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6:18 PM, Monday October 10th 2022

In the context of the challenge, each individual box doesn't matter. What matters are patterns and targeted efforts over a larger quantity. An individual box coming out mangled isn't really a concern, because the end result isn't really relevant. What matters is that you keep pushing yourself to focus on maintaining consistent convergences over all 4 lines of a given set of parallel edges.

I think it's preferable to just draw boxes randomly for each one, worrying less about the boxes as individual boxes you're ticking off (in terms of, yes I can draw a box of this proportion in that orientation, which would be more of a memorization problem, rather than one where the exercise is rewiring the manner in which you think through the problem in general).

9:48 PM, Tuesday October 11th 2022

When you say draw boxes randomly, do you mean put down random Y's without any thought to if the three lines make sense together? Just throw them down on the page, draw the rest of the lines, and see what you get?

11:19 PM, Tuesday October 11th 2022

More or less - though I'd still recommend maintaining a greater than 90 degree angle between each of the Y's arms, so as to avoid any especially crazy distortion. But the rest is correct - we're just laying down a Y, and "solving" or "discovering" the rest.

1:08 AM, Wednesday October 12th 2022

Thanks again for your input. It is highly valued. I'm paying for all my critiques to support your work. And I see what you're saying in your response. So with that one little guideline in mind, any configuration of lines is fair game. Gotcha.

I finished my 250 box challenge and submitted it for paid critique but I'm still wondering about things I experienced duringthe challenge, things that we're not judged for but I want to dig deeper into. Like do you consider it a pro or a con the fact that a lot of times when I lay down a Y, what the box is going to look like immediately appears in my head? When I start drawing the other lines, I already have a mental blueprint--albeit fuzzy--for where they are going to go. I'm still carefully pointing my lines toward where their respective Y line is going, but the boxes that appear to me like this I seem to do a lot better with. With less familiar Y's--namely those that produce a box we are looking up at or have odd proportions--it seems easier for me to get fooled. I think I am aiming my lines correctly then when I draw out my convergances, I notice not everybody is playing on their respective team!

What are your thoughts on this phenomenon since it is not voluntary? I realize you have aphantasia and thus probably no personal experience to draw upon but perhaps you've talked about this with people who can see images in their head. A lot of Y's I simply can't look at as just lines on a page. I see their box. I fully believe the 3D illusion that I am selling here lol

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