I can draw a somewhat straight line especially if I use the 2 point method but whenever I try to apply my learnings I noticed I can't really eyeball a straight vertical/horizontal lines. It's always slanting instead of being straight. So I have to rely on a right angle ruler to check if my lines are straight or slanted and its such a pain cause it messes up the start of my boxes.

I want to be able to eyeball if my line is straight or if it's at an angle, are there exercises I can do?

Did lesson one actually end up helping you like, at all? like did it genuinely help you and an artist?

Like does spending that entire first lesson drawing all those boxes, did is actually help you like, at all?

I ask because when I started drawing these exercises were never part of my learning, we just broke down figures into their basic shapes and then applied that to the type of art we wanted to learn.

Like I see so many "I finished lesson one" posts and I'm just like...oookay? but what did that teach you?

Hi. After two months of battling my ADHD (and my laziness, haha), I finally managed to finish the lesson.

Please, I’d like to get some feedback and know whether I should continue or not. Thanks :D

So, since I've started learning to draw from 0. I've been watching Chommang's videos on how to draw and doing Drawabox at the same time.

Then, I'd simply draw things that I liked with references. I also noticed that I've become a lot more patient when drawing. Before I hated ghosting but now I do it all the time.

I know its a weird question. I am not ambidextrous, but I really want to have skills on bith my hand. I have been doing the lessosn with both hands (i do the lesson once with my right, and then take it again with my left), but it has made the journeg take teixe as long, and i dont know if its halting my progress; how should I approach this?

As the title suggests, i do not feel like I'm learning or I'm going to learn much 3d spatial awareness from constructing boxes on the paper using the Y method. The exercises overall feel like a roundabout way of practicing longer-than-usual ghosting between two points and adhering to above a certain standart of line quality.

Even if the result comes off as a decent looking 3D-ish box at almost no point of the construction phase that i feel like i am really using my spatial awareness or I'm really pushing my brain to think in 3d( compared to when i was learning the loomis method and applying it to references, which was very intensive), how the planes should be positioned regarding one-another. The method already gives you 3 vanishing points so all I'm left to do is to correctly guess the intersection points and mark down the back edges before lining.

This is not to say that I'm already a master in linework or ghosting , i oftentimes lose my patience and not ghost enough, or lose my ideal drawing posture and draw from elbow or the wrist, or subconsciously try to rush the process and "be done with" this day's 5 boxes, so to say. This last page definitely came off as the messiest one since a bit of demotivation-fueled autopilot mixed up with tryning to use both sides of the page with a oily pen.

To sum it up I'd like to change my approach to the exercise so I'm more cognitively active in the process and actually learning something about 3D rather than feeling like doing a really long warm-up.

Hello, my name is Erick, for a while I always wanted to learn to draw, I always enjoyed seeing and admiring the drawings of famous artists (especially manga artists), and web artists, and in the middle of this year 2026 I tried to start drawing, initially I searched on YouTube for videos on how I should begin, what the fundamentals of drawing are, and in what order to start.

Initially, I started with the foundation of the lines (but I didn't practice much), and then moving on to shapes, and after about a week just doing whatever I felt like, I ended up stopping and now I'm getting back into it.

So, I'd like some tips on what I should focus on, which fundamentals to prioritize, and a little help when I decide to post my potential drawings here. :)

Pls critique if I should move on or not

So started somewhat around 2 weeks back drawing absolute beginner, the school level drawings were basic and nothing anywhere near you call 'ART' but they were better compared to other kids in class and now I'm in late 20s I started practicing digital art on krita this is my progress, I want to draw semi realistic faces and original characters, if you see familiar faces some of them are traced but few like 3 4 maybe, others I'm trying with or without references mostly
I ant to know how should I approach learning drawing and getting better at it

Can you move through draw-a-box without critique, or is that against the rules? Is it a rule that you have to get critique or is it more of a strong recommendation?

I found the textures analysis sooo hard and the intersections just broke my brain but I had to remind myself "the boss said he expected us to fail, let's trust the process"

Lesson 2 was extremely satisfying I didn't know I could do that :)

I changed pens a few times because my first one broke, and then I got a ink pen.

Can I proceed to lesson 2/250 boxes challenge?

Am i ready for the 250 box challenge?

Thanks!

I've been drawing consistent-ish for about 6 months but I really want to start getting better now. I understand this is mainly a draw-a-box sub-reddit and I have started on that too (going through box perspective rn and its going pretty well) . But I was wondering if there were some well acclaimed courses, ytube playlists and/or books that taught the fundamentals like line form perspective? Also if there are better communities for questions like this can y'all please recommend them?

Hi everyone!

I just need a short reassurance since I‘m arguing with my brain.

I started the lessons two days ago and there‘s just one thing that confuses my brain every time: the starting box. This thing just seems like a cuboid and my brain assumes we‘re doing a cuboid throughout the lesson but that doesn‘t work with the exercises and I tell my brain that we’re doing rectangular boxes even if it doesn’t seem like it at first and after finishing and comparing my work to other works I‘m like "okay looks fine, no cuboids anywhere else".

So if we‘re speaking of boxes, we mean rectangular things, right? Right??

I‘m so tired of arguing with my brain.

(I know this question sounds stupid to some people. But my brain just operates different, so don’t blame me for not reading instructions or stuff bc I do and follow them but brain is confused with the visible input of the very first box and I need someone uninvolved to clear things up, please.)

Trying to find online art classes to help enhance my drawing, painting, and tattooing skills. Not looking for an online class that incorporates all three, looking for separate onlime classes that focus on each thing. Im a combat veteran with extreme socialization problems, and who prefers not to leave the house or have face to face interactions with others. Can somebody recommend the right online programs for me that arent apart of a degree plan. Im not looking to earn a degree. I just want to take classes, and it cant be apart of a university or college.

Olá! Tudo bem? Quero começar a aprender a desenhar, vou começar direto no digital, mas enquanto minha mesa digitalizadora não chega, gostaria de visitar a teoria e coisas que podem me ajudar no desenho, podem me orientar com livros, tutoriais, ou qualquer coisa que vocês acham que vai me ajudar?

Some information if needed:
I am beginner with only a little art background.
These exercises were done in 10 days, with 2-3 hours of studying daily.
All exercises except Organic Perspective were done in ballpoint, the last two were done with 0.5 fineliner.
Random pencil squares (in Table of Ellipses, Ellipses in Planes and Funnels exercises) are for me, to highlight some mistakes. If needed, I can erase and take picture again.
Don't go easy on me and thank you for your feedback.
And lastly, a couple of questions:
Can I move on to 250 box challenge?
Do I need to include Super-Imposed Lines exercise in my regular warm-up? I did up until now, but Comfy stated multiple times throughout Lesson 1 that all free-handed strokes are to be made using the ghosting method, and Super-Imposed Lines exercise doesn't include Preparation step of the said method, so I wonder if doing it can hinder my progress.

Hi I’m interested in drawing people/video game characters and I started drawabox lesson 1 and got to the last homework but I had to stop do to things because of that I don’t remember to Much of lesson 1 would drawabox be helpful for learning how or should I look at something else

Just finished Lesson 1! Appreciate any critiques or advice; I can handle it! 

I really enjoy it so far; I definitely feel more confident in my lines. Looking forward to the 250-box challenge.