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2:41 AM, Wednesday May 26th 2021
3:11 PM, Thursday May 27th 2021

So much better. Your constructions are noticeably more comprehensive in how you've approached building them out, and it results in a far greater overall sense of solidity. This one in particular shows considerable patience and care with every thing, from the biggest overall form, to the smallest of constructed details. As a whole I am very pleased with the shift in your approach, and the results it has helped you produce.

Just a couple things to keep in mind:

  • The bounding box that encloses this construction ended up kind of wonky. Mistakes certainly happen, and you made the right call of just moving forward with it instead of trying to correct it. Still, keep in mind that a ruler gives us far greater capacity to eyeball our convergences (since the ruler is generally longer and lets us see where the line is going to extend towards), so take the time to take advantage of that. I think with this box you may have just been rushing a little, though the rest of the construction demonstrated appropriate patience and care.

  • For this car, filling in the front section around the headlights with solid black ended up flattening it out quite a bit. This is okay with the interior of the car, because purposely flattening out that section actually makes the rest of the construction stand out as being more solid, since they are separate elements layered together. When dealing with actual constructed elements that you don't want to flatten out however, it is important that you stick to the principle that any area of filled black is reserved only for defining cast shadows and nothing else.

So! You're doing much better now, and I am happy and proud to mark this lesson as complete - and with it, the entire course. Congratulations, and best of luck on whatever it is you pursue next.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
4:46 PM, Thursday May 27th 2021

And thank you for being such a great mentor!

However, I don't think my stint in DrawABox is over just yet. I saw you proko video on how to approach forms and I think it really clicked for me how to go about drawing animals (my personal weakness).

I will be repeating that lesson under you stern tutelage. I still need the extra practice. Other than that I appreciate how you've recontextualized how I should approach this little passion of mine and will recommend your course to anyone looking to improve their drawing.

4:47 PM, Thursday May 27th 2021

Well you're certainly welcome to do that! I often find that when students go through the more geometric portion of the course (lessons 6 and 7), it opens their eyes further to how forms can be wedged together and how the relationships between them can be defined in 3D space to achieve even more effective results.

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