250 Box Challenge

9:17 PM, Monday February 21st 2022

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Finally completed this challenge \o/

Please note - I miscounted the boxes around 103-108 and didn't realise my mistake until I recounted at 163. The number of boxes drawn is still 250, it's just not listed as such.

(The count is off until 163, and on that page then it's accurate again)

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9:08 PM, Thursday February 24th 2022

Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.

Not only does the challenge help deepen your understanding of important concepts but it shows your desire to learn as well. That being said I'll try to keep this critique fairly brief so you can get working on the next steps as soon as possible.

Things you did well:

  • Good work drawing your construction lines confidently, this keeps your lines smooth and prevents wobbling.

  • When hatching you're taking the time to space each line evenly which shows that care and thought is being put into each line. This helps your boxes appear solid and tidy rather than rushed.

  • Excellent work experimenting with orientations, and proportions. It's important to experiment when learning any new skill, it helps form a more well rounded understanding of new concepts. This habit will serve you well in the future so I hope you'll continue to build it as you move forward.

Things you can work on:

  • Line weight isn't a requirement of the challenge but I do recommend practicing it in your future attempts. It's an incredibly useful tool but one that people often require a fair bit of mileage before they feel comfortable applying it. The sooner you start to build up that mileage the sooner you'll see better results.

  • You tend to draw fairly small, I'd like you to draw larger in the future. Drawing large will help you become more comfortable working from the shoulder and allow you to see any misakes you've made more clearly.

  • I'd like you to experiment with rates of foreshortening more. Currently you tend to keep your lines as parallel as you can by pushing your vanishing points quite far from your boxes. Try bringing your vanishing points in closer so that your lines converge more dramatically. Remember that experimentation is an important part of forming a well rounded understanding.

  • There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines a bit too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set and their respective vanishing point. The inner pair of lines will be quite similar unless the box gets quite long and the outer pair can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point. Move it further away and the lines become closer to parallel while moving it closer increases the rate of foreshortening.

The key things we want to remember from this exercise are that our lines should always converge as a set not in pairs, never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.

I won't be moving you on to the next lesson just yet, each lesson builds off concepts in the previous course material so if you move forward with un-addressed issues you end up just creating further issues on top of them.

I'd like you to draw 15 more boxes please. Focus on experimenting with rates of foreshortening and drawing a bit larger. Largely I think you're on the right track but I want to make sure you can shift the position of your vanishing points comfortably

Once you've completed your boxes reply to this critique with a link to them, I'll address anything that needs to be worked on and once you've shown you're ready I'll move you on to the next lesson.

I know you can do this and look forward to seeing your work.

Next Steps:

15 more boxes please.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
3:13 PM, Friday March 4th 2022

Heya!

Thank you for the critique, I've been working really hard on this and I'm happy to say that I've completed 15 more. I've tried to incorporate the feedback you gave into the newer ones, and it was a little difficult at first, but I'm happy with what I've made.

Here's the link to the extra 15.

https://imgur.com/a/DC7CqqN

Thanks!

  • Cyan
5:53 PM, Friday March 4th 2022

These are looking great, good work.

I'm happy to see that you can shift your vanishing points. I have no problem moving you on to the next lesson now.

Keep practicing previous exercises and boxes and good luck in lesson 2!

Next Steps:

Move on to lesson 2.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
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