Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.
Congratulations on completing the box challenge, it's definitely a lot more work than most people expect. Not only does it help deepen your understanding of important concepts but it shows your desire to learn as well. Be proud of what you've accomplished and that desire you've shown. That being said I'll try to keep this critique fairly brief so you can get working on the next steps as soon as possible.
Things you did well:
You're trying to keep your hatching lines evenly spaced which will help keep them tidy and help your boxes appear solid.
Most people need some mileage with line weight before they feel comfortable applying it so getting an early start like this is a good way for you to see better results faster.
It's nice to see that you're experimenting with orientations, proportions and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is an important habit to build when learning any skill. It helps us form a more well rounded understanding of the concepts we're tackling so I hope you continue to demonstrate this habit in the future as well.
Overall your convergences much improved compared to when you started and there's less distorted boxes being created from diverging lines.
Things you can work on:
You lines are looking a bit wobbly rather than confident, this is more apparent in your line weight. When people hesitate like this it's usually a sign that they're focused really hard on trying to keep their lines accurate. I'll remind you however that confidence is our top priority and accuracy will improve with mileage. If your lines aren't accurate and end up missing their mark that's fine,you'll get better but you need to draw confidently.
There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines a bit too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set and their respective vanishing point. The inner pair of lines will be quite similar unless the box gets quite long and the outer pair can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point. Move it further away and the lines become closer to parallel while moving it closer increases the rate of foreshortening.
The key things we want to remember from this exercise are that our lines should always converge as a set not in pairs, never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.
Overall while you did make a few mistakes your boxes are improving so far and with more mileage you'll continue to become more consistent. If you work on your line confidence in your warm ups I see no reason to ask you to draw more boxes, if it continues to be a problem however you'll be asked to address it before moving forward. That being said I'll be marking your submission as complete and moving you on to lesson 2.
Keep practicing previous exercises and boxes as warm ups, and good luck.
Next Steps:
Move on to lesson 2.
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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