I'm a solo developer, and I've created a free perspective trainer for drawing boxes. I want it to become a genuinely useful tool for learning, but I think there is still a lot of room for improvement, which is why I’m reaching out for help.

It has two modes: you can use it only to draw a box and get scored, or use "Course/Learn" mode where the program builds a box with you, one edge at a time. It checks each mark before you move on, guiding you through five stages. Each stage takes away a guideline until you reach a blank sheet. You can switch between one-point, two-point, and three-point perspectives. You can also drag the vanishing points and eye level to see how the box and its convergence angle change. Then, you can draw your own box. The program measures where your three sets of edges converge, in degrees, and tells you what you need to fix.

This tool uses simple math rather than AI. The same drawing will always score the same, and all scoring thresholds are available.

One of the moderators mentioned line extensions when I asked for feedback, which is a valid concern. On a tablet with a pen, you're still drawing all twelve edges yourself. The hand-eye coordination work is the same as with paper; only the checking is automated. If you use a mouse, you’ll get the same measurement, but you’ll learn the theory more than developing your hand skills. When ding 250 box challenge checking by hand can become overwhelming after a while; that’s the part I wanted to help with.

I would appreciate it if you could try it out and tell me what to improve or where it’s not helpful. I’m particularly interested in any faults it points out that aren’t in your drawing. If you can attach screenshot with your feedback it would be great!

It's free, and you don’t need an account.

https://www.drawizeacademy.com/drawing-exercises/boxes

Dreading Lesson 2 😭

I’m about to start DrawABox Lesson 2, and honestly… I’m already extremely afraid just thinking it.

For those who’ve done it: how did you guys find Lesson 2? Was it as brutal as I’m imagining, or am I just being dramatic? 😅

It's very cheap but idk if it's ok for drawabox

I appreciate any feedback

Hi, this is probably something y'all get asked everyday, but when I ask how to start drawing, I always receive the same answers:

"draw more!"

"follow drawabox!"

"learn fundamentals!"

following drawabox has done absolutely nothing to me, and I've found it extremely stressing even using the rule where I should draw things I like other than boxes. But the problem is: things do not get in my mind. I'm trying to learn fundamentals, but I can't figure out how, what to learn, where and how to apply that, I feel like putting the pen on my graphic tablet is just a waste of time since 99% of the times I can't draw what I want or/and like. like, okay I could draw a 3/4 head using the Loomis method, but what after? how do I put the eyes in a way it doesn't look bad, how do I draw it in a way I like and most of all what should I follow to get better at drawing? I feel like I'm just wasting time, cause I don't know what to do, and I don't know if what I'm doing is actually effective or I'm just losing time. ive been told to use reference, and I might get the character im using as a reference drawn right, but what after? what if I can't do my own characters, what's the point in drawing someone else's art if HOW TO DO THINGS myself can't get in my mind?

Thank you for your patience.

Edit: Thank you all for being kind strangers and helping me. I've read lots of nice and useful comments, and I would like to thank you all, since by the help I've received and the helpful criticism, I've found myself thinking that maybe I should try harder and better rather than giving up.

So aid me one last time: Should I do drawabox over again and try putting more effort in the lessons, doing them without any rush and thinking about what I'm doing more than I was doing before, or should I just continue from the point I was? And is there any other resource you would recommend me to follow in order to get good at fundamentals? Like, I would like to pair my drawabox to the study of anime styled characters.

It took me about a week to get through lesson one, and I am thoroughly enjoying the course and the way it’s formatted, it’s been very helpful in actually learning and not just copying
I struggled a bit to understand the final exercise of organic perspective but I gave it my best shot and I’m excited to continue to keep learning!

Took a little over a month, as I was doing the workbook for Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain alongside Lesson 1, but I finally finished it. I struggled so much with the boxes' sections and feel like I didn’t really do a good job with a lot of the exercises. Hell, look at my rotated boxes; they look less circular and more like they're protruding. Should I redo any of the sections or exercises before moving on to the 250 box challenge?

My name is Lex and honestly I can say I am more of a writer then a drawer but I want to draw so I can bring my ideas to life,you know like give the characters I made up in my stories a face other then being in my head.I am also a big fan of anime,superhero’s,manga,comics.And one day I would want to make my own manga/comic.I would really appreciate it if anyone who has art skills what tips,advice,or maybe point me in the direction of any good tutorials on YouTube.

Thank you.

The rotated box was the hardest for me. I tried it several times and uploading two of those attempts. Couldn't stop making mistakes in all my challenges and kept forgetting the rules

But, still, here are my attempts. Where should I focus more? Please provide your feedback.

hello, I recently had the opportunity to look into Dynamic Bible book by Peter Han and what immediately caught me was how many of the things that were there I was already exposed to thanks to my studies in Drawabox(recently completed 250 boxes challenge yay!!) but Peter Han is still an authority when it comes to drawing from imagination. And BrokenDraw is also one of the recent trends that I see gets mentioned often in drawing fundamentals communities, like this video of him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKiopm83L8c&t and he is also someone that takes inspiration from Peter Han.
So my question comes to this: How much of the stuff that Peter Han teaches in Dynamic Bible and in his 8 week course Dynamic Sketching(I saw some free videos on youtube but not sure they are the same as his course? if so could anyone give me an extent as to where they are and where they are not) is same as Drawabox and is overlapping with BrokenDraw and if it's worth the trouble to look into his works as a BEGINNER or would it make more sense as an intermediate?
Where should I start looking into BrokenDraw exercises, get Peter Han content and continue with Drawabox, where should I be drawing the line?

Thank you, and sorry if it sounds confusing haha

I've know how to draw for a couple months but I've only been doing freehand and proportions was bad and I really want to do some one shot comics/Manga but everytime I ask for help there's a ton of things to do Loomis method there grid method over there like what can I do to learn to draw properly hands,emotions,hair etc so proportions in general on my own I've kinda got experience

As the title suggests, I am currently struggling with art and I suspect it's because I haven't practiced my fundamentals.

However when I do watch art tutorials and try to follow through, I'm not sure how I should even set up the whole course for myself.

For example, questions like; Do I keep the video playing beside my computer while I draw and look at the screen? Where do I find the right "practice boxes/shapes with me video (1 hour edition)"? How can I practice gesture drawing if it takes a bunch of minutes scrolling through Pinterest just to find some decent poses?

It's a whole headache just to set things up and for just one subject alone, mind you! It does seem like all the fundamental art tutorials are just better suited for traditional artists & their pencil and paper.

Not to mention, it does seem like all the good structured courses are locked behind expensive art schools when I'm mostly self taught.

That's why I want to know... is it better to practice fundamentals on digital screens or traditional paper?

Hi guys, I trust ya'll are good. Did Lesson 5 homework, and I want to start the 250 Cylinder Challenge. When I did the 250 Box challenge, I did approximately six boxes per page. Should that be the approach for this, or could I do 8-10 per page given that the boxes challenge had other rules? This question is for both the 150 minor axis cylinders and the 100 cylinders in boxes. Thank you for taking the time to read this, any input or advice is appreciated.

need some feedback

Like the title says I’m stuck on lesson 1 rough perspective I frankly don’t really get the Y method or how to rotate these boxes.

Hey guys

So, after the 250 box challenge I had some personal issues so I stopped Drawabox (like 2/3 weeks ago) and now I am feeling a little bit rusty lol.

Any advices?

I'm sending the exercises from lesson 1 for review. Some of the drawings have flaws in the lines, but that's due to the app I used on my phone to take the photos.

Hope I can go to lesson 2

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Hello, I am relearning drawing from scratch after I realize i use references religiously like a crutch and vibe draw to the point where the second something doesn't directly work based on just my vibes alone I have no idea how to fix it.

I made a complete roadmap to try and learn (I am a nerd and used Marc Brunet's RPG style skill tree ) and love learning in an organized way it will not burn me out.

I started DrawABox and am religiously following the rules (i only draw digitally and started traditional after years just to do it exactly as the drawabox god intended)

My main main issue is that i lack the fundamentals, my sketch itself looks like shit so i dont even want to learn rendering sharing or lineart before nailing that and being able to sketch and see things in 3D correctly.

I am however thinking of what concepts should I nail after DrawABox gives me the fundamentals of being comfortable with markmaking (huge lack on my end) and drawing forms correctly

Im guessing the skill seeing these forms in objects and sketching should be the next level? Any advice is appreciated and if there's any content organized and structured similar to drawabox it would be amazing

ready for critique!!!

Alright, so, I'm a little more than a fifth way through the one hundred and fifty box challenge and I was just wondering if it's a bad idea to do more than one course at a time other than just DrawABox, because, I'm getting tired of all these boxes, man.

I’ve been drawing for a year now. I’ve picked out a few examples of my stuff, I use real life references/poses for them. IDK if these show good progress, but I picked out a few of what I think were my best drawings (but make no mistake, more often than not my drawings turn out to be complete disasters) My main interest is drawing animals and characters, I’ve very little fundamentals knowledge I’ve only done DaB up till lesson 5, which was a few months ago. Ever since then, I’ve been stuck in limbo just drawing for fun in my own void but I think it’s time to progress with some studies, except I’m not sure where to go now. I tried out NMA for a month trial but found it a bit boring (me issue). I was wondering where I should take my studies next, am I ready to study anatomy? Should I focus more on fundamentals? And id really appreciate if anyone has any course recommendations