxes in 3D space without any real grounding of how to deal with it. No use of vanishing points on the page. Using your educated guess and intuition.

Results:

I notice that some of your boxes are drawn in x-ray while others have not been. It seems evident that a lot of guess work went into these. I do not think that you have demonstrated the purpose of this exercise. Though this is a challenging exercise for most. It is the deeper end, as anyone at level one would not have been exposed to this concept and is expected to use educated guess and intuition. You do a good job at showing the shrinking of the boxes as they go the distance.

Overall:

I think that RASE03 has not demonstrated full understanding of all the exercises in level one and should complete some rivisions. As well it would be good to reread through some of the material. May I also recommend perhaps watching ScyllaStew complete the exercises to help guide you (https://www.youtube.com/c/ScyllaStew/videos). Good job, you can do this!