I felt like I could have spent more time on the last box for a lot of the pages. The sessions became longer (1-2 hrs) past the 100th box mark as I gained more experience and was ghosting more for the convergences but that also meant that by the last box I was tired and wanted to just get it done.
Overall, a lot of errors were made but it was a good learning experience.
Hello, feedback for 250 boxes.
Line quality - Looks great! It's strong and confident all throughout. Hatching on the box faces is also crisp. It appears you didn't add extra lineweight to the box silhouette, I think it's worth practicing that in future warmups
Box construction - Beyond the first few pages (where you were clearly getting used to things), the construction is great all throughout. Nice variety of different sizes, shapes and perspective, and good work on practicing both near and far VPs. The back corner will always be pesky, so I think you did well overall with the construction.
I don't have a lot to say because the homework looks great, and it appears you've understood the fundamentals of confident linework and how to build a box with correct 3-d perspective. Congrats on reaching the end of the gauntlet. When you've recovered from this box overload you can draw a few of them now and again during warmups, to keep that spatial understanding and construction fresh in your skills.
Next Steps:
Lesson 2 is next.
Thank you for the feedback! And you're right, I didn't add extra lineweight to the silhouettes because I had it in my mind that it was optional but it's something I will definitely start including to my future boxes.
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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