Went back and re-reviewed the lesson, focused on accuracy of perspective over everything else and used the Y method for all 10 boxes. Hopefully its good enough
I'm swapping in here for Tofu, as we believe there may be some miscommunication here. The issue we're specifically trying to get you to avoid is specifically drawing your boxes in a 2 point perspective orientation, which tends to happen when we don't adhere to a Y shape for our original Y. We can see this in your boxes in number 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10.
While you certainly can use the Y method in this manner, for this set we want you to start out with a Y in the manner shown in the video for this challenge so that you are forced to use 3 point perspective and consider how all three sets of edges are converging in a consistent manner.
If you are still unsure of what I'm asking, feel free to ask for clarification on specific points, but I would like you to try the 10 again, being sure to avoid the 2 point perspective and sticking to starting your use of the Y method with three edges arranged in a usual "Y" shape.
Sorry about my misconception, so the correct form of the exercise would be something similar to this?
Based on your link there, I think you're still very much misunderstanding what we're calling out. I've tried marking it out directly on your work. What I'm asking for you is to start out your boxes with a Y shape, and only a Y shape, for these revisions, to demonstrate that you understand what that means. As shown in the image I linked above, 9 and 10 do not start with a Y - the first 3 edges you started with create more of an arrow shape, whether pointing upwards or downwards.
8 is an example of doing what we're asking for - your initial 3 edges define a Y, which effectively forces you to draw this with three concrete vanishing points, one for each set of parallel edges. In 9 and 10 however, starting with that kind of arrow shape with your first 3 edges pushes you in the direction of forcing one of those vanishing points to infinity, because of how we could ostensibly extend the blue lines in either direction and still have them move away from the viewer (due to the horizon line being situated somewhere in the middle of the box, rather than above or below it, again due to not starting with a simple Y).
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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