250 Box Challenge
5:54 AM, Wednesday July 1st 2020
Hey! I've attempted to order the pages in box order, but imgur seems to keep mixing them up, so I'm sorry if they're not in order!
Hiya, TA qzhans here! We're quite used to imgur screwing people's stuff up, so no worries!
Before we begin, I just want to congratulate you on giving those 250 boxes a good ol’ pen and ink smackdown. It is a MASSIVE undertaking and you’ve joined the prestiged club of its completers.
You’ve diligently drawn through all your boxes and extended every single last line out to check your errors, and your boxes have been better for it. Indeed, you’ve made a marked improvement throughout the set, and I like how your internal understanding of convergences are coming along.
In general, your linework is quite steady throughout. I also like how you've used line weight to reinforce the silhouettes of your boxes and help them pop out. There are a few double lines here and there, but I'm actually fine with those; as long as you're executing each line with confidence and ghosting properly, over time the accuracy will arrive.
My main issue is how you've structured your 250 boxes; you have drawn a lot of your boxes quite small. I would say 2-6 boxes is a good number per page, as you want to do some especially big ones. This also allows you to do very flat or long boxes, which you should try.
Also, although you've done a pretty good job with convergences, some of your middle back lines are still stubbornly not jumping in line with the rest of them. That’s okay, and is something that gets ironed out over time, but I’ll offer some advice. When you go to draw a line, think only about the lines that are supposed to be parallel to it (share a vanishing point). Lines closer to an existing line will converge slower, while the opposite is true for lines further away.
Overall, I'm a little hesitant on waving you onto Lesson 2 due to the lack of variety in your boxes, but I also don't think it'd be a good use of your time to keep grinding boxes instead of getting started on Lesson 2. What I recommend is to continue doing these as a warm-up, challenging yourself with medium and large-sized boxes while you work on your Lesson 2. Good luck!
Next Steps:
Continue drawing boxes as warm-up
Lesson 2
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