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25 Texture Challenge

4:20 PM, Saturday November 7th 2020

25 Texture Challenge (After Lesson 6) - Album on Imgur

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If the texture on the left doesn't match up with the one on the right it's because I messed it up and tried it again in a different way. This way I could attempt it again and try to do a better job of capturing the texture.

If you are wondering how I got different values between pure black and pure white I will tell you how. I am using a 0.5 mm fineliner as instructed (Staedtler brand). In the "Why ink?" article it states "Everything is black and white - there are no gradients to complicate matters". I found that the more I angled the pen the lighter the strokes became allowing me to use values other than pure white and pure black (irrelevant to the pressure placed on the pen). I'm honestly not sure if It's okay to do this or not as I am using the instructed utensil.

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2:56 AM, Tuesday November 10th 2020

Hello Saanza,

Not to criticize your hard work, but in general one should space out the 25 texture challenge going on from lesson 2. Kind of like Lesson 2 - 4 textures, Lesson 3 - 4 textures, Lesson 4 - 4 textures. Lesson 5 - 4 textures Lesson 6 - 4 textures. Lesson 7 - 4 textures. Etc. You could have broken them up more. It also appears that you have submitted much work that has never been reviewed, yet you moved on. In general, when doing drawabox you should not move onto the next lesson until your previous work has been critiqued and approved by others. I am saying this because it seems you are going through drawabox and much of your drawings have never been commented on. For a greater chance of your work getting reviewed, you may want to critique others work to gain reputation. This may result in others giving you a critique (because your posted work will stay at the top of the que).

I hope this is informative. I do not mean to sound annoying,

Lars Barnabee

11:45 PM, Tuesday November 10th 2020

Hey Lars,

I don't know what to do with the advice with regards to the texture challenge. It's kind of hard to put it into practice after the fact. If I had known earlier then I would have done just that. If there was a warning in lesson 2 about this then I would have done that. From what I can tell there was no warning except for in the texture challenge page itself.

With regards to waiting for critique, I (mostly) agree. However I have waited several months, almost a year and no follow up on lesson 3 and no critiques on the other lessons (other than a couple). I can't be glued to waiting for a factor I can't control and use that as an excuse not to do anything. With regards to giving others critique, I am honestly not interested (even if it might help me get critiqued).

Maybe I should look to discord for critique instead, but I thought if no one has anything to say then I am doing the lesson(s) as intended. Not saying my work is perfect but that I am (probably) aligned with the goal of the lesson(s).

12:56 AM, Wednesday November 11th 2020

I did not mean to make it seem you should pause all drawing until you get a critique. When waiting for critique, one should practice the concepts they learned previously. In general, being a patreon to drawabox for critique, or giving many critiques to others is your best bet. Giving critiques to others can help solidify your knowledge of lesson material. It is up to you. Giving critiques is for your benefit. It is not something to be forced on drawabox participants. At this point, you may be best going to discord and asking. Honestly though, giving critiques is taxing and time consuming. Even non-drawabox critiques require two approvals from others when you are giving a free community critique. But it is free as in free beer. You have many valid points that should have been included in drawabox lesson material.

Best of luck on discord,

Lars

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3:23 PM, Tuesday August 30th 2022

Most of the textures seem very chaotic to me. I'm noticing a lot of scribbling and at times you are even simply drawing the thing rather than an actual texture (i.e. the tree and the pizza). In other textures you would copy the form rather than the lights and darks, which is what you should be looking out for. On top of that, I see that you are also not fully respecting the solid black line on the left. Textures should transition from pure shadow to pure light. Overall, I get the sense that you rushed this and should have taken a bit more time with this.

I feel that you need to redo this challenge. I am going to echo what LarsBarnabee said below on reaching out for feedback in the Discord server (as of the posting of this reply, you are only officially past Lesson 2, yet you have completed nearly every lesson). I believe there is an entire channel there dedicated to asking for and receiving critiques, and even a waitlist for people who have completed 5 critiques on a particular lesson. I'm sure that they could also help regarding corrections made for a user who just won't respond.

Best of luck moving forward!

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