Thanks for this. Curiously I did boxes 119 - 125 twice so there is an extra page of boxes here.
Have been struggling a bit with line quality, so there are some sketchy boxes that look as if I've gone over my mistakes, but they are mostly bad attempts at going over the outline of the box again.
Thanks!
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:
You mostly kept your lines smooth and confidently drawn.
Your hatching is evenly spaced and clearly has some thought put into each one rather than just rushing lines down as fast as you can on to the page. This helps your boxes appear more solid and tidy.
At times it does look like you try to apply line weight and other times it does look like redrawing. It's not a requirement of the challenge so I'm glad you tried it at the very least. Most people feel they need some mileage with it before they find that they can apply it comfortably so if you struggle with it at the moment don't stress too much, just need to keep practicing and you'll become more accurate. Just remember to keep it in key areas, in this case we would add weight to the entire silouhette of the box.
It's nice to see that yuo were experienting with orientations, proportions and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is a great habit to build as it helps us form a more well rounded understanding of new concepts, without experimenting we risk only improving at drawing one particular thing/way. I hope that in the future you demonstrate this habit as well, it'll help you a lot in the long run.
Overall your convergences are looking more consistent by the end of the challenge than when you started which shows that your sense of 3D space is coming along nicely.
Things you can work on:
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 improving so far and with more mileage you'll continue to 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 and boxes as warm ups, and good luck.
Next Steps:
Move on to lesson 2.
Right from when students hit the 50% rule early on in Lesson 0, they ask the same question - "What am I supposed to draw?"
It's not magic. We're made to think that when someone just whips off interesting things to draw, that they're gifted in a way that we are not. The problem isn't that we don't have ideas - it's that the ideas we have are so vague, they feel like nothing at all. In this course, we're going to look at how we can explore, pursue, and develop those fuzzy notions into something more concrete.
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