CheerfulTRex

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    6:16 AM, Thursday October 15th 2020

    Hey Uncomfortable,

    Additional cylinders in boxes here: https://imgur.com/gallery/R2MEaD2

    Took me a few extra days to really parse your feedback and get to a point where I felt comfortable applying it.

    Thanks again!

    9:50 PM, Thursday October 8th 2020

    Hey Uncomfortable,

    Thanks for the feedback! To keep myself from repeating the previous mistake of submitting revisions too quickly, would you say this effort should be completed over two or three days?

    Thanks!

    5:00 PM, Tuesday September 1st 2020

    Hi Uncomfortable,

    Thanks for the feedback.

    Addressing your comments on the elephant trunk and tusks, my construction of those parts was based on how we did stems for plants from Lesson 3, they weren't intended to be contours. If that is the incorrect way to think about constructing those please let me know.

    Here are my two latest animal constructions that attempted to address all of the feedback you have provided.

    Drawings: https://imgur.com/gallery/lsLLoWo

    References: https://imgur.com/gallery/XoiE7y7

    4:32 PM, Saturday August 29th 2020

    Hey Uncomfortable,

    Great feedback! Below are the links to the additional 4 animals with feedback taken into account.

    Additional drawings: https://imgur.com/gallery/l88qgWJ

    References for additional drawing: https://imgur.com/gallery/3uStXdw

    9:11 PM, Saturday July 18th 2020

    Thank you! Great feedback that I will address with more practice! Agreed on all points.

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