250 Box Challenge
9:19 PM, Friday August 28th 2020
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2:14 AM, Saturday August 29th 2020
I can tell you put effort into your work and I think the results show with your improvement. Sometimes the lines are sketched early, ex: 14, 16, 17. Later there's some whiteout, ex: 176. I think there is a balance between unddoing something/questioning myself and effort to redo something/settling with the end result. 233 229, 230 allow lines that aren't straight and don't make it to the target to stay, which I think is worth celebrating in this exercise! I think this indicates that you got more confident!
I also noticed that back plane occasionally converges too quickly, I encourage you to try visualizing all three planes you're creating and internalize https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/1/degree
I think you're ready to move onto lesson 2 and I'm going to mark this complete. I'm in your cohort, so I could be wrong. Hopefully others will chime in if so!
https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png is the diagram offered in official critiques, ex: https://drawabox.com/community/submission/KCVNTJ0V and https://drawabox.com/community/submission/3JVR7QEY
Notes:
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200 converge too quickly
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14, 16, 17 sketching
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233 229, 230 allow lines to be there, woot!
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227 229 not afraid to overlap back edge, yay confidence!
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176 whiteout! patience yay, though careful to not second guess too much - balance of effort to redo and desired result
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Occasionally back plane converges too quickly, try visualizing it and internalize https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/1/degree
Next Steps:
Lesson 2! Sweet lord jesus it's a fire! Seemed appropriate ¯_(?)_/¯
11:05 AM, Saturday August 29th 2020
Thank you for this detailed review of my work, I appreciate your input!
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