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7:47 PM, Saturday October 10th 2020

Hi Dopong! Here is my review of your work.

First of all I agree with you that wobbly lines are an issue. Something you should focus on before moving forward.

Now, let's proceed step by step.

Superimposed lines look great.

Ghosted lines: this is where the wobbly lines start showing up too frequently. Confidence is the main priority here. Accuracy comes with time and practice.

Ghosted planes: I appreciate that you planned your dots for all the lines. Wobbly lines are still too frequent, even though there are some confident lines here and there.

Ellipses in planes: here again ellipses are fairly accurate but not confident enough. Also remember to draw through your ellipses only two or three times: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/tablesofellipses

Tables of Ellipses: confident marks are more frequent here and the orientation of the ellipses is consistent.

Funnels: ellipses are well kept inside the borders and well oriented through the common minor axis, but the wobbly lines undermine the overall effort.

Plotted perspective: neat and clean.

Rough Perspective: this is good and the linework starts showing progress toward the end.

Rotated boxes: well done. Boxes are well nested together and they comfortably rotate in space.

Organic perspective: this also is good. You'll have plenty of opportunity to practice perspective during the 250 box challenge and I'm happy to say that lines are fairly better.

Now, I want to be sure that those confident lines are dominant compared to the wobbly ones. We're not aiming toward perfection, absolutely not. Mistakes are expected and totally normal. I just want to be sure you're on the right track so you can get the most out of the 250 box challenge.

To start, read this lesson one more time: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ghostedlines

Then I'd like you to do one more page of ghosted lines and one more page of ghosted planes with ellipses inside the planes. The focus must be on confidence, not accuracy.

For every single mark, take all the time you need and be sure to:

rotate the canvas so you are in the most comfortable position

draw with your shoulder

carefully ghost your lines

then commit to your line without skipping a beat, fast enough so your brain doesn't get in the way

Next Steps:

One more page of ghosted lines.

One more page of ghosted planes with ellipses.

The focus must be on confidence before accuracy. Read again the lesson about the Ghosted Lines and be sure to take all the steps required before committing to the line. Good luck!

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
12:34 PM, Wednesday October 14th 2020

First of all, thank you for this super organized and thoughtful critique. "Confidence before accuracy", that's what I needed to understand. I took note of the mistakes you pointed out and I can't thank you enough for the last guide lines, I will work on these exercises right now. Wish you all the best, time to work now. ;)

12:59 PM, Saturday October 24th 2020

Jesus, I did the exercises but totally forgot to reply. The results were...Ok I guess, here is the link for you to check out if you want: https://imgur.com/a/5bRuK27

When you got the time, please reply to this coment.

I will start the box challenge today, I am stalling for way too much time already to tackle this.

8:24 PM, Saturday October 24th 2020

Hi Dopong! I'm really happy to say that your pages show a noticeable improvement.

Ghosted Lines and Planes are very good now and the ellipses look far more confident compared with the old ones. You also carefully drew through each ellipse two times, which is correct.

I'll mark this lesson as complete and since I'd like you to have your well deserved badge right away, I'll go ahead and give my vote to one of the community members that reviewed your work before.

The next step, as you already know, is the 250 Box Challenge.

Remember to practice your Lesson 1 exercises as a warm up before each drawing session.

Congratulations and good luck!

Next Steps:

Start the 250 Box Challenge.

Keep on practicing Lesson 1 exercises as a warm up before each drawing session.

Good luck!

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