Thirdkoopa

https://www.flickr.com/photos/195850875@N06/albums/72177720299831862

I feel like the ellipses definitely went better, but there's so many steps to the organic intersections that my brain is a bit blocked and is probably just overthinking it. I also included an extra page of organic ellipses from my practice and my regular freehand ellipses.

Your advice is really helping me shine through! I still made today's practice very very focused on confidence. I even forced my elbow out of acting so just my shoulder c ould draw ellipses.

TOFU,

Apologies for taking so long. New move + Job gave me a hard time getting into the swing of things. Any other revisions will definitely be less late and I've kept up my practice. Really focusing on nailing confident ellipses and curves down in practice more.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzTU9L

Please let me know if you need anything else. Looking forward to hearing back from you!

Tofu,

Thank you so much. I was on vacation and am now getting back used to my regular flow. Some quick questions first,

1) Textures - How do I focus on the cast shadows more? I've tried reading all the materials but I feel like I need something a bit more, obvious to get? So that I can see it more. I really did spend time trying to understand the reference but I do have a bad habit at copying.

2) Organic Intersections - How should I wrap everything this time? I never know what "enough" is so I kept throwing them on there. I felt like I got this exercise towards the end - your explanation about light sources helps a lot.

Okay, basic markmaking. I'm about to head to sleep but here,

https://imgur.com/a/LQuuy1T

Digitally, I use LazyNezumi and set it from 7 to 40 usually on the lighter side at a 7. Thing about digital is I can also use the undo button, which I do try to nail harder earlier in the drawing so I don't make the same curve hundreds of times. I'll be honest about curves and ellipses: They've been harder for me to grasp because I don't have as much of a read on them. Like, when I do a line, I know I take it from point A to point B. Even when my eyes 'see' the line I'm creating for curves, I see them with a bit of inaccuracy.

So yeah, I don't exactly know what to do with regards to curves and ellipses. I have been trying though with doing a bunch of L1 exercises whenever I sit down to practice.

Thank you so much again for your feedback. I really look forward to the next steps.

omg I love that cupcake. Nicely done!