Hello, I'm going to review your homework today! Congratulations on completing the 250 Box Challenge and showing your determination!
Things I think you did well on:
Lines look confident, there's no wobbling.
You tried many different box angles, good job!
All lines extend and submerge in the right direction, parallel lines are rare.
Inner corner didn't seem to cause you too much trouble, well done!
Things you can improve on:
You repeat your lines, especially the inner corner. I understand how you might feel the need to correct your boxes when you see a mistake, but that's not what this exercise is about - we should be learning to think our lines (and artwork) through. If you see a mistake, instead of correcting it, learn from it and try to improve your next box based on it!
Hatching lines are clean, although I can see some frying on both ends.
Sometimes you seemed to forget to extend the lines.
For some reason, you used lineweight on the internal lines. I see that after some time you stopped, but be mindful not to do so again.
You use too much lineweight, repeating the line a few good times, two or three is enough! (https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/980a575e.jpg)
I think that's it. I hope I didn't come across as too harsh, I really see an opportunity for improvement here! The boxes themselves aren't bad, but I feel like you slightly misunderstood the assignment. So unfortunately I will have to ask you for some revisions.
Next Steps:
One page (or two, I'll leave that up to you) of boxes. I would like you to focus on not repeating your lines and adding light lineweight. Remember that it's not important how many mistakes you make, it's important that you learn from them. Good luck!
Thank you for the feedback. I really fixated on not repeating my lines at all this time even if I could see the box becoming clearly wonky (the urge to fix it is really strong not gonna lie) and tried to put a lot less lineweight. Thanks again! :)
Glad I could help! These look amazing by the way, well done!
Next Steps:
Your 50%, 10-15 minute warm-up (of course try to include previous exercises), move on to Lesson 2. Good luck!
This is a remarkable little pen. I'm especially fond of this one for sketching and playing around with, and it's what I used for the notorious "Mr. Monkey Business" video from Lesson 0. It's incredibly difficult to draw with (especially at first) due to how much your stroke varies based on how much pressure you apply, and how you use it - but at the same time despite this frustration, it's also incredibly fun.
Moreover, due to the challenge of its use, it teaches you a lot about the nuances of one's stroke. These are the kinds of skills that one can carry over to standard felt tip pens, as well as to digital media. Really great for doodling and just enjoying yourself.
I would not recommend this for Drawabox - we use brush pens for filling in shadow shapes, and you do not need a pen this fancy for that. If you do purchase it, save it for drawing outside of the course.
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