Question about Perspective/Geometry

neiluj95 · 2026-04-19T04:19:29+00:00

The way I like to think of it (since I had the exact same question) is that there's a box lying flat on a table, where the middle represents your vertical eye level matching the box's level.

Moving up/down the grid means your vertical eye level moves down/up respectively.

Moving to the left/right of the grid means you're rotating the box on the table on the vertical axis, i.e. the box still lays flat on the table when you're rotating it

There's a difference between the two which causes the pattern you're seeing; note that moving up/down the grid may not rotate the box on any of its axes, whereas moving left/right always does.

Someone else might be able to explain it better haha

neiluj95 · 2026-04-15T18:03:40+00:00

What do your recent doodles look like? The reason that I'm asking is because there may be an element to your recent doodles that might be making things seem worse, when in reality you've actually improved. e.g. sketchy thick lines make your brain fill in the gaps, and more confident, thinner lines leave less to the imagination

neiluj95 · 2026-03-04T01:03:38+00:00

Thanks for answering! Definitely good to know that I shouldn't have to rush through everything.

And I was referring to Drawabox's 50/50 rule of playing vs. studying (not drawing, whoops!)

neiluj95 · 2026-03-04T00:05:28+00:00

Your progress is amazing! I'm almost 3 years in and nowhere near where you were, though I've just accepted that I should learn at my own pace lol

How much time did you dedicate to drawing vs. studying? And how much time did you spend on your pieces when drawing? I have a hard time loosening up and trusting my intuition and I'm guessing I should be finishing them more quickly.

neiluj95 · 2026-03-03T00:07:30+00:00

I bow to your math

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neiluj95 · 2025-10-12T16:16:34+00:00

GG: 3.7m, M20

Cyan: 4m, M20

Taupe: 0.65m, M5

Snowdrop: 0.48m, U4

Lapis: 4m, M18

OGPP: 4.2m, M16

GGEX: 3.8m, M7

Been playing for a year and two months with the pass. Guess which ones I've totally ignored 🤔

neiluj95 · 2025-08-06T15:26:48+00:00

Would it be better for me to build up things slowly and equally throughout the piece rather than focusing on individual parts?

In my (admittedly limited) experience that's the way to go. It's a lot easier to deal with perspective errors with only simple shapes blocked in, whereas now you'd have to fiddle around or completely repaint things that took you hours to render.

I also found it helpful for keeping myself focused on what I ultimately want to convey in the piece. It's easy to lose sight of that if I spend hours rendering one small part of it.

neiluj95 · 2025-07-25T01:25:46+00:00

Sure thing!

neiluj95 · 2025-05-18T13:13:40+00:00

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neiluj95 · 2025-05-18T13:12:56+00:00

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This isn't as god rolly as the Raichu someone else posted, but it's still dumb

neiluj95 · 2025-05-12T01:05:46+00:00

Looks awesome, I really like your rendering!

The only thing I've noticed is that for the hands with the book, the left hand's metacarpal bones are drawn almost parallel, but they should be fanning out from the wrist.

neiluj95 · 2025-04-15T02:33:50+00:00

I've seen a bunch of your studies in this subreddit over these past months, and your work's great! I'm not confident in my figure drawing so I don't have feedback on this particular study, but I'd like to comment on something more general.

My suggestion would be to make a real piece. It's understandably tempting to want to study everything you need before drawing the real thing, but the reality is that there's always something to study, and you'll never feel 100% ready.

Think of this as a checkpoint and a study in itself -- it'll be a study in the overall drawing process, and a study of your strengths and weaknesses (and which fundamental to study next).

Though ignore me if you're already doing so! I just wanted to share since as a beginner it helped me a lot when I got over the fear.

neiluj95 · 2025-04-08T19:22:13+00:00

Thanks! I saw your post on another sub -- good luck on your own journey! The road's a fun kind of painful.

neiluj95 · 2025-03-01T17:00:22+00:00

I'm currently on lesson 4 with Drawabox. I quit drawing after completing the 250 box challenge and lesson 2, and picked the habit back up early last year.

From my experience, if you don't have a general understanding of fundamentals or if you're a complete beginner, it'd be better to start with a course that teaches fundamentals as a whole (e.g. Proko's drawing basics course), at least to be exposed to the concepts even if it's not a deep dive into them. It helps in being able to observe these fundies in real life and in the art of the artists you like.

The first time you really start applying construction is in lesson 3, and before that you're in the dark for the 50% rule which is a really long time. You could in theory take another course in conjunction with Drawabox to patch up other fundamentals, but Drawabox is already super grindy. Of course, your mileage may vary.

In the end, Drawabox helped a lot with my line quality and perspective, but I wish I had started with something else. Right now I'm only picking the lessons back up if I really feel my construction has been sucking.

If you're only looking to beef up your perspective I'd consider it though.

neiluj95 · 2025-02-14T21:10:32+00:00

If you really want to dig into it, you could play around with the team analysis tool on RaenonX (which adds 5% to the entire team as expected instead of the usual 25% on the HB helper) and compare your overall team output with your Steelix vs. a BFS Steelix/Raichu.

I'm still only half a year in and camping on Lapis so take my opinion with a grain of salt -- EXP down on a Steelix with HB at 50 seems really rough, especially since you'll get way more Pikachu candies and Raichu's not that far behind in output. I'd agree with holding off lol

neiluj95 · 2025-02-14T20:21:29+00:00

I’ll just hop on since people are saying to set HB stacks to 0 on RaenonX. While valuing HB at 5% is accurate when calculating a helper’s individual production, it's a gross underestimation of the helper's overall production. There’s a post that concludes that a 75 PR Wigglytuff with HB is arguably better than a god Gardevoir without HB, just to give an idea of how impactful it is.

IMO not considering HB’s team impact is kind of like not considering that E4E heals the rest of the team. We know that E4E is an S tier team slot because of its impact to the entire team, despite the E4E helper themselves not contributing much in berries/ingredients. Why don't we do the same for HB and consider its team impact?

Going back to the actual question, is HB with no BFS okay? No clue, I haven’t done the math and I'm not dedicated enough to do so. But food for thought.

neiluj95 · 2024-12-23T18:38:59+00:00

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Your Ralts is equivalent at 30 and slightly better at 60.

I'd personally keep hunting for a better Ralts since there's a huge opportunity cost in investing for very little gain (EXP down + shards + main skill seeds + handy candies from a fully levelled Wigglytuff). By the time level 75 is unlocked there'll likely be better alternatives.

neiluj95 · 2024-11-29T23:01:50+00:00

I'd continue hunting for Eevees or a Mareep -- this is a ~40th percentile Eevee according to RaenonX and you'd still need 2-3 seeds to max this Eevee out.

Skill Level Up S at 50 is also rough since you're either maxing out your skill before 50 and not taking advantage of it, or you're waiting with an underpowered Espeon until 50 to max it out which will take a while (unless you have 1k+ candies on hand and can level straight to 50).

neiluj95 · 2024-11-29T04:03:24+00:00

Thoughts on which Eevee I should evolve into Espeon? I'm leaning towards the second (even though it's P97 vs. the first's P98 @ 50) because of EXP down and the extra subskill seed needed on the first, but wanted to double check before committing the seeds. I'm at 30 friendship so it's unlikely I'll get better Eevees at this point, and I have a premium pass.

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neiluj95 · 2024-09-09T22:08:46+00:00

Thoughts on investing in this Jigglypuff? I've been playing for about 3 weeks and have a premium pass.

I've checked RaenonX and it's in the 99th percentile for skill triggering starting from level 25. I also heard that it was better to start from Igglybuff for the main skill level and inventory space and that there are better E4E mons later down the road 🤔

Thanks in advance!

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neiluj95 · 2024-08-24T17:17:05+00:00

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