Drawabox Kinda Sucked

Your editing cracked me up.

what helped me is the 50% rule from lesson 0. The box grinding was brutal, but i broke it up into 10-15 boxes a day for however many days. I would then draw whatever i wanted to. It breaks up the monotony so you can work on stuff you like. I just finished the box challenge and it sucked ass, but it definitely helped my abilities. another great resource i used was the free videos on CTRL+PAINT. The first few sections can be done traditionally, but it also delves into working with a digital medium. I will eventually go digital when i can get a tablet, and Ctrl+ paint seems like a great resource for that transition.

i think Drawabox promotes obsessive behaviors that are really, really draining on the mind. it is also contradictory to his message of drawing more spontaneously. i gave up the first time because i just found it extremely demoralizing and soul-crushing as doing the same basic thing [drawing a straight line 600 times] in probably the most expressive thing on Earth [art]. line drawing and drawing good ellipses is an autonomous skill -- muscle memory -- that i think you learn naturally as you actually draw things. idk about the rest. maybe it gets better... i like the concept of it

Traditional art forces you to get everything right I love digital art if I had a drawing tablet I would use it but I'm so happy I learned how to draw and paint without it because artists who exclusively draw on digitally and haven't learned how to draw traditionally get too used to things like being able to back up a step or have layers or put a square around an eye so you can move it a little bit.

Yeah it’s not been going well for me. It’s like a year and so far I’ve only reached lesson 2 while others finished it in less that 6 months. I tried to do a page each day but with school work and life getting in the way it was a challenge. Plus the boredom felt when doing the same thing over and over again without getting to try something different for once to change it up is spirit crushing. I get what uncomfortable meant by this course was going to be tough

Dude the 250 boxes challenge honestly killed my motive to continue the drawabox lessons and after trying to learn the fundamentals in my own way and seeing how I wasn’t improving and looking at how people improved before and after using drawabox I think I’mma also start from the beginning but yeah just make sure to pace yourself especially on the 250 boxes challenge like seriously that challenge sucks but I know I can’t move on to lesson 2 till I do that

I did it 2 years ago. It was so good for me. I noticed the change in a few weeks of doing it.

Lmao same thing happened to me before. It's some pretty dense shit that can be a lot to take in at once. I've found a lot more success this time around by skim reading (pretty much looking at the pictures and bold stuff) and trying out the exercise to get a basic idea of the lesson. Once that basic idea is formed, I just focus on each section and try to understand/improve upon that idea using the exercise. The progression has been a lot more noticeable and I find it gives enough time to really let the information soak in. Good luck mane!

OH MY GOD! I'm a HUGE fan of Karate Kid, and one of the problems I had with Drawabox before is that I didn't see the point of going through all those repetitions, but then you came up with that genius "wax on, wax off" line, and it all made sense! Thanks man, your video really helped me! 😁

Found your channel setting up my huion, stayed for the jokes and personality and b/c I'm also on the art journey grind. Good to see you post again, looking forward to whatever you drop king.

great video! absolutely love the editing as usual, had me dying. very informative as well, thanks!

I was on the box tutorial were you have to draw lines without using a ruler to the vaninishing point. My boxes all looked like complete ass and I was getting angrier and angrier, and was about to say fuck this, and do something else but I saw your video. So I havent quit yet..... I always see people regret quitting draw a box so....i'll keep going.

1:29 I get those arguments but man, to this day my workflow is so much more confident with traditional art. Idk what it is with tablets but I don't have the same line confidence with them, I envy those that adapt well to it. OTL

Alright man, I was fiddling around with it, not sure how far I wanted to take the Drawabox program, but you sold me on it. Wish me luck.

I am about to start this free course meaning I wouldn't get the feedback etc so can you say how i should know when to move on in the course??

I started it as well and then I quit like a couple months into it because I find the exercises really tedious before you get to the fun stuff. And for you to complete the whole thing it takes more than 4 years According to some people I'd rather just buy a drawing course that teaches you all the fundamentals then to spend 4 years on something

Good luck it does say to do the 50/50 rule so after drawing some exercise you should equal the same amount of time drawing something you like

as with many things the fundamentals are one of the most important things. yes it may be far from the most exciting thing but it allows you to better branch out and do the more exciting things.

It's funny I was just thinking about picking it up again as well. Thanks for sharing!

That part about MySpace made me laugh so hard. 🤣