250 Box Challenge

7:30 PM, Tuesday January 14th 2025

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was really hard

looking forward to the next challenges

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9:15 PM, Friday January 31st 2025

Hello, I'm Joxmarf and I will be reviewing your lesson.

First, huge congrats! The box challenge requires discipline, patience and consistency. Its repetitive nature can make it a bit of a drag, so good job for pushing through :D.

**General Observations

Your lines mostly converge. You were clearly mindful of avoiding parallel or divergent lines. Regarding the line extensions, they are done on the right direction, going away from the central point of the Y. I would say that you didn't vary your boxes as much as you could have. The orientation of your boxes are similar through the entire exercise. Remember you can play with the length of the Y lines, as well as experiment with the angles (as long as they are always over 90 degrees). In your warmups, you could do boxes with the shape of cubes, bricks, rods, books, etc. Experiment!

Regarding your hatching, they are good, but remember to ghost before making a line on the page, thinking of where the line starts and where it ends. Many of you hatching lines cross the plane. Also, in many of your boxes you retraced your lines several times with what seems to be a blue pen. Avoid this. If they were meant to add lineweight, remember to do the superimposed line with ghosting, always prioritising confidence over accuracy.

Lastly, I recommend giving each box its own space. Many of your boxes are overlapping.

Good luck with the rest!

Next Steps:

Incorporate this exercise on your warmup pool. Move onto Lesson 2

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6:20 PM, Sunday January 19th 2025

I'm just beginning Draw-a-Box. You're the first sketchbook i've opened, mom come pick me up i'm scared.

(Great work, I hope I can be as good as you are someday!)

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