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My name is Irshad Karim, and I am Uncomfortable. I'm a concept artist and illustrator currently based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, (though born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario) and I spend a good deal of my free time writing free drawing lessons for my website drawabox.com and my community /r/ArtFundamentals (reddit.com/r/ArtFundamentals).
I also do a fair bit of programming (these days primarily game development with HTML5) but you're more likely to see art related videos from me.
I also do a fair bit of programming (these days primarily game development with HTML5) but you're more likely to see art related videos from me.
Drawabox Lesson 1: Estimating Rotation
Reuploaded this because I made a boo-boo and said the opposite of what I should have. This stuff confuses me a lot of the time too - and either that's saying something bad about me, or perhaps this stuff is just a lot and we should all be a little more patient with ourselves. Big thank you to @dsbkny and @Bootleginsanity for catching my blunders.
The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/rotatedboxes. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com
00:00 Intro
00:14 Relying on neighbouring elements
00:36 Where no neighbours are available
01:12 Examining the problem
01:21 Understanding our convergences
03:13 Plotting our points
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/rotatedboxes. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com
00:00 Intro
00:14 Relying on neighbouring elements
00:36 Where no neighbours are available
01:12 Examining the problem
01:21 Understanding our convergences
03:13 Plotting our points
New Masters Academy: drawabox.com/nma
Use the code DRAWABOX_1STONLY to get a substantial discount off your first billing cycle on New Masters Academy. Check the banner at the top of drawabox.com for the most accurate information on what the coupon does and does not cover.
Other Links:
Drawabox Discord Server: discord.gg/drawabox
Patreon: patreon.com/uncomfortable
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 9: Rotated Boxes
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This video was reuploaded to correct a mistake in the narration. Thanks to @Bootleginsanity for calling it out. The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/rotatedboxes. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 02:55 Not actually boxes 04:47 Draw a cross in the middle of the page 05:20 Draw a square in the middle 05:41 Draw a square at the end of each a...
Drawabox 250 Box Challenge: The Next Fifty
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/3. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 00:33 Differences from the First 50 01:16 How to Aim our Lines Without a VP 01:54 Applying this to our Boxes 02:34 Shallow Foreshortening 03:16 Drawing our Y 04:01 Resolving our Corners 05:11 Exercises are about Making Mistakes 06:17 Thinking about All the Edg...
Drawabox: The 250 Box Challenge
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 00:57 A Daunting Task 01:27 Reminder - Balancing Work and Play 02:30 What is the 250 Box Challenge 03:02 Not Grinding, by Our Definition 04:48 All About Judging Convergences 05:29 Tackling Overwhelming Tasks 06:09 Pacing Yourself 06:44 Don't Worry About the Back...
Drawabox 250 Box Challenge: The First Fifty
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/2. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 00:38 One Key Difference 00:58 Drawing our Y 01:36 Varying your Ys 02:36 Drawing our Vanishing Points 03:36 Differentiating VPs for Different Boxes 04:13 Resolving our Corners 05:05 Drawing Through our Boxes 06:13 Numbers and Dates 07:24 Drawing the Rest of th...
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 7: Plotted Perspective
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/plottedperspective. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 01:23 Setting up your page 02:56 Draw your horizon line and vanishing points 03:37 Placement of vanishing points (and why) 06:10 Draw a vertical edge 06:57 Plot the ends back to both vanishing points 07:29 Place the two outer vertical edges 08:12 Plo...
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 8: Rough Perspective
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/roughperspective. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 01:28 Draw your compositional frames 01:48 Draw a horizon line with a single vanishing point 02:50 Draw a rectangle within the frame 03:30 Place one of the box's back corners 05:40 Repeat the process for the other 3 back corners 06:18 Draw the missing ...
Drawabox Lesson 1: Line Weight and Overlaps
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This video is part of the Drawabox course, which explores the core fundamentals of drawing. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 00:28 What is line weight 00:55 Using line weight to clarify overlaps 02:08 How lines can be interpreted 02:36 Thinking of lines as roads 03:32 Examples New Masters Academy: drawabox.com/nma Use the code DRAWABOX_1STONLY to get a substantial d...
Drawabox Lesson 1, Boxes: The Y Method
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/organicperspective. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 00:40 Don't think in terms of 1, 2, 3 point perspective 01:20 The Y of the Y method 02:22 Building a box with decisions, not discovering a box that already exists 02:56 Foreshortening 04:34 Rotation 05:12 It's all about convergence 06:03 The return o...
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 10: Organic Perspective
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/organicperspective. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 00:08 A friendly warning 01:10 The exercise, summarized 01:43 Set up your page 01:57 Draw a swoopy line through the depth of the scene 02:18 Construct a Y 02:58 Adding to an existing set of converging lines 03:29 Construct the rest of the box 03:50 D...
Drawabox Lesson 1, Part 3: Rotating Forms, Perspective Grids, and the Concept of Infinity
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/8. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 00:08 Disclaimer 02:31 Looking at the situation from a different angle 02:51 From a straight horizon to a circle 03:18 Bringing in the vanishing points 03:53 Vanishing points move consistently around a circle 04:28 Correcting infinite/non-infinite relative distances ...
Drawabox Lesson 1, Part 3: Foreshortening and Vanishing Points
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/7. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 00:05 Measuring what we can see 00:32 Foreshortening 00:55 As things move away, they appear smaller 01:10 Degree shift 01:51 Vanishing points and convergences 03:09 Applying this concept to simple boxes 04:05 Being specific with terminology 04:37 Horizon line 05:30 V...
Drawabox Lesson 1, Part 3: Boxes and the Absolute Basics of Perspective Projection
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The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/1/6. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com 00:00 Intro 00:24 Our goal 00:38 Not a perspective course 01:33 Why boxes? 01:57 X, Y, Z and Width, Height, Depth 02:54 2D vs 3D 03:16 Projection 03:38 Types of Projection Links from the video: Linear Perspective Master Course with Erik Olson: drawabox.com/nma/linearperspectivem...
Drawabox Lesson 0, Part 5: The Tools We Recommend
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Throughout this course, we try and focus only on having students go out and get tools that will meaningfully impact their learning experience. In this video, we explore exactly why we focus so much on using ink throughout the lessons, why digital tools - while excellent for production - are not the best for learning, as well as some useful tips about your desk setup. The reading for this video ...
Drawabox Lesson 0, Part 4: Getting the Most out of Drawabox
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Corrections: 12:09 As of late September 2022, Patreon released the ability to switch a campaign to a more standard subscription model where you are charged on the same day of the month you signed up. You no longer need to worry about the warning in this section of the video. 13:46 As of July 2023, we closed our subreddit. We didn't agree with how Reddit was engaging with a legitimate concern ra...
Drawabox Lesson 0, Part 3: Changing your Mindset and the 50% Rule
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Drawabox Lesson 0, Part 3: Changing your Mindset and the 50% Rule
Drawabox Lesson 0, Part 2: What are the FUNDAMENTALS?
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Drawabox Lesson 0, Part 2: What are the FUNDAMENTALS?
Drawabox Lesson 0, Part 1: What is Drawabox?
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Drawabox Lesson 0, Part 1: What is Drawabox?
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 6: Things to Remember (Funnels)
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 6: Things to Remember (Funnels)
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 6: Funnels
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 6: Funnels
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 5: Things to Remember (Ellipses in Planes)
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 5: Things to Remember (Ellipses in Planes)
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 5: Ellipses in Planes
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 5: Ellipses in Planes
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 4: Things to Remember (Tables of Ellipses)
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 4: Things to Remember (Tables of Ellipses)
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 4: Tables of Ellipses
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 4: Tables of Ellipses
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 3: Ghosted Planes
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 3: Ghosted Planes
Drawabox Lesson 1: The Levels of the Ghosting Method
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Drawabox Lesson 1: The Levels of the Ghosting Method
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 2: Ghosted Lines
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 2: Ghosted Lines
Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 1: Superimposed Lines
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Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 1: Superimposed Lines
Drawabox Lesson 1: The Principles of Markmaking
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Drawabox Lesson 1: The Principles of Markmaking
This is by far the biggest thing that's been holding me back. I always tried to draw from my shoulder, but end up just doing it from my wrist. Not only did this put so much strain on my hands, it ended up with me chicken scratching everything and lines just looked awful and hard to pull off. I will focus the next few weeks on building my arm dexterity.
For the initial line and boxes, what should their measurement be? I read and listened but I couldn't see it. I am guessing/estimating that the initial box is 1 inch on each side, and then the 4 "side boxes" would be slightly less. The lines (of the "T") would then be 2.25 inches? Or perhaps it does not need to be so precise. It just felt a bit like I should measure out the framework as accurately as I could. Thank you so much for your videos!!
It really doesn't need to be so precise. If we don't mention such things in the material, then you can be fairly assured that it doesn't actually matter.
Thank you so much!! I appreciate your prompt response
Why do we describe learning how to draw as "self-improvement", if it does not reflect on my worth as a person?
Many talk about it in regards to "self-improvement", but I don't for just that reason. People like to reduce complexity into simpler forms, and so it's entirely natural for humans to try and conceive of themselves, or of others, as the totality of... something. What they have, what they can do, how they can contribute... But that doesn't inherently mean that it is the only way to look at things. It is a natural stance to have, but not necessarily a beneficial one, especially if it goes hand in hand with introducing the kind of unrealistic, unreasonable, and ill-informed expectations that can hold us back from achieving those same goals.
@@Uncomfortable I will admit i've had a love-hate relationship with your course and philosophy over the years, but i'm ready to commit to your instruction 100% [50% of the time] on the topic, i think viewing drawing as self-improvement is good. idk, i feel like sometimes we go too far to cushion failure. Like, i feel like a person needs a strong internal drive to learn a skill as complex as this one. and it sorta feels like padding the walls/floors to suggest that you aren't better for having taken on the challenge, and worse for running away from it Eager to dig into your course, i think your principals and words have stuck with me for a reason.. i always had trouble with the "letting go" part of learning, maybe i can, just this once ;)
@@Retrofire-47 I certainly understand being of two minds on this. I find that the issue comes down largely to what traditional school tends to emphasize - don't *just* do the bare minimum, always do more, always strive to be the best you can be, etc. The problem with that is that learning drawing as a skill feels like it's this academic pursuit, but it's a *lot* more like a sport. You can go and play the sport (and you can be bad at it but still successfully play), and you can go and do drills and exercises to improve your skills in a targeted fashion, but at the end of the day, like a sport, the goal is still to play in the games, run the races, etc. This lines up really well with drawing. When people view it as an academic pursuit, they slip back to needing to have a personal role in dictating what it is they do to learn, even when right at the beginning, as a blank slate. A lot of this comes from that deep need for self-improvement, to always be bettering themselves, and to ensure they're not just doing the "bare minimum". But that bare minimum is designed - by me, for whatever that's worth - to account for everything a beginner requires. When they start imposing other ideas on it, other expectations of how learning, and of how learning drawing specifically *should* work in their view, they tend to start building up layers on top of that instruction. Layers that are not necessarily reliable, because they're not based on experience or knowledge. And so they tend to add way more hurdles, and distract themselves from all I really asked - and more than that, with those expectations come even more road blocks into following some of those instructions at all (like the more generalized terror that comes from someone asking a student to draw just for the hell of it, even if they don't know what the thing they're trying to draw looks like in reality). And so not only does this desire for self-improvement overcomplicate the study aspect of things, it also stops them from some of the aspects of the course that strives to help students develop greater resiliency so they *can* do what they need to with confidence, instead of anxiety. That confidence, that willingness to draw things badly, is like a super power - but instead of investing their time in developing that super power, the ability to rocket forward without concern for the shots being taken on them, turning away blades and bullets without slowing down, students are concerned about the very next drawing they'll make. What they fail to realize that the next drawing they make is beyond irrelevant. Your next drawing is never going to be the magnum opus that puts you on the map - it's just going to be another drawing, one of hundreds and thousands. A drop in the bucket. But we prioritize that over the super power that will actually help us get to our goals. Whew, sorry for the rambling - but hopefully that helps get into more detail as to why I don't think the whole self-improvement angle is helpful at this stage. Later, absolutely (if you're pursuing a career or whatever else that requires you to be excellent at the given skills), but right now students want to run hundred meter dashes, but they can't even tie their shoes.
To summarize, you're drawing a sphere made up of flat-topped pyramids all pointing to the center. So, visualize the vanishing point where the center of the sphere would be if it were 3-D. Is that correct?
The result is a series of truncated pyramids pointing towards a shared center, but I would strongly advise you against trying to simplify the exercise into focusing on whatever approach will achieve that result. The exercise itself is in the process we use, and the hurdles it has our brains jumping through. There are many ways to achieve a result, but what you get out of them may differ. One approach may teach you more about one thing, another approach may have benefits towards an entirely different area, and another approach may still get you the result but ultimately impart you with little.
These "tooling" videos are needlessly complex and ultimately redundant. your tutorial would be better if you immediately just got into the act of drawing, imo
My only issue with the 50% rule is, when u limited time to really get any drawing done. Fear of failing isn't the issue im faced with lol.. its the fear of not having the time. But ill give it my all >:)
12:44 we call her God's cow jl;j;lkjl
100 boxes done!!!
Im gonna cry...The last exercise was hellish...Im so happy and grateful for receiving your teachings
The rotated boxes exercise *really* messes with your head. While there are exercises that are objectively harder that you'll run into throughout the course, I don't think there's any others that are quite so emotionally exhausting. So, congratulations on getting through it.
I understand, thank you... Thank you so much
Is anybody else struggling with this? :(
I think the 50 percent rule is amazing, what a cool challenge, even if uncomfortable.
This is like Minecraft house building tutorials 😭
Maybe this is a keyboarding issue creeping up on me with mix learning hehe- Should you be looking at the stuff you actually put down as yor pen connects to the paper? My hand sort of blocks me from seeingn the tip of the pen so even when I free write i never look at my hand, Im never really loooking how im making the letters and stuff as i connect to the paper. THen when i look back it' sloppy and off alignment.
It's entirely normal for your arm to block your view of what you're drawing at certain orientations - but since in this exercise (and through most of our markmaking) we're focusing on executing with confidence so as to maintain a consistent trajectory, it's not necessary to see exactly where your pen is drawing at all times. What we're doing here is getting used to the idea of trusting in the direction the stroke is already going, rather than second-guessing it.
i smeared ink all over the page and was about .5 off each line. YIkes
Is it best to hold the pen from right at the tip, where cap clicks on, or a little up where it's thicker? also 2 fingers or 3 for big hands? :)
I can't speak to how people with different sized hands hold their pens, but generally you don't want to choke up on the tip too much.
filling up pages with a ballpoint pen is something i used to do all the time... ten years ago. the issue you brought up about needing your art to be seen and liked by others is probably why i stopped. guess i'll jump back into it lmao
For the sake of the last 100 cylinder challenge, can i put an point on the corners of the planes of the boxes for the ghosting of ellipse, so that i can follow the same vanishing point of the box ? Or would it be considered cheating?
It's fine.
@@Uncomfortable Thanks for the reply. I would suggest to add things like rules and common pitfalls the website when you are updating the lessons after lesson 2
We're supposed to freehand/ghost to place our vanishing points, right? Not use a ruler to place them after drawing the Y?
Correct.
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Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Heads up - we still have a coupon with NMA, but the one in the video no longer works. You can use the new code DRAWABOX_1STONLY for 25% off your first billing cycle on either the Library or Library+ plans. For the most current coupon/terms, check the banner at the top of the drawabox.com website.
Thank you Uncomfortable, just finishing one of these rotated boxes and looking back at the whole page again. It definitely makes the exercise more doable. That feeling of “I did it! It looks turned!” Even if the box isn’t good, the feeling is there.
That's great. Congrats on pushing through and getting it done!
I just restarted this after a three year lapse. Really trying to make sure to draw from the shoulder. Anyone else feel a burn in the muscles? After 5 sets of lines, my upper arm/shoulder feels sore
There is a lot of valuable general considerations in this video. And at the same time there is no any clear, straightforward guidance of how to proceed. I realize that there is no exact algorithm of doing that. But it would be very helpful just to watch the process of building at least a couple of sample boxes from the beginning to the end when the visual is supplemented by explanation of what and why you are doing this and that. Not the general ideas but very concrete specific reasoning of making this and that decision at each point of the box construction. Some heuristics coming from the author with great experience would be very helpful. And one more thing. By this point we all know how useful ghosting techniques in drawing is. And we all are using it all the time. But your video is just full of dozens and dozens of ghosting movements in all directions at some crazy speed (for ex. 5:12 - 5:47). It doesn't help at all! Just the opposite - it is extremely annoying, irritating and distracting from the subject of this video. It makes your viewers uncomfortable, dear Uncomfortable. :) Other than that thank you very much for your video and I hope it's not the last one on this subject. Actually another video (which is 4 years older) that I accidentally found "Critiques of Homework" has some concrete, constructive guidance and advices for the viewers. . I think that all of those and even some more should be right here!
thank you for breaking things down with humility. demonstrating the line variation at each joint helped me visualize my own movement. when it comes to drawing hair, I’ll try to encorporate my shoulder rather than my chicken scratching wrist
Why are there only corner faced boxes in this exercise? Wouldn't make more sense if they were also facing a face or an edge
As this exercise specifically focuses on convergences and our ability to estimate them consistently, we specifically want to avoid the very specific alignments (where the box is perpendicular to the viewer's angle of sight on one or two axes) that force our vanishing points to infinity. So, we always use concrete vanishing points, which is what the simplification of describing them as corner-facing boxes (or as being in three point perspective) ultimately means.
Thank you for being transparent about the financial aspects of the program
As a writer, I really am grateful to you for this advice.
I think my brain died
I'm pretty sure it's grinding mate lol. If I want to get to level 30 in a video game, I need to grind. I don't just assume I am levelled up enough.
This course is really helpful. It covers almost everything. I have recently started this course. Feels like it's reading my mind and suggest method to improve. Really helpful!
THis video needs to be redone, I can barely undertand you mate.
Perfectionism
so I'm drawing plants for lesson three but the branches are incredibly small.should i draw the ellipses using my whole arm or I can just use my wrist in those situations?
It's not the length of the line that determines which pivot we should be drawing from, it's the qualities the stroke requires. If we're maintaining a consistent trajectory, then drawing from the shoulder is best for that, which is the case for most of the marks we make, including ellipses (though the trajectory shifts in an ellipse, it does so at a consistent rate). That doesn't mean that drawing them from your shoulder is what is easiest - but part of this course does strive to ensure students are able to confidently use whichever pivot a stroke demands, so it's something we expect students to continue to work at throughout their homework for this course. One thing that can help is drawing larger - being comfortable with drawing larger marks from the shoulder definitely helps with smaller marks down the road. Switching to the wrist on the other hand would be sidestepping the problem altogether.