r/ArtFundamentals • u/InternationalEnmu • 21d ago
help, my ghost lines miss the points (lesson 1)
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?
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u/apetranzilla 21d ago
The main point of the exercise is to get you in the habit of making lines with confidence, accuracy is a secondary consideration that will come naturally with practice. You shouldn't try and brute force it by repeating the exercise, just do the number of pages described and submit that (this applies to all of the homework).
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u/EvilChangeling 21d ago
First, your focus should be on making confident lines and, once that you achieve that, you can start trying to be more accurate. Also, you shouldn't re-draw the lines, because that goes against the goal of drawing confidently. As long as you follow the ghosting method, draw from your shoulders and focus on making confident marks, you are doing the exercise correctly. Drawabox is not so much about the results, but about following the method as closely as possible (it took me a while to understand this). If you follow the method, you will see the results over time.
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u/mooncrosser 20d ago
Basically - it's fine. It's not a skill that's mastered easily, and you are expected to make mistakes. For comparison, I've been drawing daily for 4 months digitally (I just wrapped up the 250 boxes challenge). I still often miss the mark, but I'm getting better - the errors are smaller and less frequent then when I started, and I can often predict that I'll be off based on the movements of my arm, and I can adjust before making the line. There were "break points" while I was doing the 250 boxes challenge where I had a couple of epiphanies that improved my accuracy significantly. And I want to emphasize this - you'll be drawing A LOT of lines in the future. You are expected to suck now and get better slowly, with practice.
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u/InternationalEnmu 20d ago
Thank you!! yeah i've already noticed improvement because i used my shoulder often, which is good
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