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5:44 AM, Thursday April 9th 2020
Submit both pages, please. The page requirements are what they are because that’s the number of pages someone needs to look at to be able to accurately judge your work.
5:15 PM, Thursday April 9th 2020
Please find below the second Page. Hope You'll give me a strong critique. Hope that you'll also review my 250 Box challenge, that I'll be sending this week.[https://imgur.com/lLrK3Iu]
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3:56 AM, Saturday April 11th 2020
Please upload all the pages required so your work will be better reviewed.
As for the page you uploaded, you really grasped the idea of the exercise. The flow of the boxes feels natural and comfortable, and the size of the boxes increases gradually. Nice work.
But look closely, the perspective of the boxes are not good enough. The lines that represent parallel edges of a box should converge to a point when drawing in perspective. In your drawing, these lines are mostly parallel (which is not good enough) if not diverge (which is a mistake). Try to imagine the paper you are drawing on as a 3D space instead of a thin 2D sheet. Edges away from you appears shorter compared to edges closer to you. I find this tip useful to me.
Apart from the perspective, the long lines you make are good and confident. It seems you lose control over the short lines. These lines are wobbly and really has a unconfident feeling embedded. I definitely suggest you practice drawing more lines.
(This is the first time I made a critique...Hope I didn't make too many serious grammar mistakes...)
4:05 AM, Saturday April 11th 2020
I forgot to mention. There is a free app named "Office lens". This app could be used to scan your drawing. By using it, the image you get will not be in perspective ( as it is when you take a photo of your drawing), just like you scanned the paper with a photo scanner.
8:23 AM, Thursday April 16th 2020
Thanks Yinanliu, you gave a really detailed explanation. I hope not disappointing you on my 250 boxes.
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