250 Box Challenge

1:15 PM, Thursday July 8th 2021

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Hello !

Here is my 250 boxes challenges, I would like some feedback and to know if I can move on.

This took me over a year due to life being busy and I think it shows in my work (lack of progress..) but I'm happy I eventually finish it.

Thank you !

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11:52 PM, Thursday July 8th 2021

Yo!

This is my first time reviewing 250 boxes so forgive me if I look over something or make a mistake.

(Im using this guide to reference everything https://pastebin.com/dbjR9MFj)

  1. Extending lines

Looks like you didn't have much trouble extending your lines in the correct direction except in the first first few pages but fixed that in the later pages. A good way to see that you're extending correctly is to make sure that you're extending away from the initial Y instead of into the Y.

One thing I would recommend is using three different colors since it does become a little hard to discern all the extension from all the others.

2.Correct Convergence

I noticed that in your earlier pages that many of your lines were parallel and diverging away from each other instead of converging towards each other. You fixed this a bit in your later boxes but there was still some mistakes though not as prevalent as in the earlier boxes.

3.Line weight

Your initial line weight was pretty good as it allowed for the contour of the box to be super imposed but I didn't see much of it superimposed except until the later boxes starting with box 178. Which is quite similar to me, it was pretty hard to grasp and im stilling having trouble on it but keep on going and you'll see it becoming easier to do.

  1. Wobbling lines

There was a slight amount of wobbling throughout the boxes but it started to become less and less as you drew more boxes though it was still there. I'd recommend to do some exercises from previous lessons before you start homework to reinforce what you've already learned and that could help you eliminate wobbly lines and attain great confident lines.

  1. Box orientation

Many of your boxes looked a bit the same but it was only from page to page but don't be scared to come up with Ys in all kinds of orientation as long as it still makes a box.

6.Inner corner

It looked like you were having a bit of trouble finding how to fit those inner lines in since I saw a few diverging or were very off but thats normal as you can see where all the mistakes were with your lines but one tip is instead of just referencing one or two lines to those lines use the whole box as your reference and use all the drawn lines to find out where the best location for the inner lines would be where it would also be converging to the same point as all the other lines are or basically thinking about the relationships of lines.

  1. Final

All in all I think you did a really good job and I saw very noticeable improvement throughout all the boxes

if anything is unclear just ask me since this is my first time reviewing 250 box stuff and I'm not completely sure how well I did

Next Steps:

Lesson 2 mah guy. Try to find some exercises from previous lessons that could help you with your weaknesses. Do these before starting your homework, just a page of lines and strokes can help a lot.

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10:35 AM, Saturday July 10th 2021

Hi !

Thank you very much for your critique. It's helpful and I will do exercises to improve myself (do lines with less wobbling, different orientation boxes etc.) !

Have a nice day !

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