Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

6:34 PM, Wednesday January 6th 2021

Drawbox Lesson 1 - Google Drive

Drawbox Lesson 1 - Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/14wIEHBnUEHYZPgIuWhpoFR3u4q8Nk-zI

Well, that was a rough ride! Looking over my own work I think I do need to focus on my lines (definitely in boxes) alongside ghosting. Definitely going to incorporate that into the warmup routine! I should also definitely be more mindful when I get confused cause I admittedly did get really lost during the Rotated boxes exercise and it made me even crosshatch a area that shouldn't have been just slighty. Also, I used an EF fountain pen for most of these exercises right up until the rotated boxes exercise where I got ahold of this fine tip sharpie.

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3:28 AM, Friday January 8th 2021
edited at 2:41 AM, Jan 9th 2021

Congratulations on completeing lesson 1.

  1. Super-imposed Lines : Try to take time to draw those as it will help you make muscle memory and try not to rush while rush it. Lines are meant to be confident and to the point.

  2. Ghosted Lines : There is some arching in the lines especially the long ones but it will ok if you practice it everyday.

  3. Ghosted Planes+Ellipses in Planes : As said earlier need to improve on your lines and try to do these exercises in order to build muscle memory. Ellipse need some work in smoothness and confidence along with some time given to them as it will help in builing you up for later exercises

  4. Table of Ellipses : Looks good but you have try out different types of Ellipse as this exercise is meant to be done in order to help you build differnet muscle memory. Try to rotate the pages and find a comfortable angle for your hands to move.

  5. Funnels : Looks good but need some work. Ellipse are good but I think that all the Elliipse are of same degree, Try to do different degrees of Ellipses.

  6. Plotted Perspective : Nice work done but some lines are not parallel. It is fine as it will become better as you practice.

  7. Rough Perspective : Here you are trying to guess but this need the knowing where the lines will go as this will be the next exercise i.e. 250 boxes challenge.

  8. Rotated boxes : Looks good but you should read this exercise again as there are some error which you will know by reading through.

  9. Organic Perspective : Same as that of Rough Perspective and read this exercise also.It will really trust me.

Take some time reading through the exercise and give some time to what you do. Try not to rush through the exercise as each exercises are meant to develop something.

It is a pass for me as it will be better with time if you really want to improve .

Next Steps:

Go on to the 250 boxes challenge and work on the problems mentioned along with the exercise. And try to setup a warm-up routine for everyday to practice so that you can keep the flow of work going through your exercises.

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edited at 2:41 AM, Jan 9th 2021
9:40 PM, Friday January 8th 2021

Thank you! Yeah my line issue is one I've been really struggling with. I think it's been getting better though!

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