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10:21 PM, Friday May 3rd 2024
Hello Cheseey234, I’ll be reviewing your 250 Box Challenge today.
First off, congratulations on completing the first hurdle of Drawabox. It’s definitely a long marathon but the quality of work between the start and end pages really demonstrates overall improvement. Now let’s begin with the critique.
Things you did well:
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Lines confidence definitely was a major strength here as you practise to draw straight from the shoulder. Construction lines are relatively straight and you maintain confidence in your lines.
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Experimentation of box size and foreshortening. This is a positive habit to carry forward and helps progress our spatial reasoning.
Things you could work on:
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Sets of lines sometimes converge in pairs rather than collectively towards their respective vanishing points. When constructing a box, be aware of the initial Y line and how each adjacent line should angle itself to the vanishing point. Here's a diagram showing what to aim for.
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Hatching isn't a mandatory requirement but I recommend practising those more often as they clarify which face of the boxes face the viewer.
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Boxes tend to have the same rotation a few times. I recommend playing around more with box orientation in order to further spatial reasoning ability. Here's a range of the possible positions. Keep in mind that boxes should always drawn from imagination, not reference, so don't copy these boxes directly from the image.
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Line weight; also not a requirement however it’s a great tool to apply to subtly reinforce the form. I suggest experimenting with that in future warm-ups/lessons.
Overall, you've done a good job of steadily improving your box quality . I'll mark this down as complete and send you off to Lesson 2. Good luck!
Next Steps:
Lesson 2.
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