after allot of finaggling, and figuring out a new technique later on, i find my boxes are presentable, at least to me XD
also ive probably done far more than 250 to get where i am, namely kicking myself for not turning the pages much before the 100/150 mark, and it shows. i used a sharpie btw, which is why i didnt worry too much about attempting thick outside lines.
Alright! In general your lines have improved a lot, they end up being pretty confident and accurate. Though there are a few issues with the other parts which I wil mention:
-First thing is the most important one, the line extensions. Sometimes you don't do all 12 of them and they're extended in the wrong directions at times.
These lines have to be extended away from the viewer. Here's a trick to always extend them correctly. In short, just extend them away from the center for your initial Y. When extending your lines, make sure you extend them all the way through
-This issue connects to other one you are having, which is diverging lines. Lines must converge (get closer together as they go away from the viewer) always in 3 point perspective, so make sure you're aiming for it.
-Another thing is that it seems you aren't using a full A4 page for the boxes, do it from now on, as the more size you have to draw the boxes the better. Keep filling the pages 4-5 boxes per each.
Before moving on, I want you to make a page with 5 more boxes. Make sure you apply the line extension method correctly, use an A4 page, that you extend your lines all the way through even if they collide with other boxes, and take special care so the lines on the box don't diverge. Good luck and keep it up!
Next Steps:
One A4 page with 5 more boxes.
there are some slight problems. A4 is 8-1/4 x 11-3/4 and i only have 8-1/2 x 11 printer paper, which is what i used originally, while putting 5 or so in a row to take photos faster.
i also have some sketchpads in 9 x 12. suppose i should try one of each?
If the printer paper you have isn't bigger then there's nothing much to do, I recommend grabbing a pack of A4 sheets for the rest of drawabox if you can afford it, they're pretty cheap. But for the moment go with what you have. If the paper is smaller try to do less boxes per page, like 2 or 3 or something like that
did you want another page?
welp, the sketchbook didnt pan out so its just going to be the 8-1/2x11 paper. i feel trying to have the lines converge more messed with the box making a bit, but its probably due to not practicing with that aditionally. also turning the page helps me think in 3d, though trying to change the direction of the lines a bit for more convergence was more dificult
also allot of the vantage point lines being inconsistant is either dude to not paying attention anitially, taking me a few times to watch the video to start with before having most of it click in, hyper focusing on three sets of four paralell lines, and also due to some of the boxed being rotated with the page essentially, but here i tried keeping them all pointing the same direction despite being made at different angles.
While I have a massive library of non-instructional art books I've collected over the years, there's only a handful that are actually important to me. This is one of them - so much so that I jammed my copy into my overstuffed backpack when flying back from my parents' house just so I could have it at my apartment. My back's been sore for a week.
The reason I hold this book in such high esteem is because of how it puts the relatively new field of game art into perspective, showing how concept art really just started off as crude sketches intended to communicate ideas to storytellers, designers and 3D modelers. How all of this focus on beautiful illustrations is really secondary to the core of a concept artist's job. A real eye-opener.
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