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7:17 AM, Tuesday January 12th 2021
edited at 9:43 AM, Jan 12th 2021

First of all, thank you for the critique! I realized a lot of stuff that I wouldn't have came to me if someone hadn't told me outside the box. About the superimposed lines, I dug through the folder where I keep my assignments and I couldn't find the other page, so I re-did the assignment.

I'm sorry you had to deal with my disorganisation, I promise to keep it neat the next time. https://imgur.com/a/obeQOZg

I did realize I was making a lot of unconfident lines, curved ones especially. I'll do my best to work on it and actually take the time to absorb the information that I'm trying to learn, again, thanks for the contribution.

edited at 9:43 AM, Jan 12th 2021
5:39 PM, Tuesday January 12th 2021

Thank you for sending me the second page of Superimposed Lines! I now can mark your submission as complete! =)

I don't know if you're already doing it but you should always do warm-ups before doing DAB exercises each day. You pick 2 or 3 exercises at random and then you do them for 10-15 mins. If you feel like you're struggling at a specific exercise, you can do that one more often during warm-ups but you should still do the easy ones too.

Your next step is the 250 Box Challenge. I'll give you some useful tips so you avoid some mistakes that some people do when they first get started.

  • Do 3-5 boxes per page and draw them big (you can look at my profile and look my latest boxes to have a clearer idea on "how big" they should be)

  • Extend the lines in the correct direction (you extend them from the initial Y)

  • Do at least one box per day (this challenge takes a long time so every box counts! - Also, don't do the opposite and overwhelm yourself with too many boxes per day)

  • Hatching while optional helps a lot and you'll see by the end of the Challenge how much better your lines are

  • Try different angles! - This challenge isn't about drawing a perfect box from a specific angle but to understand how do they rotate in space and how the perspective and vanishing points work

  • Join the DAB Discord server - if you post your boxes as you're doing them people will certainly point out any mistakes that you're doing and will offer you amazing tips!

That's all I had to say. Take care! =)

Next Steps:

Move on to the 250 Box Challenge.

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1:23 PM, Thursday January 14th 2021
edited at 1:25 PM, Jan 14th 2021

Your kindness is a blessing to this community, thank you for not only helping me but others as well. I wish you the best!

I'm already done with the 250 boxes, I'm starting with lesson 3 so I don't know how to put this in other words >.>

edited at 1:25 PM, Jan 14th 2021
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