250 Box Challenge
7:08 PM, Friday May 3rd 2024
Over the course of time doing this challenge, I forced it upon myself to do at least one a day (at least at the halfway mark I think), because one of my problems is staying consistent. I had developed some habits and thoughts along the way I feel worth noting if you are able to answer them:
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I always made my lines away from me diagonally to the right of me and turned the paper as needed to do so. Is that a bad thing to not adapt to other directions or changing the way I do it from any direction?
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Oftentimes I had the problem of the backline being off on boxes, and debating whether it was best to have two good angles and one really off/bad angle vs having 3 off a little bit through a compromise. I'm not sure which is better between the two, but I often went with the first option of making 2 good lines and 1 bad vs 3 bad ones but not AS bad.
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Is it normal to question myself and thinking if I want to pursue learning art when I found this challenge boring despite noticing improvement along the way? In general, I like the idea of the finished product and have many ideas I wish to draw while also understanding that the basics are needed to do so, but does it matter if I force it mentally even if I don't enjoy it vs if I were to actually enjoy doing this and having fun with it?
Maybe just a mentality thing? I dunno, my parents were questioning me during this the last week and asking if doing this challenge motivated me to do more, with me not having a clear answer and being unsure due to reasons stated above and suggesting the option of having more direct feedback in person with some kind of art course at a college ha ha! Happy I proved I could do this all the same, but still had me thinking overall.
Appreciate your time and I wish you a good rest of the day! :)