250 Box Challenge

9:34 AM, Sunday February 4th 2024

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Excited to finally see it done! It took me from summer of '21 till the start of '24 to finish, due to time constraints, but little by little, chip by chip, I overcame the hurdle.

Slight notes I want to add:

  • I mistakenly assumed the line weight will be drawn by a ruler in the beginning, which was quickly pointed out thanks to Discord, and I used free hand later on

  • I have abided by the no repeats rule, if you are unsure about a line, it is most likely a line weight botched

  • I started with a fineliner, but had to switch to ballpoint pen at the end of the challenge because I lost the pen, and I couldn't wait for a new one to arrive due to time constraints

I'm ready to revise if needed, and if not, I'm really excited for L2 :D

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8:18 PM, Thursday February 15th 2024
edited at 8:19 PM, Feb 15th 2024

Hello Lordsagan, 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:

  • Clear experimentation of box size, foreshortening, and orientation. Foreshortening was especially pushed to its limits as you progressed through the challenge. This is a positive habit to carry forward and helps progress our spatial reasoning.

  • Hatching: from the start of the challenge, it's evident you patiently place your lines with the same confidence as every other line.

  • Lines confidence was definitely a major strength here as you practiced drawing straight from the shoulder. Construction lines are relatively straight, and you maintain confidence in your lines.

Things you can work on:

  • Shallow boxes run into issues with 2-3 sets of lines being parallel that don’t converge towards their respective vanishing point. Whether it's gradual or quick, all lines should converge. It may be difficult to judge gradual convergence on shallow boxes, but we want to be aware of the angle when estimating to ensure lines aren’t parallel. Here’s an example showing parallel lines straying away as the extension line lengthens: https://imgur.com/mWLlnYl

  • Line weight is well done overall; however, the attempted superimposed line sometimes wobbles or arcs slightly. Confidence is our first priority at all times. Overshooting your lines is fine as long as the superimposed line remains smooth.

Overall, you seem to have consistent line and convergence accuracy. I’ll mark this down as complete and send you off to Lesson 2. Good luck!

Next Steps:

Lesson 2.

This community member feels the lesson should be marked as complete, and 4 others agree. The student has earned their completion badge for this lesson and should feel confident in moving onto the next lesson.
edited at 8:19 PM, Feb 15th 2024
9:16 PM, Thursday February 15th 2024

Thank you! I was also under the impression that my shallow boxes lacked some strength, so I'll be sure to work towards them (without forgetting dramatic of course) with warmups. Line weight is also a work-in-progress, and I'll be sure to be more confident in my execution.

Again, thank you so much for taking your time :) It means a lot

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