My apologies for not including Funnels and Ghosted lines, I had done them and simply lost the images in the shuffle of uploading. They should be included in this new batch:
Hey hey, it's all good. Next time remember to double check before you submit.
For your Ghosted Lines, lines are not wobbly so that's good. The ink distribution seems uneven and getting lighter when reaching the end though. I assume you're focusing too much on the speed in an attempt of making it looks straight rather than focusing more drawing from your shoulder. There are cases of overshooting too but this can be improved over practicing so don't worry if you didn't manage to nail it the first time. A small tip (from my personal experience): you can try to focus more on the endpoint instead of tracing your eye along the lines. So first, do your usual ghosting method (as many times as you needed until you feel confident enough), then focus on the endpoint and just shoot your lines. Of course, aware of drawing from your shoulder instead of focusing too much on the speed.
A few of your lines in Ghosted planes are a bit wobbly when reaching to the endpoint. I assume it's to correct the mistake from making the lines straying away the first intended point. Always remember to achieve Confidence over Accuracy first. Asides from that, I can tell there's improvement cause there are some very nice, confident lines here and there. Once you implement this exercise into your warm-ups, you can save more space and fit more planes on your paper by having them tight knit together like this.
Hey, I think you missed the step of adding your central minor axis line to your Funnels. I can't critique fairly when you submitted only one funnel either :(. Your work should be somewhat looked like this so remember to take as much time as you need to go through the instruction carefully.
A better attempt on your Plotted perspective. Just remember that your verticals are supposed to be perpendicular to the horizon (especially those lines of yours at the back of the box).
Good job on your re-attempt of Rotated Boxes. Although your lines are still fairly messy, I can tell the gaps between the boxes are tighter and more consistent than your previous attempt and the boxes are rotated quite nicely as well.
Next Steps:
One filled page of Funnels (usually 4 to 6 funnels on one page). Remember to have central minor axis lines and keeping your ellipses touch the sides of the funnels.
Updated funnels (I seem to have misinterpreted the original instruction and assumed that it was a giant funnel that took up the whole page).
As for rotated boxes being messy, is that something that will simply improve with further practice or is there something I can work on?
For your Funnels, three of them on the left side are quite poor spacing. Remember to keep your ellipses tight and snugly against one another. Too many of the ellipses were being loose as well, causing the illusion of a funnels broken. There's not many clear attempts of you trying to fit the ellipses in the funnels. So remember to have your ellipses touch and not go over the sides of the funnels too much. I would suggest you taking as much time as you need for the ghosting method before committing your ellipses onto the paper.
I would say the problem in your Rotated boxes being messy is mainly due to the lines work. Since there are still a noticeable amount of stray lines, causing your overall work seems to be crowded and messy. The lines warm-ups and the upcoming 250 boxes challenge will gradually improving your lines to reach to level 3. I'm sure when your lines are consistent, start and end at the right designated points that you have planned out, not only the Rotated Boxes exercise but also other exercises that involves in lines (like Organic Perspective, Rough Perspective, and many more to come...) will be improved as well.
Next Steps:
One filled page of Funnels.
I need clear attempts of your ellipses fitting snugly against each other + the ellipses should be touching the sides of the funnels and not breaking out of the sides. You can try to vary the sizes of the funnels as well (I use small rice bowl, empty water glass, mosquito racket,...) basically any object in your house you could find that is circular to create your funnels. Stay strong! You're really close to the next challenge.
Some of you will have noticed that Drawabox doesn't teach shading at all. Rather, we focus on the understanding of the spatial relationships between the form we're drawing, which feeds into how one might go about applying shading. When it comes time to learn about shading though, you're going to want to learn it from Steven Zapata, hands down.
Take a look at his portfolio, and you'll immediately see why.
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