Hello!
Good job on completing the 250 box challenge.
I can see that the confidence in your lines has improved over the course of the exercise however I can still see some wobbling especially on the the superimposed lines. remember to use the hosting method on every mark, its fine if its not accurate, confidence is more important. You should also do this for the cross hatching on the boxes too.
In terms of the convergences of your boxes, they are actually done quite well, you also have some good variety of foreshortening on your boxes. although alot of your boxes have the same shape, try experiment with different size combination of all the different sizes.
with your extention lines dont be afraid to go even further with them and cross over into other boxes.
The last thing I would like to mention is the inner corner which alot of people struggle with. this is because its affected by the accumulation of all the mistakes of all your other lines. one way to improve this is to think about the relationship of all the lines together instead of just pairs of lines. One way of doing this is changing the order you draw the lines to draw the inner corner first before the last face. here is a guide that shows the order im talking about. and here is guide explaining how this works.
Keep up the good work and when you get more confortable with your boxes during warmups try some of the advanced exercises
Next Steps:
Next up, Lesson 2!
although not required, before starting lesson 2 I think you should do some critiques of some of your fellow student on this site. It really goes a long way in helping you improve your own skills. You can use Elodins guides to help you write them.
Thank you so much for taking the time to critique! I was having an especially hard time with the inner corners and had no idea how to align them properly with the rest of the box so those tutorials were very helpful!
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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