Draw Your Own Comics

02Marks, lines & confidence

Drawabox Lesson 01 · roughly 4–8 weeks

Read Lesson 0 for the mindset and the 50% rule, then work Lesson 1: superimposed lines, ghosted lines and planes, tables of ellipses, and the basic perspective/box exercises.

why it matters This trains the single most transferable cartooning skill: a confident line and a clean shape drawn from the shoulder, not a scratchy, hesitant one.

Keep it light — a page or two per session as your structured half, then go draw cartoons for the rest.

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Lesson · VideoPart 1: What is Drawabox?: Lesson · VideoOvercoming the Fear of a Blank Page: VideoPart 2: What are the Fundamentals?: Lesson · VideoPart 4: Getting the Most out of Drawabox: Lesson · VideoPart 5: The Tools We Recommend: Lesson · Video
Some Quick Reminders · Open
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Lines: Homework · Open
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LessonExercise 1: Superimposed Lines: Lesson · VideoExercise 2: Ghosted Lines: Lesson · VideoThe Levels of the Ghosting Method: Lesson · VideoExercise 3: Ghosted Planes: Lesson · Video
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LessonExercise 4: Tables of Ellipses: Lesson · VideoExercise 4: Things to Remember: Lesson · VideoExercise 5: Ellipses in Planes: Lesson · VideoExercise 5: Things to Remember: Lesson · VideoExercise 6: Funnels: Lesson · VideoExercise 6: Things to Remember: Lesson · Video
Boxes: Basics of Perspective and Projection · Open · Video: Boxes and perspective
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Boxes: Foreshortening and Vanishing Points · Open · Video: Conveying distance
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Boxes: Rotation, Perspective Grids, and the Concept of Infinity · Open · Video: Understanding rotation
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Boxes: Simplified Guidelines · Open
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Boxes: Additional Notes · Open
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Boxes: Homework · Open
LessonExercise 7: Plotted Perspective: Lesson · VideoExercise 8: Rough Perspective: Lesson · VideoExercise 9: Rotated Boxes: Lesson · VideoEstimating Rotation: Lesson · VideoLine Weight and Overlaps: VideoExercise 10: Organic Perspective: Lesson · VideoBoxes: The Y Method: Lesson · VideoThe 250 Box Challenge: Lesson · Video250 Box Challenge: The First Fifty: Lesson · Video250 Box Challenge: The Next Fifty: Lesson · Video
What Next? · Open

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