Hey! sorry for the late reply here too! I think they are definitely better now. I think precision shouldn't be your number one priority, as that will get better as you go on. But I really like your ellipses now!
Hello! I think it's a fair question. I'm getting to the 250 boxes challenge today, and when I'm done with it, I might take a few minutes to look at yours and offer feedback. (Would appreciate it if you did the same for me). But basically, that's how it works, there is no average wait time because it's free and depends on other people's free time.
Have a great day!
Thank you for taking the time to critique!
Hi! I just finished lesson one too, and I'm not an expert, but maybe my feedback will be of help.
I think your ellipses came out too wobbly, maybe you're hesitating when you're doing them? Remember you're supposed to use the ghosting method and draw them fast and confidently. It's more important that the lines come out smooth than the placing or shape of the ellipse. (But it's still good to keep an eye on that). Also, I read that you're not supposed to redo the lines even if they come out wrong, (which I am very guilty of doing too), just wanted to point that out. In the rotated box exercise, I feel like the boxes in the corners aren't really rotating, but that's okay because this one is really hard. Keep an eye out for wobbly lines, remember to always plot your lines with dots, and I would say maybe it'd be good if you redid the ellipses exercise.
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I think just working on ellipsis and doing them fast and smooth would be good.
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When starting on a project, I'll often open it up and start dragging reference images off the internet onto the board. When I'm done, I'll save out a '.pur' file, which embeds all the images. They can get pretty big, but are way more convenient than hauling around folders full of separate images.
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