Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 6: Funnels

[@Ok-uq2ng]

It's fascinating seeing less and less views on each video as more people stop doing drawabox, it's kind of motivating to keep going.

[@mahoufoxxo]

Right? Let's get that draw-a-box-bread

[@TheFabFoo]

Still here as well. Started February 4th :)

[@Ok-uq2ng]

@@TheFabFoo same

[@GrammerPancreas]

Everyone who finishes lesson one is already in the great minority. People who finish listen two are even rarer. But I think this is something more to take pride in than anything, it shows that you committed where most did not.

[@TheFabFoo]

@@GrammerPancreas This is so motivating, thank you. I can not tell you how determined I am to get really good at drawing. I am enjoying the process of being a beginner which I think is very important to sticking at it. I am staying away from comparing myself to others as well, just focusing on me and my goals :)

[@Zeltan88]

What makes me confident while doing your homeworks is, that you too, still make mistakes. 👍🏼

[@Uncomfortable]

Oh boy do I ever.

[@dio_licious]

Paying my respects to the dramatic reconstruction at 0:28 Happy New year, hope 2022 doesn't vomit on your cornflakes.

[@thiagocoppola4957]

2:22 Totally feel that meditative state, two day ago i was procrastinating the elipses in planes exercise, i had half page with some planes in perspective done from the night before, i still had to finish that page with more planes, fill the planes with the elipses and do another page after that, i was so unmotivated to continue, so i decided to do at least ONE plane that night just to keep the flow and maybe finish it in the mornin, suddenly i finished the two pages of elipses in planes that night... Thank you so much for this course ❤❤

[@gothicboulder]

Absolute perfect timing, I just started this one.

[@blackhoundrise8431]

that was challenging but after you set up the page and give it a go. it gets fun. but still challenging

[@inifinite4666]

thank you again for the lessons

[@puffpatsy6350]

this is so relaxing

[@CubicApocalypse128]

This is the one that taught me I'm physically incapable of drawing controlled ellipses. It will never work. If that ever changes I'll come back and edit this comment.

[@shadowsnstars]

the only way to be able to draw controlled ellipses is practice. waiting will only lead to waiting. the more you draw ellipses, the better you will get

[@badpiggies4926]

Update?

[@magehappy1822]

Happy new year, great job.

[@Tempeste]

I hope your year is good!

[@Peranine]

Oh, what? Here I am, heading into 2022, trying to learn how to draw. Adding another skill to the bag.

[@Murimz]

Did ya do it?

[@Peranine]

@@Murimz Not really, no.

[@NobleLaika]

@@Peranine ows

[@mattmiller9752]

@@Peranine whyd you quit?

[@Peranine]

@@mattmiller9752 I'm focusing on writing. That's my true love and what I've done for years, there's only so much time in life and I'd rather be a master of 1 than halfway decent at multiple things.

[@jamidhampton4610]

Happy new year

[@arkadiuszsyrowiec7710]

I understand the concept of an elypse being 'wider' as a given circle goes further away from the viewer, however wouldn't be it going smaller in the other dimension, as it goes further away?

[@Uncomfortable]

So there are two main things to keep in mind - it's not that it gets wider in one dimension and smaller in the other. Rather, think of it as though the *overall* scale (in all both dimensions) gets smaller, and *then* the width in one dimension gets wider. So the widening speaks only to the proportions (the relationship between the two dimensions), but the *overall* scale is still going to be smaller.

[@arkadiuszsyrowiec7710]

@@Uncomfortable I see, thank you for your reply ♥️

[@onionmonk5734]

lmao i just got to this lesson today perfect timing

[@onionmonk5734]

I’m redoing these lessons and WE’RE SO BACK BABY I LOVE BOXES WOOOOOOO

[@kajzanoni]

this exercise is so much fun(nel)

[@ReblazeGaming]

You said you weren't using multiple objects to draw the arcs because you need different sized objects but because you wanted to see which object was best to use, so which do you recommend to use for the arcs? Plates? And is it fine if all the arcs are the same since you're using the same object?

[@Uncomfortable]

Yup, the plates ended up being the best, in my opinion, due to their larger radius. And you're fine just using the same kind of arcs.

[@ReblazeGaming]

@@Uncomfortable Thanks, I also want to thank you for being so active in these comments. I've never seen someone run a course or have youtube videos but be so responsive on the videos :)

[@8EnfEnEt8]

@@Uncomfortable I would appreciate having this information in the article. Even reading through the article now this is not clear (especially with the example homework having different arcs)

[@grqfes]

i just somehow casually took a plate from my kitchen with both my parents in it without being asked why once. somehow i got away with it without having to explain. i overcame my biggest roadblock. wow.

[@ronaksinha5662]

Happy new year sensei!!

[@cynthiarote6532]

marking all of the page first gave me so much anxiety just looking at the page 😂😂

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

I want to know your thoughts on the 2 ellipse rotations vs Scott Robinson’s 1 rotation method. Scott says that it’s better to have 1 badly drawn vs 2+ overlapping because you can’t see where the original target is. Are you just trying to get us to improve accuracy by going over and over ? It doesn’t seem to be working for me whereas Scott’s technique looks more presentable. Quite often I’ll get a good ellipse and then screw it up by overlapping it with a slightly different ellipse.

[@thechannelofultimatedestiny]

I think scott's method is better for picture making and this method is meant to practice confidence and follow-through.

[@nelsongraham108]

@@thechannelofultimatedestiny ya its just more practice to use the shoulders I think.

[@hoangson7976]

thank thank thank you so muchs ♥

[@KarmaZeusBoi]

Sorry about your flood

[@Uncomfortable]

Hahaha, thank you. In the end, we're in a much nicer apartment, and now we have an adorable cat too! The last place didn't allow them. So we took an awful situation and took it as an opportunity to improve things.

[@suzysquidink]

This one made me feel like I have zero control over my own arm lmfao, but I did my best 😅

[@konstantinkapfhammer6637]

I am not rotating my paper during the exercises to learn how to draw from different angles. After doing this exercise and all other line- and ellipse exercises, my right hand shakes and my whole right body-half feels a bit nauseous 😂

[@grqfes]

you raw doggin the edge of the paper like that?? 🤔

[@totan6142]

The website for the section earlier states not to do that for grinding since we'll have plenty of opportunities later to gain that experience. For now he encourages rotating the page to the most comfortable position

[@SquishyChameleon]

Darn my stupid square dinnerware set.... 😭🤣

[@isabela166]

♡

[@DallasUzumaki]

This funneling is getting over my head :/ Any tips?

[@crustykeycap5670]

I just did this yesterday lol

[@WAGYUUU_]

Same lol

[@colourmequaint9690]

Thank you! While I really appreciate you showing your mistakes, I also would expect you to be better at it after having gone through the entire "course" (probably more than once). I don't mean this as critisizm, but I kind of wonder what the point of all of it is if I end up making the same mistakes after 6 months to a year. Or were you much worse before? Am I.misunderstanding something? 😀 Nonetheless, I appreciate this a lot and am truly enjoying the exercises so far . Also, you english is amazing 😊

[@Uncomfortable]

To put it simply, I'm pretty far out of practice. I did these exercises a fair bit when I was learning this kind of material (back in 2013), and I'd practice them periodically afterwards, but as Drawabox has grown, the focus of my time has shifted from being an illustrator and concept artist (which I did do professionally for a time) to focusing only on teaching. That is, doing critiques, producing lesson material, etc. Some of the skills students learn here - especially the primary focus on spatial reasoning - I still hold onto quite strongly, because it's more of an abstract skill that is reinforced every time I have to do a demonstration for a student as part of a critique. But when it comes to some of the more basic technical proficiencies, especially when it comes to doing them traditionally (all of my professional work is done digitally), I am liable to be a bit clumsy at times. As much as I would love to be able to keep up with those exercises, students are more likely to benefit from me focusing on being an instructor - updating the lesson material, giving them feedback, etc. And given that this is the focus of my career at the moment (I've been doing Drawabox full time for almost a couple years now), there's really no alternative choice. At least, not until I'm actually able to complete the overhaul of the material, delegate more work to TAs, and move myself into a more supervisory role which will allow me to go back to pursuing my own personal goals once again.

[@johnbowman3630]

@@Uncomfortable I swear this guy was just trolling, yet you made a classy reply to him. It's obvious you're just trying to teach here, yet this clown has to go and take a cheapshot at you criticizing your skills based off of an educational exercise... don't sweat people like this, there are so many grateful folks like me who are enjoying the learning process! Kudos for your hard work - keep it up, keep grinding on the technical/logistical side of it - you're building a nice community here and carving out your niche at the same time. Cheers!

[@Uncomfortable]

@@johnbowman3630 It's very easy to label people as trolls, and in so doing, we can end up disregarding someone who's asking a genuine question - just because that question is a little bit off base. I do not think they were trying to troll. Their concern is a valid one, especially when choosing whether or not to commit themselves to a course that can take many months, or more. All the same, I appreciate your encouragement.

[@johnbowman3630]

@@Uncomfortable Indeed! I'm just starting on the 'boxes' portion meself. Ellipses were fun! Something about drawing circles is so viscerally satisfying.

[@TheRealZXXZ]

New lesson?

[@timthetimes4865]

are you still drawing?

[@greeny.official]

:D funnels

[@factwithmee4265]

First like first comment

[@hippolytanine2852]

when u astrolger and this looks like pieces symbol to u lol

[@inifinite4666]

thank you again for the lessons

[@tuananhtran7518]

happy new year