These are my most recent Blobs to Boxes. I do feel a little unimaginative with the project and find myself folowing the same routine with each set of Blobs ! I'm not sure how to vary things more. Looking at the drawings I've posted, I've just noticed that I've lost diminution alot too, as I've got larger boxes further away! I've also noticed you can't see my blobs ! So I've highlighted them in the second image.

This was so much fun!! And so very important. I am used to sketch my designs in blobs. Which is great if you want to draw movement and dynamic poses. But the advantige of drawing boxes over the blobs is that you get way more acurate with shape and placement. In my blobsketch the placement of the wings is off (too much to the left.) But I only figured that out after I drew the boxes. If there is any other stuff that you can correct me on, I would very much appreciate it.

Here are some attempts since the demo. I thought I was doing well until I went away for a minute after finishing them. When I came back the boxes look distorted and the red hidden edge lines really made it worse for me, as the boxes can change there appearance with them drawn in. That said I think the red lines emphasise the distortion of the boxes I've drawn. I need a lot of practice on this but would like to think I was practicing good methology than wrong. Any advise to help to sort out the head box thinking to address the visual errors would be much appreciated. Thanks for this great exercise.

Stan, thanks for the Demo. The box size, (diminution), rhythm, sticking to the original blob, pencil weight, foreshortening, the twist, convergence, I think I have a better understanding in my head box. I go practice.

Thanks for lesson 100 / 1 I'm going straight into reverse,, Back to the Future to lesson 1 /100 simulatneously. How is that even possible? Can anyone draw me a diagram of the machine? I'll Patent it ! :)

Ladytruck II

Excuse me Mr. Teacher .. didn't you tell us to make it in 3 point perspective? Also ... why do I feel like the proportions of your boxes are a bit ... wonky? ^^

Can anyone help me out? I though I was beginning to understand. I do understand the major axis to be perpendicular to the minor axis. Thing is when looking at the drawing video I lost track of how the minor axis was derived. Help using this drawing screen capture would be great thanks.

@Stan Prokopenko Thanks for the critique - have you realized yet that the next lesson of this course will be N°100 and will there be cake?

Edit Great critiques, thanks for sharing them. Stan, at the end of the video you said you are moving on to intuitive Perspective. I thought this project was considered intuitve perspective drawing of Vehicles on Wheels. Intuitive being construction too, as there is no actual measuring (ruler) throughout. So what type of perspective has the Vehicle on Wheels been, if you moving on to intuitive perspective next ? I enjoyed this project, I understand more about how to approach drawing Vehicles on wheels. Is it good to practice drawing many squares and ellipses in perspective in hope of drawing a good one? If the square in perspective is wrong to start, then a good ellipse isn't possible. Thanks for highlighting how to achieve the correct angle of an ellipse during the critique video; The major axis being perpendicular to the minor axis. What is a good method to draw a known good square in perspective for comparison with intuitive attempts ? Thanks again

I'm super happy with the pipe's explanation. Talking about brain farts I've realized I knew that angle intersections thing while I was doing fingers in hands drawings, but this time I made it obviously wrong🫣. Did some sketches along watching the critique, can't wait for next lessons :)

Thanks again for the critique Stan "The Proko" Prokopenko (mine, and the others critique). I think you were very clear, it's just, like you said it on one critique, sometimes our brain just Farts LOL. You're the best!

Tanks for the Tank Demo It's great to observe the intuitive drawing. again. Nice Tank too.

This is really a box question. I'm posting it here, as for me it'll help me understand the foundation box at the beginning of the monster truck. I looked at earlier videos but didn't resolve my issue. When you get to the end of the video you ghost in the back of the box (truck) to include the Cylindrical unit ( Turbo Fan). I tried to copy this to the box posted below but it didn't look right. I kept rubbing out the lines as it just looked odd. I thought I'd draw the 3 point ? initial box and Ghost in the back of the box. No matter how I ghost it in, it looks weird. Adding the ghost lines also seems to change the illusion of how I see the box from beneath. Can anyone advise how to go about this. It could be that my starting 3point box is wrong ? Thanks

I was thinking again after watching the introduction to the ellipse. Although an ellipse is used to draw the circle in perspective. A circle in perspective is really an oval because the circle and circle in perspective use the same centre, meaning the nearer half is larger than the further away half, which would be smaller, and would not pass the fold test. Any advise would be appreciated to confirm this thought. Thanks

Edit I think (clunk clunk) Re - Z-Axis - 15.40 mins into Video. So the Z-Axis is the same as the minor axis ( wheel Axial) ?

I tend to draw grids to guide me, but I've decided to try this more intuitive approach following demo. Not gonna lie, it was no fun, I like the outcome as a doodle at the end, but I got lost between all those lines several times... 🪢

Stan, thanks for the intuitive Demo. Yeah. You mention 7 mins in that you didn't use a grid and refered to a previous lesson. Don't beat me up, please, but which lesson was that ?

I was looking forward to this project until I found myself really struggling to work through a logical approach. In the video 1. Draw the vehicle out line 2. Make it 3D using 3 Point Perspective, paying attention to converging lines. 4. Draw wheels as boxes and then ellipses. 5. Use X-ray vision to establish the opposite site and Wheel orientation. Well, it sounded like a plan, but hasn't quite worked out well for me. I find everything very quickly get's out of control and turns to mush ! That's after reviewing the earlier lessons. I am only posting one of my drawings, which is really the best I've done so far. Even my ellipses aren't great, but I do understand the ellipse now and how it's a circle in perspective. I've looked at other drawings in the comments forum. Some are clearly expert. I've tried to understand their construction but seek further - monkey see monkey do - help to get there. Any further advice would be amazing.

Level 1 - old race car ‘inspired by’ Maserati 250F. Level 2 - a made up tracked vehicle that puts out fires instead of starting them (echoing @Johannes Schiehsl re tanks!) inspired by Antarctic tracked vehicle.