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5:21 AM, Tuesday September 21st 2021
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
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Your lines are looking smooth and confidently dranw.
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Most of your hatching lines are evenly spaced which helps them remain tidy instead of appearing rushed.
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Nice job applying line weight, it's not a requirement but it's a good idea to build up mileage early. Most people feel it takes a while before they're comfortably applying it so an early start will help you see results faster.
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It's great to see that you're experimenting with proportions, orientations and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is an important part of the learning process so I hope you'll continue to do so in the future as well.
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Overall your convergences are looking pretty consistent and there aren't many cases of diverging lines creating distortion, good work.
Things you can work on:
- There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines a bit too parallel (more so early on) 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. 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.
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