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Any tips for finding the front face of a box?

5:06 PM, Tuesday January 4th 2022

Hello! I just started the 250 box challenge today, and I've been having trouble deciding which face of the box is facing me. When choosing a face of the box to cross-hatch, I've found that I have difficulty identifying which face is facing me, especially when the corner that's directly facing me bisects the two faces into more or less even sides. Does it matter all that much to begin with? Should I just choose the relatively larger face?

Thank you very much in advance for your help!!

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8:30 PM, Tuesday January 4th 2022

So my wording in the box challenge video is at fault here. Boxes are composed of six faces - three of which face towards the viewer, three of which face away. When trying to convey this, I did so in a very confusing, unclear manner, so you're not alone in being a bit puzzled at this. Rest assured - you can pick any of the three faces that are pointing towards the viewer to fill with hatching.

This issue should be resolved once I'm finished revising the video material for Lesson 0 and 1, and am able to update the box challenge video in turn.

9:56 PM, Tuesday January 4th 2022

Thank you so much! And also, thank you for this course :) I'll keep working on the 250 box challenge and watch the updated videos when they're finished.

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9:56 PM, Monday January 24th 2022

My preference is to draw the visible face first, then draw the invisible faces adjusted to the visible ones.

2:46 PM, Wednesday January 26th 2022

Thank you! I will keep that in mind.

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