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250 Box Challenge

7:31 PM, Wednesday January 12th 2022

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Hello, I just finished the 250 box challenge. Please leave your thoughts and criticism. I feel like I still have some trouble with perspective. Thank you and have a beautiful day.

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4:04 AM, Thursday January 13th 2022
edited at 4:06 AM, Jan 13th 2022

Hi Owlott, Hoping you're doing well.

Your hatching shouldn't stop at arbitrary points/distances, and always be done using ghosting method. Keep this in mind when for future exercises, also see https://drawabox.com/lesson/2/8/hatching for more on this, you can also check the examples on box challenge page.

You've extended the edges in wrong direction in some boxes(near box 64 & 94, also in box 207, 220, etc). You were supposed to extend edges them from viewer. The three faces formed from the edges of initial Y are the front facing faces, you've to extend those edges of initial Y for the extension to be away from viewer, see https://imgur.com/iNpIubA.

If you've done the lineweight as instructed then great job they're smooth. Keep doing them in your warm ups as well.

Sometimes your edges converge in pairs, this can happen if you lost the vanishing point when doing other edge. I recommend whenever you're placing a new corner, ghost toward the vanishing point from all available edges, so you can better visualize it. You can also try to visualize the angles for convergence of different edges at vanishing point, see this https://imgur.com/8PqQLE0 for better understanding.

Overall you've done the exercises as instructed but some steps need little more work.

Next Steps:

  • 6 Boxes with proper hatching & edge extensions

If possible please also darken your line weight a little more.

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edited at 4:06 AM, Jan 13th 2022
6:23 PM, Thursday January 13th 2022

Hello Purpel, Thank you for your reply! I followed your advice, but it still doesn't feel quite right. Here the link of the boxes I did after you review.

https://imgur.com/a/KWLc5Az

3:43 AM, Friday January 14th 2022

Your line extensions & hatching is coming along nicely.

Though the convergence still require some effort. From what I see most of the time inner corner of your boxes are not at the expected place, you can try to draw them after doing first two faces of the box(& before finishing the box), so that you don't miss their convergence, see https://imgur.com/a/DHlA3Jh.

Another thing you can do to improve your boxes is place the correct/expected lines(unless the box is perfect), when doing the line extension, so you can notice where you need to work & how to adjust your hand for future boxes when ghosting toward the vanishing point.

Next Steps:

Congrats!! You've completed the Box Challenge, now you can start lesson 2.

Keep doing these boxes & exercises from previous lesson in your warm ups. Also make sure you're doing the fun part of 50% rule along side your lessons.

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4:52 PM, Friday January 14th 2022

Hello Purpel, thank you for your time and reply ! Have a very nice day !

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