250 Box Challenge
10:47 AM, Tuesday March 22nd 2022
Finally done with the 250 boxes (hopefully)
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5:58 PM, Thursday March 24th 2022
Hello! I'll be reviewing your work.
So the first thing I noticed is that you didn't add lineweight to the boxes, this isn't a big problem, but it is recommended that you do this.
Also I think you forgot to take one more photo for the last 250 box.
Now for the important thing.
Your boxes nearly have the same orientation and size every time. The point of the exercise is to draw different types of boxes, from being long, wide, and in different field of view. https://imgur.com/Kqg6uMX here are some ideas for doing orientation.
Having the same foreshortening. This is mentioned in the challenge https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/1/foreshortening. Putting vanishing points close can teach you about the different types of ways you can do with perspective with backgrounds or characters.
Hatching is lazily done. Make sure each line is done with confidence and with purpose. When you do hatching, it looks lazy and not done properly, this part is important as it clarifies the fronting face of the box.
THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, INNER CONNER. The inner corner is one of the hardest things to do with boxes, and it was a good attempt to do it. A good way to think of the inner corner is comparing with the lines that are outside, I'm not good at explaining, but https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png/ explains how it works.
I'm not sure doing revisions would help, but practicing during lesson 2 can help, make sure to warmup with boxes once in a while, especially in the intersection exercise.
Next Steps:
Lesson 2
7:22 PM, Thursday March 24th 2022
Ah, this was super critical. Some pros I saw was that the lines were confident, this is a major and you continued to do it, You also correctly put the extensions in the right directions.
2:56 PM, Friday March 25th 2022
Thank you, this was all super helpful. Ill keep it in mind. Ill draw some boxes as warm up and Ill come back to this comment when i need to.
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