250 Box Challenge
1:27 AM, Sunday August 21st 2022
I post this wrong cause this wasn't partial, it took me long but here is 250 box challenge
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1:51 AM, Sunday August 21st 2022
First off... Congratulations on completing the 250 boxes challenge WHOOP WHOOP ???????? lol
Alright so, I see you have stayed true the to method taught, plotting your lines and ghosting to achieve that line, I do see some lines are a bit wobbly or go off course to which you did retry, that is common to occur, but it also indicates a lack of taking one's time when ghosting, but nothing stopping and slowing down won't fix.
You also drew through your boxes, which is great, one thing though the boxes are missing numbering which would have been ideal to point of specific boxes to explain some points, but it'll be good exercise for you to look for those yourself I suppose.
I noticed some of your boxes were in pencil, where as this lesson and others are strictly pen, however I did also notice that your first set of pages were in pen, so you knew of this rule, one thing is that you also could have used a regular ballpoint pen if felt pens weren't available at the time. But I'm not gonna penalize your entire submission because of this.
So my advice for the future is to take your time when ghosting to connect your plotted lines. Also one last thing, some images were blurry and difficult to see, so for future lessons ensure the images you take are clear.
I would recommend to do 2-5 boxes with active attention to ghosting and compare them to your boxes here just for a personal exercise.
But overall I believe you understood the main point of the challenge and lesson that comes with it.
Next Steps:
Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction
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