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6:21 AM, Tuesday November 9th 2021
Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.
Congratulations on completing the box challenge, it's definitely a lot more work than most people expect. Not only does it help deepen your understanding of important concepts but it shows your desire to learn as well. Be proud of what you've accomplished and that desire you've shown. That being said I'll try to keep this critique fairly brief so you can get working on the next steps as soon as possible.
Things you did well:
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You're keeping most of your lines smooth and confidently drawn.
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I can see that you're trying to evenly space your hatching lines which shows care and thought rather than you just rushing them on to the page.
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You did a good job of experimenting with orientations and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is an important habit to build and will help you form a more well rounded understanding of new concepts. I hope you continue to build this habit in the future as well.
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Overall your convergences become more consistent as you progress through the challenge which shows that your sense of 3D space is improving.
Things you can work on:
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You're redrawing lines when you make mistakes, this is a habit we don't want to build. Part of the reason we work with ink is so we're forced to work with our mistakes. Not only do we learn from our mistakes but trying to correct them just leads to our work looking messier.
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It's not a requirement of the challenge but I do recommend practicing with line weight in your warm ups. Most people need some mileage before they feel comfortable applying it so getting an early start will help you see results sooner.
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There's room for you to experiment with proportions more, try mixing up your boxes by creating longer/thinner/wider ones to see how your lines will behave differently.
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There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines a bit too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set and their respective vanishing point. The inner pair of lines will be quite similar unless the box gets quite long and the outer pair can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point. Move it further away and the lines become closer to parallel while moving it closer increases the rate of foreshortening.
The key things we want to remember from this exercise are that our lines should always converge as a set not in pairs, never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.
Overall while you did make a few mistakes your boxes are improving so far and with more mileage you'll continue to become more consistent. That being said I'll be marking your submission as complete and moving you on to lesson 2.
Keep practicing previous exercises and boxes as warm ups, and good luck
Next Steps:
Move on to lesson 2.
12:51 PM, Tuesday November 9th 2021
Thanks for the critique! I'll focus on these pieces of feedback as I continue drawing boxes during warm-ups.
Cheers!
How to Draw by Scott Robertson
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