Hello, Badpretender:
Let's have a look to your submission.
Your superimposed lines are as expected on the exercise. There is a bit of fraying at the end but it will reduce with practice, you will need this skill by the end of lesson 2 so remember to apply it to your boxes on the 250 box challenge.
Ghosted lines are well executed, i think you got the point of the exercise quick. There are some points where your lines turn a bit wobbly. Try to focus on writing from the shoulder, lifting up your elbow could help if you are not still doing it. Also try to make a smooth transition from the ghosting phase to the final stroke. It should be felt as if someone push your pen down while you are starting another ghosting motion.
Your planes were good too and i think you will continue to improve just with practice. Well done!
Your ellipses are aiming for accuracy before being smooth and confident. This is a problem you should detect from now on. Smoothness and confidence is the top priority of every line you draw from this point onwards.
Try to play with the drawing speed of your ellipses. It depends of the person but there should be a speed at which you can ghost and draw this ellipses smoothly without too much trouble. For some people is doing it faster and for others like me is slower. This speed doesn't have to be the same speed you use to draw straight lines.
The orientation in the funnels and the table of ellipses got a bit rotated. This is normal and you will correct it with practice, try to stick the minor axis in place as you did in the funnels and eventually you will get there.
Your rough perspective was excellent. I have to double check if it was done with ruler while skimming over the submission. This is proof enough that you got the point of how to draw straight lines. I saw that your hatching is not consistent. Try to hatch from one side of the face to end in another side as you are currently doing but ending in the line, if you end before it's not as good as if you land it perfect. I think you can do it with your current skill so aim for that. Hatching is meant to apply the same rules as the rest of the lines and should be ghosted too.
You made some mistakes here and there on the rotated boxes exercise but this is normal. I think you fixed some of them while completing the exercise. Even though i will say that you always have in mind that every rotation moves 2 vanishing points, the point you are rotating to will be nearer and the other will move away. This means that boxes with different rotations should not have parallel lines between them if that lines are affected by that rotation. That last phrase was dense, try to think about it.
You had some trouble with part of your organic perspective exercise but i think it was a single time thing. If it repeats, remember to treat each line with care and sticking to the entire process of plan-ghost-draw.
I think you are prepared for the 250 box challenge. You did almost no mistakes so you are probably experienced with drawing already. So here is my recommendations according to your level.
Before each session of your challenge, warm up with some ellipses exercises just 5 - 10 minutes. This will polish your ellipses before they are needed on lesson 2.
While doing each box in the challenge, try to add lineweight to its silhouette. It is marked as optional in the challenge because it will be one of the things touched in lesson 2. You can start to polish these things safely now so you have a smooth progression. You won't regret it if you follow this advice.
Last thing, take the challenge with patience. I'm sure you can complete the 250 box challenge in one go but part of the challenge is to let the skills of lesson 1 sink in slowly. I gave you some extra work to improve on so you can get the most out of the challenge but this is only a reward you will gate if you do it at a constant slow phace. I recommend do around 5-10 box a day. The time when you will learn the most will be while sleeping and not while doing the exercise so take your time.
I hope the critique is useful to you and remember to give some critique to others from time to time. Also check the discord community if you haven't done that yet, there you can discuss about exercises and critiques. You can receive support and help there. Good luck with your drawabox journey!
Next Steps:
Continue with the 250 box challenge
Thanks you so much for your advices. To be honest, I think I completed all the work at a rapid pace, so it may be better if I slow down it a bit. Your advices are really valuable and it helps me realize what I have to do next to improve my skills.
Have a good day!
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