Is it normal to redo a lot of boxes in 250 boxes challenge?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtFundamentals/comments/sifh6l/is_it_normal_to_redo_a_lot_of_boxes_in_250_boxes/
2022-02-02 04:29
Own_Bike
I'm on the 169th box in the challenge, but the number of failed boxes starts to disturb me. I don't personally feel irritated about that, but I tend to discard them right away if I notice obivious mistakes and justredo. Is it normal to have 2 pages straight of unfinished boxes because of some mistakes and redo them all over again? Should I just ignore those mistakes and keep finishing them regardless? Should my mindset change at all? I hope you could give me some insights into the subject matter.
Here are some of my recent attempts that illustrate the problem pretty well:
Uncomfortable
2022-02-02 04:40
I think you may be misunderstanding what the 250 box challenge is about (or really any assignment in this course). The goal is not for you to produce perfect work, or even good work. You should not be throwing anything away, or crossing any mistakes out - you produce what you can whilst taking your time and applying the instructions consciously to the best of your ability, but when things go awry, as they are often want to do, you continue on and finish them up, then move on.
With this challenge especially, the expectation that you're going to bungle quite a few is baked into the fact that we're asking for two hundred and fifty of them.
Own_Bike
2022-02-02 06:16
Thank you for clearing up my concern! I think I should be able to work much more productively with your advice in mind.