250 Box Challenge
6:24 PM, Saturday October 10th 2020
Hey,
Big thanks to anyone looking over my first challenge homework! :)
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7:02 AM, Monday October 12th 2020
Hey Aget
Brad already noted the overall improvement after the 100 boxes and your reply also shows how you know where you have to keep an eye on.
I want to congratulate you on completing the challenge. It is clearly noticable how you developed a better understanding of 3D space and where to draw the line (pun intended).
Try to keep an eye on the extending lines without drawing them. The more you can check with your bare eyes, the easier it will get to spot errors early.
Cheers,
Ashielf
Next Steps:
Go on to lesson 2. Enjoy!
7:19 AM, Monday October 12th 2020
Thanks for the feedback Ashielf, duly noted :)
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11:02 PM, Saturday October 10th 2020
I'm about to dive into this one myself. Very helpful to see where you started and where you ended up. A fairly steady ramp of improvement with ~100 where it appears to me that a lot of things began to click. Your perspective got more accurate and your linework improved as well.
8:43 AM, Sunday October 11th 2020
Hey!
Thank you for the nice comment :) It's been a long journey with those boxes and I tried a lot of different methods to get that back line good, but at some point I felt like I know how to do it, I just need more practice estimating and eyeballing where I put different lines. It definitely goes beyond the 250 box challenge for me -still need work with overshooting and being good at eyeballing anything- but now I have a good practice behind me anyways.
I wish you luck with your challenge, all I can say is take it easy, it can be a long challenge. I practiced every day -at least I tried- to keep the mojo going, while also trying to do fun drawings on the side.
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