Hello! good job on completing the the 250 box challenge
I can see that throughout this exercise your line confidence has improved signigicantly and by the end of it they are really solid.
the only thing I can mention about this is that you should also use the ghosting method when drawing the hatching lines in your boxes so that they also have the same amount of confidence.
also you can try adding a some lineweight to the contour of your boxes. a single superimposed line is enough, dont worry about it being accurate just keep it confident.
one of the main Issues that I can spot with your boxes is that you are doing your line extensions in the wrong direction.
even in some of your later boxes (e.g. 236-247)
you wont be able to measure the convergence of your boxes unless they are going in the right direction.
the way to think about it is that they are extending away from the viewer towards the vanishing point. (so away from the cross hatched face)
if you are still struggling with this, one way to always get the right way they extend is to use your intial Y and extend away from it.
here is a guide that explains this.
Another thing to mention about your line extension is not to be afraid to extend them further and cross into some of the other boxes, you really want to get them as far as possible so you can see if you're boxes are converging properly.
In terms of your actual convergences I think your boxes are done pretty well, you have a varying amount of box sizes and foreshortening, however alot of them are from the same perspective but just rotated on the page. here is a refrence image you can use to give you some more variety.
and the last thing I can mention is a common issue that a lot of people have with drawing boxes and that is the inner corner. this line generally ends up mismatched with the rest of the box because is is the accumulation of all the little mistakes you've maken when drawing the rest of the box. a way to improve this is to be thinking about the relationship of all the lines together when drawing the box and not just pairs of lines. a way to do this is to change the order of drawing the lines and to draw the inner coner before drawing the last face of the box. here is a guide that explains the order. and [this one] explains(https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png) why this method works.
I think your lines are confident enough for you to move onto the next exericse but keep this in mind and you draw more boxes as part of your warmups.
when you get a bit more confortable with doing with boxes try out some of the more advanced exerices
Next Steps:
Onto lesson 2.
although its not required you should try do some critiques of previously completed lessons of some of your fellow student on this site. you can use Elodins guides to help you write them. it will really go a long way in helping you improve.
Hi,
Thanks for the critique. I appreciated you pointing out where I went wrong in the boxes. I was having a hard time with everything you've listed, including the corner and the extensions. Both kept confusing me. However, I decided that whatever mistakes I make would be scrutinized by people with more experience and knowledge on how to do the exercise. It's a lot to take in, but I'm confident that over time I'll be able to improve even more. Thank you for this critique!
When it comes to technical drawing, there's no one better than Scott Robertson. I regularly use this book as a reference when eyeballing my perspective just won't cut it anymore. Need to figure out exactly how to rotate an object in 3D space? How to project a shape in perspective? Look no further.
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