Something I found helps is ghosting the entire 'follow through'. Since the goal is to draw the ellipse twice, I ghost going around twice, then pause for a moment, then repeat, sort of like a heartbeat rhythm. That makes it feel more natural to draw it exactly twice once the pen actually hits the page.

Thank you Uncomfortable for this huge amount of knowledge! I am on lesson 3 already and what you teach really help me a lot to draw a better :D

I was struggling with confidence in my ellipses at first and managed to fix it by picking up speed and thinking in my head the words "Beeaaauuutiful ellipse" whenever I was drawing them out. For some reason drawing ellipses used to make me anxious and that little mantra fixed it. Perhaps it was because making a perfect ellipse freehand is nigh impossible?

@daytonagreg8765

Жыл бұрын

I did the same to make more perfect circles. I started thinking to myself “round”, “round”, “circle” and dang it sure worked.

It’s absolutely incredible that you have so much high quality content available for free. These lessons are excellent

Thank you so much for the free education . So structured. , so detailed. I am at lesson 1 , Ellipses , doing everything that was said in 'lesson 0' , reading as well as watching videos , following all instructions . Hope to see improvements by the time I come to the end of these lessons😁. Ty once again for all your effort . Update 14.08.2021 - still going strong lesson 2 organic intersections 🔥🤗

@bushidoh8316

2 жыл бұрын

Hows your improvement?

@aqualolaquintecent9553

2 жыл бұрын

@@bushidoh8316 well getting better every day , have started noticing little little things. Haven't drawn in a week , busy schedule but now whenever I start ,not afraid to sketch , ik I will get there hehe

@bushidoh8316

2 жыл бұрын

@@aqualolaquintecent9553 Awesome. I'm still at lesson 1 and hoping to get better

@aqualolaquintecent9553

2 жыл бұрын

@@bushidoh8316 you will , jus keep going as instructed 👍🏻

@bushidoh8316

2 жыл бұрын

@@aqualolaquintecent9553 thanks man

I cant wait till you get to the perspective segment!

Feels like I had a breakthrough doing these exercises. I stopped hesitating after doing the ghosting with the ellipses and kept doing the same movement but lowered the pen slightly onto the paper. I know that's the way the course teaches doing it, but when I first took the course and dropped it I would do the ghosting too fast and then pause for a second instead of continuing the momentum from the ghosting. I hope this is a permanent breakthrough, looking forward to continuing to improve my abilities as the course continues

I discovered drawabox at 2020 but couldn't focus to it. This time I am gonna make real progress. (03.02.23)

@toham2137

2 ай бұрын

where are you now ?

@MehmetSarkd

2 ай бұрын

@@toham2137 Sadly not much progress. I am at the last exercise of lesson 1. I want to do this course but I have other stuff that I need to fix

thank you for the demonstration, much appreciated.

Let's give it a try! Thank you for all the knowledge you're sharing :)

17/06/22 everyday doing one exercise of everything I need to do, thank you for making this possible and free!

thank you so much sensei for the knowledge!!

thank you! This is really helping me upgrade my lacking foundation.

I tried this lesson before the new videos, but gave up and I've only just started again. That may have been the best plan haha

these lessons are awesome. just are.

Thank You very much Uncomfortable. Are there any other websites like yours where others like you are offering this much knowledge for free ?

@Uncomfortable

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don't really keep track of other websites that do things in a similar way. I'm sure they're out there, but you'll probably have more luck by asking others.

@ubiquitousgamer9176

3 жыл бұрын

ctrl paint is one good website, but it is focused more on digital art.

I Fr tried draw a box and stopped😂 Might give it another go this summer

@ThatPash

3 жыл бұрын

How's it going?

@benjaminkleese9229

Жыл бұрын

Bummer dude. Less for you more for us 😊

You're the bestoooooo

Perfectionism

i love you kiersten, nice ellipses dude

I think it’s kinda funny how he has just a hint of more seriousness in this vid than the previous one like he’s seen too many people messing this one up.

i think that the people that disliked this video fail the course

I tried this exercise for a bit and found an observation. Are we allowed to put marks on the page? A dot on the points where the eclipse touch helps me visualize during the ghosting method.

@Uncomfortable

2 жыл бұрын

Putting the odd little point down is entirely fine. Not strictly necessary, but it definitely leans into the ghosting method's "planning" phase where we determine the specific properties of the mark we wish to make.

@blindseer6154

2 жыл бұрын

Got it. Thanks for the clarification.

The legend

My problem is, I can't decide whether to draw the ellipses clockwise or anti-clockwise..

I find smaller ellipses harder. Maybe it's hard to get that finer control with my shoulder?

@Uncomfortable

2 жыл бұрын

It is entirely normal to find smaller marks harder to execute. It's for that reason that we simply need more practice to get used to engaging our whole arm from the shoulder when drawing those smaller lines and ellipses. It will get easier with mileage and experience. Also, be sure to use the ghosting method for those marks as well. When they're smaller, we have a tendency to spend less time preparing for them than we should.

I keep overshooting the edges, and while i do it fast, it looks like the "no" oval...

Does the direction you use to draw the ellipses matter? I see you´re doing it counterclockwise while I try to do it clockwise (sorry for the stupid question)

@Uncomfortable

4 ай бұрын

No, you're fine drawing your ellipses in whatever direction you find most comfortable.

are we supposed to do the line exercises daily? As in, the first lessons? Or do we just move on and continue through the lessons?

@Uncomfortable

Жыл бұрын

You can review these notes on warmups from Lesson 0: drawabox.com/lesson/0/3/warmups Just keep in mind that the exercises you're doing here won't go into your "warmup pool" until you've finished the lesson and received your critique. So as you work through Lesson 1, you won't be doing warmups, but you will start doing the Lesson 1 exercises as part of a regular warmup routine once you move onto the 250 box challenge, having had Lesson 1 marked as complete.

So umm Uncomfortable I finished this exercise but I am not satisfied with how it looks The eclipses are having those sharp edges. Should I do this exercise one more time?

@Uncomfortable

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe, maybe not. But the decision shouldn't be left up to you, because you (and everyone else) will always lean more towards doing another page. Instead, in this course we complete the assigned pages for each exercise to the best of our current ability, and when it's all done, we get others to look at our work for us (either through free community feedback or paid official critique), so they can tell us what we do understand, what we don't understand (and explaining those things again), and whether we are good to continue moving forwards (while incorporating the exercise into your regular warmup routine), or if we need to do additional pages of certain exercises to show that we understood the explanations correctly. This gives us access to someone who is likely to be more objective, so we don't accidentally get trapped in a loop of grinding an exercise aimlessly.

@vijayalaxmimadineni1902

2 жыл бұрын

@@Uncomfortable thank you I will ask in discord if the homework was good to continue

I'm having problems with the "resistance" of the paper with my hand

yo

have you ever met anyone who is physically incapable of drawing an ellipse???? WELL NOW YOU HAVE

@ashleycatz

2 жыл бұрын

well it definitely sounds like you don't have much confidence in your strokes. that's a very important thing to have. are you using your shoulder?

@itsgeet

2 жыл бұрын

handicap people who don't have any appendages what so evern are physically incapable of drawing ellipses. or if you have any medical conditions like shaky hands or something. sure thatd be unfortunate and it won't be your fault. but if that's not the case, stop using this excuse and start practicing.

I am seeing some movement around your wrists (pivot)

Why must it be tight and the edges must be touching the ellipse?

@cyansalvatore6011

11 ай бұрын

Because that is the point of the exercise. To improve both accuracy and confidence.

Uncomfortable, are you sure about this drawing every single eclipse exactly twice? You don't really cite why this is a good idea or any source for it

@Uncomfortable

9 ай бұрын

It simply helps students to better focus on the primary priority of confidence and engaging the whole arm, so as to achieve a more even shape, rather than getting caught up in the accuracy of the ellipse. Throughout this course you're going to run into a lot of places where I give instruction without elaborating on why. This is generally in the case of minor things (of which there are many, and elaborating on each one individually would swell this already dense course well beyond what is reasonable). There's also something to be said about what I mention in Lesson 0, in regards to discouraging min-maxing and the tendency for students to *need* to understand first before they're willing to attempt the exercises. While I don't expect everyone to agree with this approach, I've found avoiding over-explaining in areas that do not warrant it to be in most students' best interest.

Anyone here in 2024