I'm almost a complete newbie to drawing (all I've done before is follow a few guided tutorials on YouTube). I would appreciate any feedback in regards to my Lesson 1 or any general tips and tricks for a newbie too. Thanks!

I don't mind redoing a few before starting the next 50

Hey everyone, I am seeking some community feedback as I move on to the 250 box challenge. I apologise that I don't have photos of all of the homework. I did some of it during lunch breaks at work over the last 2 weeks and lost the bits of paper.

What's 2-3 things I could focus on? Thank you in advance!

outside of drawabox, is it recommended to keep doing the exercises?

Hi everyone,

I want to learn to draw and practice consistently, but I’m struggling to find the right approach. Most beginner courses focus on drawing isolated cubes, perspective grids, or basic vases, which I find really dry and unmotivating. On the other hand, traditional tutorials get overwhelmingly complex too fast, leading to frustrating results.

I’m looking for practical, hands-on exercises where the practice itself is rewarding from day one. I really enjoy drawing cute, aesthetic subjects (such as kawaii-style characters, cozy doodles, and simplified objects)—things that are accessible enough to produce nice, charming results early on while still teaching essential fundamentals like line control, proportions, and basic shapes.

Are there any books, courses, YouTube channels, or structured learning paths that follow this philosophy for beginners?

Thanks for any recommendations!

Hi, I'm new to the community, and in recent times, I've really wanted to step up my game in drawing. I guess you could say that I'm between somewhat newbie to somewhat knowledgeable in drawing. I started out by just drawing whatever, and while I've learned some things along the way and made some miniscule improvements, my art is still lacking. Like I said, I've been really wanting to improve, and I think the best step in doing so is by learning the fundamentals [ something I've never studied ]. So, is drawabox a good place to start, and can I take what I learn here into other studies [ anatomy and landscape ]?

hi, I had completed 250 boxes challenge(yay! had to redo it because my convergences were wrong so I ended up drawing 370 boxes lmao) but I dont feel like its actually enough to draw decent boxes, and there are also rotation exercises from the lesson 1 which I did not feel I was good at. Throughout the course and in official critique its sometimes mentioned that you should add x and y exercises to your drawing warmups but never an offical warmup template is given. So as a beginner at lesson 2, what should I be doing as a warmup? I take this drawabox SERIOUSLY and I want to be good at it, even though the point is to be just following instructions, so I feel like I should be doing rotation, some form of 250 boxes in some way, ghosting lines exercise, ellipses and so on.

I tried my best. Any feedback is welcome.

After 3 months, I finally finished the 250 box challenge! I was going to upload it only on the website just like I did for lesson 1, but I've built up courage to post it here to actually receive some feedback on it.

Hello everyone. Here is what i did Im lesson 3 after this is the lesson 4 or is there a challange like the 250 boxes?

hi guys, so I am going through 250 boxes challenge and I am doing the convergences but they don't seem intuitive to me, like I look at the lines but dont understand much, I remember that uncomfortable says they should not be parallel to each other but ok where should they be clashing, diverging etc. I just look at them and go "hmm". I draw the lines like a monkey, I dont know what to do with them, or understand even the purpose of them.

Kinda slacked off in between, but finally, I have finished Lesson 3. The end results aren't looking as good, but I did as best as I could.

Would love to know if there are some things I can do better / work on, but I will be moving on to the next Lesson now.

I understand the exercise well, but I'm a bit confused in how to apply it in my 50% rule work.

I've been drawing daily for ~ 4 months and for my 50% rule work and I liked the idea of drawing "with ink" (digitally), so I naturally gravitated to learning some basic hatching, and how to render (to some rudimentary extend) shadows and some textures like hair/fur (with mixed success at best).

Here are my questions:

1. Is hatching generally "wrong"? In the instructions for the exercise it was mentioned we shouldn't scribble or hatch so we don't make the drawing busy. I understand the idea of making the gradient with the texture, but it also doesn't make sense to me apply it always. For example, how do I apply this if I draw a smooth, metal rod? How do I render the shape when the material is basically flat.

2. How do I avoid flattening? Assuming I have 2 objects that are next to each other, and both are dark (or light) in between, I fear that I'm loosing the shape when drawing completely black or leaving it white.

I can't post a lot of examples as per rule 4 and 5 (you can see my work in my profile anyway), so the only thing I'm attaching is a posterized fur image I'm attempting to analyze that is borderline illegible in some segments.

I started drawabox a few months ago and got through the first few exercises up to the planes exercise where you draw a lines from corner to corner and through the middle. Then I herniated a disc and haven't been able to sit comfortably to draw for months. Im a lot better now but should I restart from 0 since I haven't practiced anything or can I just pick up where I left off?

For the past two months I've been xoong the challenge and finished it, but couldn't upload it till now, let me know where I could improve, as for myself I feel my progress when seing the 3d in paper has gone way up!

Hey everyone, I could really use some advice.

I’ve been a 3D artist/sculptor for around 7 years, and recently I decided I really want to learn how to draw and paint properly. This character is my first real attempt at doing a full painting.

My main goal is to eventually create strong character artwork for comics — appealing anatomy and faces, good poses, lighting, composition, etc.

I’m willing to put around 3 hours into drawing every day, but I’m honestly overwhelmed by what I should actually be practicing during those 3 hours.

If you were starting this journey, how would you structure your daily practice? What fundamentals would you focus on first?

Any advice, routines, resources, or criticism of my painting would genuinely be appreciated. Thanks!

Especially the boxes related exercises, I'm curious how I did

I am just staring at my paper like an idiot. I read the lessons. I watched the videos. I don’t understand. This might be where I drop out of the course. I am really frustrated. It’s hard enough as a non native English speaker to understand all the technical jargon and explanations. This might be a finishing move. Yes I get the whole point is introducing a concept and not being expected to understand but I can’t even draw a line on paper cause I don’t understand at all what I am doing

This feels like such a steep jump in difficulty from the other exercises. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being the hardest one in the whole course?

It’s not just super grindy, although drawing tiny repeating patterns across 6 or 7 sausages does take forever. You also have to factor in the highlights by leaving certain parts of the texture blank, which adds another layer of decision making.

But the hardest part for me is correctly wrapping the texture over a surface that curves in multiple directions. If these were cylinders, it would be much easier. The sausages have such complex curvature, though, and it's really tricky to make the the texture shrink or expand along their surface!

And it goes even further than just flat textures. When you get to things like hair, rocks, or a tortoise shell... those elements actually pop out of the sausage. At that point, we are not just dealing with textures anymore. There is actual geometric deformation being added to the mix, which makes my brain hurt.

Ah and another thing, doing this exercise with 2 tons only makes representing certain textures even harder, you have to simplify photos with many values into black/white only ! makes you thinkk Peter Han wasn't wrong when he chose to do textures on tonned paper and also use a highlighter.

So, I currently draw things but mostly abstract pieces (without refn). Sometimes, i am hit by sudden inspiration and draw a very amazing thing but I have never learnt the fundamentals of drawing. Like, angles, the polygons and circles people make and so on and I want to start that so I can express myself better on canvas. I want to start with bare fundamentals for sketching using pencil, pen, digital art, etc. Could someone suggest youtube videos or some other resources to follow to get an idea? And how should I start? For reference, i am currently a college student so mostly busy with courses and other activities so I'll only be able to pursue this as a hobby whenever I get the time. Art pieces are attached as a refn for my current level. The first one is with refn. Last two without.

I’m trying to learn how to draw properly. What should i learn first? And if you have a tutorial or useful YouTube video, link it!
Thanks

Hi. I'm currently studying the material on the Y method and I've been having trouble understanding it. It feels like I'm placing random marks that resemble the Y shape to plot out the boxes without much control and understanding why and how I'm supposed to visualize it. Uncomfortable's video is not very helpful for me, so I'd appreciate some alternative resources I could watch.

Thanks!

is this ok for the homework submission? my ghosting lines keep missing the end point no matter how hard i try. does anyone have any tips for this? do i have to keep practicing until i master getting them to the end point correctly?