I'm having issues utilizing the Y-method when drawing these boxes. I've only just got started into the challenge proper, however my boxes are coming out really lopsided and ultimately just wrong. I know it's not supposed to be perfect, especially not at first but I feel as if I'm way off. I've tried following the instructions multiple times but it seems it hasn't clicked yet. Any advice or methods to help with this?
We would likely be able to give better advice if you provided examples of your work. Without that, just all that can really be said is to make sure all the angles in your Y are greater than 90 and to place your dots more carefully.
Be kind to yourself, don't stress, do your best to keep the goals laid out in the videos in mind as you go along. It takes time. Hang in there.
Discord could provide more immediate advice for you.
Oh sorry I felt like I was forgetting something. I've been trying to do my best with it but it really does feel like I'm missing something or not completely understanding how to do this. Here's an example of my work from earlier
HI! Looking into yor exercise i think that your problem may be that te extension of the lines you do after the Y axis aren't extended to the vanishing point, but they spread away.
I mean, if you draw the extension of your lines, they might to connect in some point, but i think that if you do it, the won`t.
An example of it is the left axis of your box n16, the up and middle ones will connect at some point, but the bottom one won´t.
Try to extend your lines with different colours and you will see it better.
Hope this will help you, Kisses :)
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
On the flipside, they tend to be on the cheaper side of things, so if you're just getting started (beginners tend to have poor pressure control), you're probably going to destroy a few pens - going cheaper in that case is not a bad idea.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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