Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
1:51 PM, Saturday June 1st 2024
Can I watch Tom and Jerry while doing my exercise?
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5:50 AM, Friday August 23rd 2024
Hi! Congrats on completing your first Drawabox lesson!
(I always watch something while doing drawing courses, because it helps with my ADHD)
A little reminder for the future homework (just in case):
You can use a ballpoint pen for Lesson 1 and the 250 Box Challenge, but it is best that you use a fineliner as soon as you can, and that you have one before starting Lesson 2. If you can't find a 0.5mm specifically, try and stay within the range of 0.4-0.6.
Also please do not fold your paper, in some places it's hard to understand if the line is straight or not x)
Lines
• Your lines are smooth
• You took your time to place the pen
Everything is good!
Ellipses
• I can see that you followed all instructions
Nice job
Boxes
• Remember that you need to do each line ones, don't worry about them being off
• In Organic Perspective:
Keep in mind that as you draw boxes farther away along your given path, they'll be getting smaller.
All lines that go off into the distance converge at the vanishing point
Your boxes are the same size and their edges are mostly parallel
Also don't be scared of overlaping, use the space effectively
• Rotated Boxes are not finished (look at the example for this exercise, try counting boxes in example and in your work)
Next Steps:
• Finish Rotated Boxes
• Do 1 more page of Organic Perspective, trying to avoid told mistakes
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10:16 AM, Saturday November 30th 2024
Dropping an agree here so you can get that badge once you complete revisions! Also just remember that even though the Rotated Boxes looks intimidating, just give it your best shot, try to complete all the boxes to the best of your ability. It's okay if they don't end up looking great, the point is that you tried :)
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