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7:06 PM, Monday June 7th 2021

First of all: Thank you very much for your correction.

You asked me to do 25 boxes and I have done 75 and a few more. I am not proud of this.

I know that it is not good to grind the exercise, but my lines did not stop diverging and I have observed that mostly it is usually on the internal lines. I was a bit desperate. I feel like I understand the theory, but when making my boxes I can't prevent some lines from diverging, so I feel frustrated and have become a bit obsessed with this.

Since you asked me to make 25 boxes, I can understand that you do not want to correct 50 more boxes and for this reason I have generated two links. The first link is my last 25 boxes and the second link is the other 50.

I await your comment and the next steps to follow. Thanks for your time, greetings!

The last 25 Boxes

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--o3uKeumjdWLzJKFd5L4DdF-mJbnv8H

Other 50

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--ppvifvzl9d1xGahgkVvbj0uKjiyKJz

1:06 AM, Tuesday June 8th 2021

So part of the reason your lines are diverging is that you're extending your vanishing points and correction lines in the wrong direction still.

I put this image together for you quickly. It points to a few of the boxes that are incorrect (25 page 1 as an example means it's from the 25 boxes first page in the link). I also wrote up a quick explanation and created an example of how you can use your initial Y to determine which way your box is orientated and know which way to extend your lines. Remember that they should always extend away from the viewer.

Definitely don't grind, do address your mistakes and do draw boxes and previous exercises in your warm ups but grinding for perfection will just lead to burn out which can take up even more time than if you paced yourself well to begin with.

We don't expect perfection and neither should you, you're learning. We just want to see your best attempts, I'm going to be marking your submission complete and moving you on to the next lesson because your boxes overall have improved you just need to address your line extensions.

Don't beat yourself up for your mistakes too much, good luck in lesson 2 and I look forward to seeing your future work.

Next Steps:

Move on to lesson 2.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
11:06 AM, Tuesday June 8th 2021

Hola Tofu!

I appreciate your help, and the effort in showing me the examples.

Me voy a tomar unos días libres, y revisaré atentamente los errores para solucionarlos, paso a paso y con mucha calma y paciencia en mis futuros calentamientos.

un tierno saludo!

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