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Melchior

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  • Sharing the Knowledge
    4:44 PM, Thursday January 20th 2022

    Thank you for your critique! It's nice that you're comparing with your own experience, it's helpfull to get advices from a fellow struggler :)

    I admit that I did correct myself a few times, but I learned that it's a no-no only after finishing the lesson. I think I somehow missed this info during reading text/watching videos. I get it now that I should commit to whatever line I made. Although sometimes my corrections aren't corrections: sometimes while ghosting I keep my pen too close to the paper and unintentionally make a narrow mark. That's another problem that I should fight.

    I agree that sometimes I forget to plot my lines beforehands, I will try to keep that in mind.

    Thanks again, it's really helpful!

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    4:37 PM, Thursday January 20th 2022

    Thank you very much for the critique! I will move on now to doing 250 boxes.

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