4:07 AM, Wednesday March 3rd 2021
Thank you! You're a fantastic teacher and I'll be recommending Drawabox to anyone who wants to learn.
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dberkom
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1:07 PM, Tuesday February 2nd 2021
Thanks for the critique! This all makes sense.
Regarding the texture exercises, you're right, I do need to work on that more. I've been avoiding it. Do you have any examples of students who have done well with the 25 texture challenge that I could look at?
4:44 PM, Tuesday November 24th 2020
Ah, I see what you mean. I'll keep that in mind the next time I draw triangular holes!
1:22 AM, Tuesday November 24th 2020
I'm noticing that the inner side of the cut-out doesn't actually match. It seems the edges that should be angled (to form the top part of the triangle) are running more or less straight up/down. Is this intentional, and part of the actual physical pot?
The orchid pot cut-outs were confusing to me and I probably did mess them up. The triangles on the real pot are just triangular holes that go straight through the wall of the pot into the interior.
The lines inside the triangles were meant to show the thickness of the wall of the pot. Cast shadows might have helped clarify this?
7:04 PM, Sunday April 19th 2020
Thanks! I'll keep that advice in mind!
12:07 PM, Monday April 6th 2020
Thanks Nihlex! I'm 60 boxes into the 250 box challenge, and already seeing some improvement I think. I should be ready to submit in 2 weeks.
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