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Lesson 5 homework pages submission

8:43 AM, Saturday May 18th 2024

I am slightly confused on what the text down below basically means.

Does it state that I have to choose only two specific animals, and making two pages of the first animal, and then the two of the second animal? (so I would do 2 animals for non-hooved and 2 animals for hooved?)

If so, should they be the same animal from a different angle or what? I am so confused...

4 pages of two non-hooved quadrupeds (wolves, cats, bears, ferrets, etc.) - meaning, pick two subjects and do two full pages for each.

4 pages of two hooved quadrupeds (horses, deer, antelope, camels - I'll also accept rhinos, elephants, etc. despite not being hooved, as it's more about the configuration of their bodies than the specifics of their feet)

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11:34 PM, Saturday May 18th 2024

Does it state that I have to choose only two specific animals, and making two pages of the first animal, and then the two of the second animal? (so I would do 2 animals for non-hooved and 2 animals for hooved?)

Correct.

If so, should they be the same animal from a different angle or what? I am so confused...

Yes, you'll be picking different references of that species of animal, and doing studies based on them. Despite being the same animal, each reference is going to involve looking at the animal from different angles, or different poses, and as such will have you solving different spatial "puzzles" - since the simple forms that make up those animals will be arranged/positioned in different ways, with different relationships between them in 3D space.

11:04 AM, Monday May 20th 2024

Wow, thanks for the reply and awesome breakdown of why it is! Thanks!

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