250 Box Challenge

1:50 PM, Friday March 4th 2022

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Dates of execution:

- 1st Period (Spring time): 6th May 2020 - 25th May 2020. 100 boxes.

- 2nd Period (Return to box drawing on my workplace): 23rd November 2021 - 3rd December 2021. 56 boxes.

- 3rd Period (Post-workplace suspension): 4th January 2022 - 1st March 2022. 94 boxes.

This was one of the longest (but actually also much delayed over time) exercises/lessons ever done so far. I had begun this exercise around May 2020 and then fully resumed one year and a half later during vey late 2021 (with one month of delay). Time's a bit wasted here but i've finally managed to endure it, at last. Numerical order is correct, but be aware of how i dispose the orders in some pages.

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11:48 PM, Sunday March 6th 2022

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:

  • You're doing a good job of drawing the lines constructing your boxes smoothly and confidently.

  • It's nice to see that you're taking the time to plan each of your hatching lines and space them evenly. This helps keep your boxes looking tidy rather than looking like they were rushed on to the page.

  • Line weight isn't a requirement of the challenge so it's nice to see you're applying it anyways. Most people need to build up some mileage before they feel comfortable applying it so I always recommend starting early. The sooner you feel comfortable the sooner you see better results.

  • You're doing a great job of experimenting with orientations, proportions and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is an important habit to build when learning any new skill, it helps form a more well rounded understanding. I hope you'll continue to display and nurture this habit in the future.

Things you can work on:

  • 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.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
8:15 AM, Monday March 7th 2022

I'm so happy to have done a completely new experience i haven't ever taken before. Nowadays Lesson 1 kind of feels like still a chore BUT it's like i'm not used to get eager about it anymore after i did the warmups. Might have however try to get on full immersion with the warmups due to the new topics in Lesson 2, i need to ramp up my current brain muscles, but i also need to limit my expectations off the table and take some patience. I feel like i'll act out a bit reckless, but i'll try to stay calm and approach it with cold blood.

Thank you for the critique.

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