Drawabox: The 250 Box Challenge

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 Corner
08:06 Line Extensions
09:19 Brief Overview of the Assignment
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[@Uncomfortable]

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[@ryze_xspitez2920]

Started DrawABox exactly 70 days ago. You can tell Uncomfortable has true passion in trying to lead his community of artist into the correct direction. This exercise is merely a single hurdle among many. Now let’s draw some boxes 📦.

[@taxidermydriver]

the "congratulations" caption while the guy is running from the box in terror is the funniest thing ever

[@Uncomfortable]

Yeaaaah I noticed that during the premiere and considered fixing it. I probably will......... Eventually.

[@taxidermydriver]

@@Uncomfortable no dont fix it !!

[@jevilcatfan123]

Aw dang he fixed it

[@ryze_xspitez2920]

The absolute center piece of DrawABox just got a remaster

[@mothprincess9661]

If you're in the middle of the challenge and are confused about having missed the need to separate the first 50, second 50, and remaining 150, don't worry! It's a new change to the challenge as of early 2024 and if you started beforehand you don't need to follow that bit.

[@wonfii4776]

im on box 87 so im well on my way already, but ill still give it a watch for a refresher!

[@duskgod]

How's it going? I am on... box 2.

[@mathiaskakarot0349]

I was just about to start this challenge

[@wonderbread840]

Exciting stuff. Just finishing lesson 1 tonight so this is right on time. I like the change to the first 50 with the addition of vanishing points

[@Gossamer24]

Very excited to start this part of Drawabox, given it's the first thing I knew about it when signing up. Thank you for the detailed overview and explanation of the project!

[@usbgamers123]

Just as I finished the challenge lol, but glad it will still help the newcomers!

[@breadifies2800]

This new update came right on schedule lol, just finished the last of my organic boxes homework, ready to charge on with this challenge!!

[@Ogrem]

Mastering simple forms & volumes is the way to mastery

[@matiascarreira1542]

Im finishing lesson 3 and these videos are still helpfull, thank you uncomfortable

[@3ngan498]

Amazing!

[@skyhavender]

Heavens this is insain! All this just to learn to draw a bit well. 😮

[@taxidermydriver]

i'll be starting the second part of the 250 cylinders exercise soon which involves drawing 100 more boxes so i guess i'll be watching this

[@snerpletiger8761]

Holy shit. 26 minutes ago? You work hard dude.

[@bluebean8450]

Thankyou❤

[@cavemann_]

My old nemesis...

[@Ailerom]

I finished this challenge in October last year and only got back into drawing yesterday due to reasons... Curious timing.

[@lilyming1079]

Just started the first 6 boxes a month ago, and is about to draw the next 6 boxes today then find the texts and videos look different lol The new video is uploaded just one week ago haha

[@DevTheRay]

I'll never forgive you for this challenge😭

[@Tech_coffee]

The intro… LOL 😂

[@user-pc7bt1bi5i]

do I need to start from the beginning? because I did finished the the lesson 0 and 1 back in February 2023, but it took soo long to get 2 people to let me go through to the next lesson, from days becoming weeks and then months later I already forgot about Drawabox.

[@Uncomfortable]

No, you don't have to start over. I would however recommend reviewing the lesson material (without redoing the homework) from Lesson 0 to fill in any gaps in your memory. Then spend some time focusing only on the exercises that would fall into your warmup pool - my usual rule of thumb is 1 week of those warmup exercises for every year you've been away. That said, when it comes to getting feedback, community critique is of course not reliable in terms of if and when you'll receive it - but the unofficial critique exchange program students run on our discord chat server (which was briefly mentioned in Lesson 0 where we discuss the various feedback options) helps a lot in improving that reliability.

[@dheerajchourey333]

I finds it kind of uneasy to completely focus on this challenge for 1 month or so, so can i continue with the lesson no.2 while i keep making boxes for this challenge as a side quest ? Or does this challenge servers as a foundation for lesson 2 ?

[@Uncomfortable]

We do feel it's best that students complete the box challenge before moving onto Lesson 2. Just be sure to balance it with the 50% rule, as spending all of your time drawing boxes would indeed be pretty mind-numbing.

[@dheerajchourey333]

Thanks for the reply, i really appreciate that you and your team tries to give its best maintain quality content, even though only 20 % of the students are continuing on these lessons.

[@SCARRIOR]

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.

[@paullittle9187]

Hell Week comes early on in BUD/S as well for Navy SEAL candidates. I believe it happens in just the third week of training. Just in case you were looking for a parallel.

[@EzekielD69420]

Is it absolutely necessary to do this in ink? I'm learning digitally and don't want to buy more supplies, I have no issue using an ink brush and not erasing/undoing.

[@Uncomfortable]

Be sure to go through the course from the beginning, starting at Lesson 0, as it explains in detail why we push students to work with certain tools, as well as other important matters. You'll find this point explained on this page: drawabox.com/lesson/0/4