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Epsilon

Dimensional Dominator

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epsilon's Sketchbook

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    6:39 AM, Tuesday November 10th 2020

    Great boxes! I recently finished mine so hopefully I can offer insightful commentary. I think a good way to practise rotating is having a visual reference! I mostly just used my switch adapter, tried to visual the three points and slowly rotated it each time. I think as you get better, you won't need a reference, but it's a good place to start. Also finding an angle that you can instantly visualise the boxes, for example, after drawing my three points, I generally rotated them to point upwards because it was easier for my brain.

    Hoped I could help!

    Next Steps:

    Try using a visual reference for about 10-20 boxes you do in the future, then try without the reference. And find a comfortable angle.

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    1:58 PM, Friday July 3rd 2020

    Revision.

    Thank you for the critique, I implemented what you said about patience and took longer to ghost and think out the boxes. The upper half is a bit unsteady because I wasn't turning my page appropriately, but I think I got the hang of it towards the bottom half. I'm still getting used to single strokes and drawing with a pen, but I'll definitely im to improve that when I do the 250 box challenge.

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