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8:31 AM, Monday December 6th 2021
Hello there congrats on finishing lesson 1 of drawabox now on to the critique
Lines
Your superimpossed lines look good and confident. I dont know if you used digital media to draw this but The lessons shoudl be done with paper and fineliners unless stated otherwise but you may have your reasons and I will critique the work I see before m. The ghosted lines look nice and confident too. So do the lines of the ghosted planes. I see you overshoot some ofthe lines, consider picking up the ben as you approach the end so you stop at the point you want. This is lesson one so its not a preblem now just keep that in mind for future warmups as a possible tactic.
Ellipses
The ellipses look nice and confident, in the table some do overlap and some do not touch the walls of the table. Although this should get better with more practice. The ghosted plane ellipses are also nice and confident. As well as the funnels they follow the lesson well. I do see some wobbles on some of your ellipses, remember to ghost them drawing from the shoulder, I mention this for repetition sake :)
Boxes
Plotted perspective is good as well as rough perspective. keep in mind here too that the vertical lines of the boxes are perpendicular to the horizon and the horizontal lines are paralell to the horizon
The rotated boxes too are volumous , tight knit and they rotate
Organic perspective is good too Overall its good( plot your lines here too , I see lines that are not connecting).
You can head on to the 250 box challenge and try to use fineliner pen and paper.
Next Steps:
ride into the sunset to awake again and face the 250 boxes, using these lesson 1 exercises as warmups, good luck :) You got this
4:33 PM, Saturday July 30th 2022
Big thanks!!
I forgot to check notifications so I didn't see your feedbacks!
I hadn't realized I had to use pen and paper for the lessons until I finished the 250 boxes challenge and reach lesson 2. But I did use pencil for the 250 boxes challenge and I tried to abandon my ctrl+z key as I use digital tablet. I will try to not overshoot my lines as I practice more. Again thank you for your review, your suggestions are really useful.
8:03 PM, Saturday July 30th 2022
Remember to warmup and also I think if you got the concepts down then good. https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/3/warmups
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