Uncomfortable's Advice from /r/ArtFundamentals | uncomfortable's Comments, Page 10

Uncomfortable in the post "iPad Pro or Wacom Cintiq 16?"

2022-03-18 16:52

Try asking this over on /r/learnart - this subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here.

That said, I have both, and I would pick the Wacom Cintiq 16. Not only is it cheaper than an iPad Pro, I find it vastly more comfortable to work on. That said, I would definitely ask others about this - I find the iPad Pencil to be pretty bad (drawing with it feels clumsy, and it makes my hand sore with how thin it is and getting a sleeve for it never really fixed the issue), while many people disagree with me. On the other hand, I love the Wacom stylus.

There is one caveat - software designed for the iPad (like Procreate) handle both the touch input and the UI in general far better (given the small screen size). Cramming all of your UI into a Cintiq 16, plus arranging it on your desk so you still have access to hotkeys and such (and of course you'll need some kind of stand for it) can be a little tight. If you're right handed, I'd recommend taking some of the money you would save and put it towards a Razer Tartarus keypad (the cheaper one with the mecha-membrane keys) - I've used that for a decade now, and it's a life saver when it comes to hotkeys.

Uncomfortable in the post "how on earth do I draw with the shoulder?"

2022-03-18 00:30

While I don't know what time scale you're working at here (did you just start the course, or have you been at it for days, weeks, months, etc.) but context suggests that you're pretty early on. This is not a course that's going to make a visible difference in a short period of time. The quickest any of my students have completed the course without rushing is more in the frame of 5-6 months. The farther end of the spectrum goes to a year, and some have even taken 2 years and more.

What Drawabox does is through the exercises, it changes the way in which your subconscious approaches drawings, it develops your habits and your instincts. Realistically when drawing, our mind should be focused on design, on composition, on solving problems. The simpler matters of where our lines fall, how we execute them so they go where we want and behave as intended - this is all stuff that is handled under the surface.

But we get there by spending months being extremely intentional, here, throughout these lessons and exercises. That's how those instincts develop. But of course, it all takes time, and I get the impression that your expectations are a little more optimistic about how long it'll take than what would be realistic.

Uncomfortable in the post "how on earth do I draw with the shoulder?"

2022-03-17 22:57

To your first question, if you grab a piece of paper and just strike across it with marks as fast as you can, you'll notice that they're going to come out smoothly, by virtue of not having had any chance for your brain to try and steer those strokes (which results in wobbles). So making confident strokes is really just a matter of keeping your brain from trying to steer the mark - which we can do most easily by simply drawing quickly, but I prefer using the wording of "confidently" since with practice, we'll be able to reduce that speed and regain some of the lost control.

But you're right in a sense that drawing confident strokes isn't something you learn, because it's something you already know how to do. There's just a lot of additional crap that's built up around it, that you need to scrape away - like the previous focus on drawing accurately (which is the case for everyone at this stage, especially those for whom this is not their first attempt at learning to draw).

As to the shaking, from the video it doesn't actually look like you're encountering shaking that is any more significant than anyone else. But what I do see is that your hand is floating in the air, which definitely would result in shaking for anyone, since there's no support or grounding.

While the lessons should definitely be done traditionally in ink as explained here (keep in mind that our only focus is to teach you how to draw - not to teach the use of any specific tools, and the use of ink simply helps to reinforce the concepts we teach here, making the course vastly more effective), what I explain here about hover-handing (and the fact that it's perfectly okay to rest your hand gently against the page) applies to digital media as well. I'm a digital artist myself, and I rest my hand against my display tablet all the time, for the stability it provides. Some people feel like it creates unpleasant friction/dragging, but the cheap "artist gloves" (which have the index/middle/thumb cut out) can help reduce that.

Uncomfortable in the post "how on earth do I draw with the shoulder?"

2022-03-17 22:43

Your comments actually provide a lot of useful information here. You talk a lot about achieving precision/accuracy, and that in pursuing that, you're ending up with a lot of shaky lines.

Drawabox right from the beginning actually sets up very clear priorities - first, we focus on achieving a smooth, confident stroke, then we worry about accuracy. If your lines are wobbly, then that suggests that you're prioritizing accuracy first, which is totally normal, but not in line with the instructions.

Drawing confidently, as well as executing the marks using your whole arm from the shoulder, will definitely undermine your accuracy. That's okay, and by design.

Even the use of the ghosting method, which seeks to reinforce that accuracy with the planning/preparation phases, still demands a confident execution - meaning the second your pen touches the page, you must not hesitate. You must push through and commit to the motion, regardless of whether or not it goes wrong.

Smooth marks are something we can achieve by changing our approach, by focusing on confident executions over hesitation (which is at its core, a choice we make every time we make a mark). Accuracy, however, comes with practice - but you mustn't worry about it until you're able to take control of your choices, and make confident strokes regardless of your fears.

I cannot stress this enough though - what you're experiencing is normal. What we're doing here are exercises, and so it's not about what you're able to achieve right now, but rather applying those instructions to the letter and then holding to it over days, weeks, and months as you progress through the course.

Uncomfortable in the post "Yesterday, we dropped a new video about the concepts around the 50% rule. This is without exception, the most important video of the entire course."

2022-03-17 17:02

Thank you for the kind words! And you are correct - the fact that you are preoccupied with producing something that achieves a certain standard of quality excludes it from the 50% "play" time.

Ultimately my expectation is that if a student is going through Drawabox as a beginner (as most are), then worrying about creating "beautiful" drawings is going to be more of a distraction, and it is a far better use of your time to simply draw for the hell of it - for now.

If you have prior experience and are doing Drawabox to "fill in holes" then it depends. Students who have past experience may be better equipped to apply the 50% rule to their situation, but not necessarily. Always go back to a simple rule of thumb - if you struggle to just draw for the hell of it, then that's a problem that needs to be addressed, and it's more important that allocate time to addressing it over your desire to create pretty pictures. Once you're more confident in your ability to experiment and play without issue, you can decide where you want to take time from in order to produce your own "portfolio" type works.

Uncomfortable in the post "A question to 250 boxes chalenge: does it matter, which of the three front faces should be filled with tight hatching?"

2022-03-17 16:58

This one's my fault - in the video I was far less clear than I thought in terms of how I was communicating the point about the hatching. Each box consists of six faces, three of which point towards the viewer and three point away. You can fill in any of the 3 facing the viewer with hatching, there is not one specific one that would be correct. In that video, I intended to distinguish between the two sets (those pointing away and those pointing towards) but I really just seemed to be pointing at two different planes from one set, making it all rather.. unintentionally confusing.

This should be corrected when my overhaul reaches the box challenge video, and a new one is uploaded.

Uncomfortable in the post "about 1/10th through 250 boxes and wanted to ask feedback before proceeding(first few i messed up since then i rewatched lesson)"

2022-03-17 16:56

This subreddit doesn't allow single exercises or partial work, as explained here. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server though, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. For the subreddit, we're pushing students to post complete lesson work.

Uncomfortable in the post "Question about lesson 5 homework"

2022-03-15 16:04

Uncomfortable in the post "Why does box A look like box C after drawing the inner edges (box B)?"

2022-03-15 15:36

That would be because these boxes are not in perspective - they're axonometric, which means their sets of parallel edges in 3D space continue to run parallel to one another when drawn in 2D. So they're a fundamentally different circumstance than perspective projection.

Uncomfortable in the post "Question about lesson 5 homework"

2022-03-15 00:15

Yup, that's what it means.

Uncomfortable in the post "NEW TO /r/ARTFUNDAMENTALS? Don't know what Drawabox is? Read this first."

2022-03-14 17:19

I'm glad to hear that! The 50% rule is definitely a big challenge, but when followed consistently for a span of time, its impact is invaluable, and I'm pleased that you've found the same.

Uncomfortable in the post "i am a 3d artist. i make models for games and animations. sometimes 3d print. i want to learn sketching and serious about sketching. i am practicing lines arcs and elipses. i am 30 years old. am i too late ?. Peterhan started when he was 5. kim jung ki started when he was 6 or 7."

2022-03-13 19:54

This question is likely better suited to communities like /r/learnart and /r/learntodraw, as this one is specifically reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com as explained here.

That said, the answer to your question is a solid no. It is not too late. I have students who range from their teens to their late 50s and probably older still. And furthermore, back when I switched careers from programming to art in my mid twenties, one of my roommates who attended the same school (where I learned from Peter Han) was a 36 year old ex-architect. This is his work now, almost a decade later.

I should also mention that the way in which one draws at an early age is often fundamentally different from how one approaches drawing when they're older, and actually learning. I spent over a decade drawing before I started taking it "seriously", and once I did I was able to achieve a greater amount of growth in a matter of a year or two that I'd covered in the initial ten. I wouldn't worry too much about the whole "started when they were children". Kim Jung Gi's probably an exception, with his famous obsessiveness towards drawing from an early age, but there is a pretty vast sea between "learning to draw and sketch" and "being Kim Jung Gi". It's not all or nothing.

Uncomfortable in the post "is studying head anatomy ok for a art fundamental beginer?"

2022-03-13 18:25

There is nothing wrong with studying anything at any point - but it is important to understand and accept that studying more advanced concepts now (like portraiture) will inevitably mean that certain things aren't going to make as much sense to you now as they might later. That is not a bad thing, it's just a fact of life.

There are of course other reasons to dive right into those topics - the most obvious being interest. If you're interested in drawing faces, sure you should dive into drawing them immediately, but you should still give yourself time to learn the things that underpin that concept.

To that point, you should ask this question over on /r/learnart to get some alternative opinions. This subreddit is actually reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here, which focuses only on the core fundamentals of drawing and does not get into more complex topics such as portraiture and figure drawing.

Uncomfortable in the post "NEW TO /r/ARTFUNDAMENTALS? Don't know what Drawabox is? Read this first."

2022-03-13 17:39

Absolutely. This course is designed to teach the core fundamentals of drawing, and require no prior experience. That said, it is quite a demanding course, so focus only on putting forward your best effort and following the instructions to the best of your current ability.

Uncomfortable in the post "NEW TO /r/ARTFUNDAMENTALS? Don't know what Drawabox is? Read this first."

2022-03-12 17:01

This is not the sort of course you're going to be able to finish in a month. How long it takes varies, and we actively discourage students from setting deadlines or expectations for how long it should take, but the quickest I've seen students work through it all without rushing is 5 or 6 months. I've also seen plenty of students take 1 year, and some take 2 years or more.

Uncomfortable in the post "I feel like I havent been doing the lessons as often due to regular schoolwork, practicing drawing my own personal stuff, and other life stuff but Ive been trying the circles here and I feel like Im missing something even though Im trying. Any advice on whats wrong and how to fix it?"

2022-03-12 14:30

Uncomfortable in the post "So i have redone the hellish rotated boxes exercise once again after the 250 box challenge, what do you guys thing?"

2022-03-12 00:53

And now that I've pasted my usual response to partial work, I feel like I should say damn your rotated boxes improved a ton! You're doing a much better job of keeping the boxes together with consistent gaps. One thing you still have room for improvement on however is the actual relative rotation between the boxes, which you can read more about in these notes.

Uncomfortable in the post "is there a name for this style/kind of illustration??"

2022-03-11 16:05

This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here. This question may be better suited to /r/learnart instead.

That said, at a glance the first image's visual style appears to be what would broadly fall under the category of "cel shading" or "toon shading", which you can learn more about here. Keep in mind though that cel shading means similar, but slightly different things when it comes to 2D illustration, and 3D graphic shaders.

To be honest though, I'm not sure that's what you're asking about - the images across the set you uploaded all have fairly different visual styles, with the only shared element being that they're 3D renders, not illustrations. So perhaps that's what you're asking? Each of these are built as scenes in 3D software (like Blender, Maya, etc.) and then are 'rendered' - meaning, the computer uses the geometry and texture information, along with information pertaining to the camera that's look out onto the scene, and then generates all the lighting information for it.

Uncomfortable in the post "NEW TO /r/ARTFUNDAMENTALS? Don't know what Drawabox is? Read this first."

2022-03-11 02:30

White isn't strictly required, so there's no reason for us not to accept yellow.

Uncomfortable in the post "Need critique on my latest drawing"

2022-03-10 15:58

Try posting this to /r/digitalpainting instead. This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here.

Uncomfortable in the post "Is there 23 x 26 art backpack?"

2022-03-09 16:15

This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here. Try asking this over on /r/learnart - they may be able to help you find a suitable backpack.

For what it's worth, my girlfriend bought this one, which doesn't quite fit your large art board, but it is 26"x19.6", but would work well with an 18x24. It's not in stock on that listing anymore (a very similar one is in stock here but that's still Canadian amazon), but you may be able to find a similar/comparable one by searching "4K Canvas Artist Portfolio".

Uncomfortable in the post "What colours would I need to mix to achieve this kind of ice blue looking colour kinda new to painting I end up getting too bland of a colour when mixing blues and white at a time"

2022-03-06 19:36

Try asking this over on /r/learnart or /r/painting. This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here, which focus on the core fundamentals of drawing and do not break into more complex topics such as colour theory and colour mixing.

Uncomfortable in the post "Guys, this is my first ever attempt at drawing a person. (Followed some tutorial online). Ill say its a 3/5."

2022-03-04 16:40

Try posting this over on /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw. This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here. Drawabox focuses on the core fundamentals of drawing and doesn't get into more advanced topics such as figure drawing or anatomy.

Uncomfortable in the post "For the 50/50 rule, I personally love to take what I've learned in a lesson and expand on it. Obviously that becomes much easier in lesson 3. Here's some extra mushrooms I've drawn!"

2022-03-03 23:40

It's always awesome to see people taking the 50% rule head-on. That said, unfortunately because this subreddit gets a lot of posts and we need to make sure students can get as much attention on their homework submissions and their questions, we do have to be very specific in which posts are allowed.

I apologize, but I unfortunately will have to remove this post. If it were approved, the subreddit would no doubt get a lot more posts of people doing their 50% rule drawing, and homework submissions here already do struggle to get feedback.

You can try posting this on /r/idap though - it's a great community for just sharing what you've drawn.

Uncomfortable in the post "I would like some feedback on theses two. Lines are easy to draw now but its hard for me to draw circles mostly in planes"

2022-03-03 23:38

That said, I should point out that you're currently forgetting to draw through your ellipses as explained here. This comes up quite a bit throughout the videos for the ellipses section, so you may want to take another look and make sure that you are following the instructions to the letter.

Uncomfortable in the post "What should one do when they are struggling to find creativity making any kind of digital art?"

2022-03-03 18:00

Try asking this over on /r/learnart (assuming they are friendly towards NFT related discussions, although your post isn't strictly about NFTs). This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here.

As you noted with /r/Art, each subreddit has its own specific submission guidelines, so be sure to check them before posting to ensure that the community is suitable for the conversation you're trying to have.

I would also recommend asking that last question in a subreddit about accounting for your country of residence, as laws vary from place to place.

Generally I do believe most countries allow for the kind of business you're looking to conduct as a sole proprietorship, with the primary reasons for incorporation being to shield yourself from potential liability, as well as to help reduce your tax burden. There are other benefits however - I for example incorporated my business after many years of running it as a sole proprietorship in order to provide a much clearer distinction and pay myself a consistent salary with income taxes being deducted before they reach my personal account (rather than having to shell out tens of thousands at tax season and never really knowing how much of my money I can actually spend without issue).

Of course, that's my experience in my own legal jurisdiction (Canada) so your mileage may vary. Honestly your best bet is to consult with an accountant.

Uncomfortable in the post "Lesson 1 Critique? (digital)"

2022-03-02 18:09

It is Lesson 1 of Drawabox.

Uncomfortable in the post "i redraw back rotated boxes just for fun"

2022-03-02 18:08

That said, I should point out that you're currently running into the issue explained here.

Uncomfortable in the post "Lesson 1 Critique? (digital)"

2022-03-01 19:17

/u/ucyhot000

Pen and paper dude. Follow the recommendations by the instructor. There is reason behind them A ream of paper and a pack of ink pens totals less than $4

/u/CowboyLegend1

Which reasons? You don't have pen and paper?

The course makes certain recommendations, but students are allowed to make their own call. Sitting here berating them when they're asking for feedback on the work they actually did is not helpful. If anything, it is an act of self-indulgence, as we all know how pleasantly smug we can feel by lecturing people on their choices.

I prefer to think that our community is above that, and that we would act in the interest of helping people, or at least leaving them to their own devices should we not agree with their choices. It is entirely common for those deciding to work digitally not getting as much feedback, and that's fine - each individual has every right to choose how they're going to invest their time when offering it up for free. But this coming here, offering no actual feedback, and stepping on a soap box to offer only criticism of their choices is purely unacceptable, and you should feel at least a little ashamed of these comments.

For anyone else who is curious as to why we recommend the use of ink, you can read about it in this article.

/u/Ssnnooz, for what it's worth, I'm sorry that you got so many responses of that nature. As to your work, you're largely doing very well. The only thing you missed was this step of the rough perspective boxes, where we extend the "depth" lines of our boxes back in space to check where they actually hit the horizon line, and how far off that is from the vanishing point. Keep that in mind into the future, but you should be good to move onto the box challenge.

Uncomfortable in the post "Gesture animation resources for a noob 3d artist"

2022-03-01 15:36

Try asking this over on /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw. This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here, which go over the core fundamentals of drawing and do not explore more advanced topics such as figure drawing, animation, etc.

Uncomfortable in the post "A good reference for those who want to know how to draw an ear!"

2022-03-01 15:35

Try posting this over on /r/learntodraw. This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here. Drawabox focuses on the core fundamentals of drawing and does not get into more advanced topics such as figure drawing or portraiture.

Uncomfortable in the post "Can I draw/paint photos from pinterest?"

2022-03-01 15:34

As this sounds like a more general question, you'd be better off asking this over on /r/learnart. This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here.

That said, no one's going to stop you from drawing from photos on pinterest, but there are a couple considerations:

If you're just drawing it for the hell of it and don't intend to sell the image on merchandise/prints/etc. then there isn't much of a copyright concern there. It's very common for people to draw from random reference images they've found, it only gets dicey when they grab a copyright reference image, create a piece of work that is functionally a direct copy of it, then attempt to profit from it.
Lower resolution images can be harder to do studies from, especially when you're early on in your skill development. Pinterest by its nature only really gives you access to lower resolution images, although you could ostensibly find an image you like and try to find a higher resolution copy of it either by following it back to its source, or using reverse image search with google, but this doesn't always bear fruit.

Uncomfortable in the post "Question"

2022-03-01 04:00

I would recommend trying to work with crustaceans instead of insects/arachnids. You'll find a couple demos of crustaceans at the top of the informal demos page.

Uncomfortable in the post "Im not improving. Advice ?"

2022-02-27 16:35

Given that this question is more general, I'd recommend asking it over on /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw. This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here.

For what it's worth, the pace at which our skills improve is not a consistent trajectory. It is influenced by a variety of things, from the specific ways in which we practice (whether with structured exercises or more organic, periodic attempts at drawing the things that interest us), and also has a tendency to hit peaks where things feel like they're clicking, and valleys where we feel like no matter what we do, nothing's working.

I can speak to that from experience - I spent a decade kind of spinning my wheels, drawing things that interested me (and spending much of that time sitting in front of a blank canvas, too afraid to make the first mark, lest it be a mistake). I did improve, but it was slow, and while I was in the midst of it, it looked like my growth was minimal at best - especially when I compared myself to others.

After a solid ten years of that, I changed my approach, leaned more into structured exercises, doing more studies from photos and from life, and so on. By this point I'd decided to take art more seriously as a career track to pursue, and so during the year I dedicated to this self-teaching, I also worked full time, saved money, and ultimately after 15 months quit my job and moved across the continent to pursue training with more professional instructors. This only amounted to 6 months (2 terms) at Concept Design Academy, but this had an incredible impact on my growth. A lot of it came down to the fact that I no longer had to worry about my own judgment - I knew my judgment was flawed, and that I was ignorant, and for once I could just trust in what my instructors would say. What I learned there also formed the bedrock of what I now teach for free on Drawabox.

If you're curious, I specifically maintain an album of my growth over the years to always remind myself (and show to others) that we do not always improve in a linear fashion, and that all of these factors regarding how we improve influence that pacing. Furthermore, sometimes there is value (though it is not visible in the moment) to those slower periods, where our brains process and mull over the things we've immersed ourselves in, ultimately allowing for the "more productive" peaks to occur.

Anyway, that's just one man's perspective. I still recommend you ask this over on /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw to get others' views on the matter.

Uncomfortable in the post "Question about changing critiques from community to official. Just finished 250 boxes challenge"

2022-02-26 15:31

Most of what you need to know is explained in this section of Lesson 0 - be sure to read through it so you understand all the requirements that are placed on those submitting for official critique.

As to your specific question, you would have to start by submitting your Lesson 1 work. The TA critiquing it may mark it as complete, or they may assign revisions, which you'd need to submit in turn.

Generally the rule is that you may not continue forwards until the prerequisite has been marked as complete - so technically your completion of the box challenge wouldn't be valid by that rule, but fortunately we're not quite as cruel as that. While it's not published as we don't want to encourage this situation, when students have already completed the box challenge, instead of having them do the whole thing over we ask that they simply do 50 additional boxes after having their Lesson 1 work marked as complete.

In your case, I'd recommend doing those additional 50 boxes if you receive any revisions, or any suggestions regarding your linework that would have ultimately improved your results on the box challenge. If your lesson 1 work is basically perfect as-is, then I suppose you can submit your box challenge as it is, but you'd still be subject to the 14 day cooldown between submissions (and therefore wouldn't be able to submit your box challenge until 2 weeks after your Lesson 1 homework. That cooldown exists both to ensure students don't rush through their work, as well as to keep our staff from getting overwhelmed with rapid-fire submissions.

Uncomfortable in the post "Yesterday, we dropped a new video about the concepts around the 50% rule. This is without exception, the most important video of the entire course."

2022-02-25 00:03

As mentioned in the video (you can reference the same graphic in this section of the lesson notes), tutorials fall under the same half any lessons, courses, exercises, etc. And thus, time invested there should be matched in equal measure with time spent drawing for the sake of drawing, not pursuing specific/direct growth/improvement/results.

Uncomfortable in the post "What medium are the lessons/exercises recommended for?"

2022-02-24 20:20

Drawabox is not a course that aims to teach you how to use a specific tool - rather, as explained in the first few sections of Lesson 0, it targets the development of specific skills. To that end, we specifically recommend our students work with ink on paper, as it reinforces the concepts we explore very effectively. You can read more about this in this article.

Uncomfortable in the post "Learning to draw semi realistic faces"

2022-02-24 02:23

Try asking this over on /r/learnart. This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here. Drawabox focuses on the core fundamentals of drawing and does not get into more complex topics such as portraiture or stylization (beyond this video which explains exactly what role style plays in regards to the things being stylized).

Uncomfortable in the post "Do you like Art?"

2022-02-23 21:45

This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here. You may want to post this on /r/art or /r/idap instead.

Uncomfortable in the post "Completed 250 Box Challenge -- critique/feedback welcome"

2022-02-23 16:53

Lol you're not gonna be banned - though you might want to try another host if imgur isn't working right. It's possible that imgur was acting up at the time, and so your images didn't get uploaded correctly. You may want to simply try again later, or try another host like google drive/photos, or dropbox.

I am going to remove this post, but feel free to give it another shot.

Uncomfortable in the post "Art foundation advice"

2022-02-23 16:51

This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com - I understand that the name is a bit confusing in that regard, but I explain why it turned out this way here.

Ultimately this community focuses specifically on learning the core fundamentals of drawing in a particular fashion. I'd recommend asking this question over on /r/learnart, and perhaps providing them with a little more detail on what the course you're taking defines as "natural contours of bodies and florals", as there are many approaches to learning and different instructors may interpret certain terms differently from one another.

Uncomfortable in the post "Yesterday, we dropped a new video about the concepts around the 50% rule. This is without exception, the most important video of the entire course."

2022-02-22 19:00

At the end of the day, what the 50% asks for is undeniably difficult, most of all because its impact is not immediate in any way - it is a subtle thing that fundamentally, over time, helps us develop a much healthier relationship with not just drawing, but with the things we do in general.

Sometimes trying to change up how we approach it, and how we group our time, can definitely make it a little less difficult, but ultimately it is going to be an uphill climb. So for that, I wish you the best of luck.

Uncomfortable in the post "Saw the other box rotation animation so I figured I'd share mine as well :). You can definitely see the improvement over time."

2022-02-22 05:00

I should state first that this is very neat, and I think the folks over on /r/learnart and /r/learntodraw would be jazzed to see it.

That said, I was admittedly kind of hesitant to allow the previous box rotation animation through, as it did break the rules about posts here being strictly limited to those relating to the lessons on drawabox.com (generally homework submissions and questions about the lessons). I allowed it through because it did technically relate in some fashion to the exercises in Lesson 1, if only somewhat.

I definitely want to avoid it becoming a sort of call for others to submit the same kind of thing - we try very hard to limit submissions here so people can get eyes on their homework submissions, and answers to their specific questions.

While I do apologize, I will unfortunately have to remove this post.

Uncomfortable in the post "I am revising my art education. And i can really help a well structured course outlines of any atelier or art college."

2022-02-22 04:57

This question is probably better suited to a more general community such as /r/learnart. This subreddit is, as explained here, reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com - which itself is indeed a structured course, but only focuses on the core fundamentals of drawing and does not go further into portraiture, colour, composition, etc.

The folks on /r/learnart however should be able to speak more about what college courses teach.

Uncomfortable in the post "Lesson 1: Lines, Elipses, and Boxes"

2022-02-21 18:28

Please submit your work in a single post - not spread out across many, as this clutters the subreddit. The more cluttered the subreddit becomes, the harder it is for people to get eyes on their work. I believe reddit does allow people to post multiple images at once, but if you're having trouble with that, most students here use imgur to create an album of their lesson work.

Also, note that as explained here, only complete lesson submissions are permitted on this subreddit, while partial work can receive critique on our discord chat server. I'm only mentioning that because it looks like you tried to submit the lines and ellipses exercises, but not the boxes section.

Uncomfortable in the post "Lesson 1: plotted perspective."

2022-02-21 16:41

That said, your work is looking good!

Uncomfortable in the post "Light yagami let me know if u like it"

2022-02-21 16:41

This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here. Try posting this on /r/drawing, /r/idap, or another subreddit geared towards people posting their drawings.

Uncomfortable in the post "Why do some character designers/illustrators include shoes or footwear in character heights?"

2022-02-21 02:39

This question is probably better suited for a more general community such as /r/learnart. This subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here.

That said, one thing to consider is the fact that a character's outfit - including their footwear - is very much a part of that character's design, in that they reflect their personality and influence their silhouette. An average height character wearing big, chunky boots, will have an entirely different impression than if they took those shoes off - and thus, including the footwear (and even doing different explorations with different outfits and exploring how they change the impression they give) becomes an important part of the design process.

Uncomfortable in the post "Created a 3D version of the rotated boxes exercise in blender"

2022-02-20 19:21

While I know for a fact some students will see this as something to copy from observation (which defeats the purpose of the exercise), I do think that this is still pretty damn neat, and could potentially be useful in just understanding on a high level how these forms fit together. So, I'm taking some leeway here and approving the post anyway.

Uncomfortable in the post "Visual Library"

2022-02-20 19:19

This question would be better suited to /r/learnart or another more general community (posts here are limited to homework submissions and questions relating to the lessons on drawabox.com, as explained here), but the answer to this question is relatively simple.

You expand your visual library by using reference - both in the capacity of full on studies of objects to better understand how they work, what parts they're made of, and so on, as well as working on larger designs or illustrations, using different pieces of reference to fill in the gaps of your knowledge. The more you use reference in an active fashion, as a tool or as a study material, the more you'll go from simply "seeing" the objects around you to actually understanding them at a greater level of depth.

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