250 Box Challenge
10:47 AM, Sunday December 18th 2022
This really took a while (-.-)
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2:03 PM, Saturday March 4th 2023
Hi There! Well done on completing the 250 Box Challenge.
Your boxes looked pretty solid. There was great depiction of the perspective lines. And it seemed that your line making was mostly confident. I also noticed that you really didn't add much line weight near the beginning; remember that adding line weight allows the viewer to appreciate the box form more readily.
As you progressed, I could see a big improvement in your boxes line converges, as well as an improvement in your line confidence. Remember that if you make a line by mistake, try to stick with it. The idea is to be confident in your execution, even if a mark was made incorrectly. Well done on maintaining a consists shallow foreshortening.
Finally, I would encourage you to try drawing larger boxes. Most of your pages were 6 boxes per page, which is fine, but it ended up with most boxes being the same size in a sense. Challenge yourself to draw much larger boxes. Don't be afraid to have three or four boxes on a page. This can be good practice for future lessons.
Overall, nice work! I think you are ready to move onto the next Lesson.
Next Steps:
Continue to Lesson 2.
Practice larger boxes for warmup.
1:10 AM, Tuesday March 7th 2023
Thank you for your feedback! I'll keep doing my best!
7:23 PM, Wednesday March 8th 2023
Hi, wishing you the best of luck!
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