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Thanks for all the detailed feedback.

See you after the 250 cylinder challenge. :)

Hello Andpie!

I am done with the 4 animal drawings:

https://imgur.com/a/S4jGwhB

Before that, as I wrote before, I practiced a little based on the demos you linked in the reviews. I also uploaded these pictures.

I tried to draw the shark again, I hope I hit the point better this time.

For the eyes, I always started with the pentagonal shape, but after drawing the eyeball and the eyelid, it's hard to tell which line belongs where.

In my 4th drawing, my rabbit became a bit scary :D, like a rabbit-gollam mix. But to conclude the lesson, and considering that Easter is coming, I chose this animal.

Thank you and happy Easter.

Hello ANDPIE!

Huh, that was a pretty comprehensive and detailed review. All my respect for this much work!

Yes, unfortunately, I often focus only on the end result and forget that I am not sketching here, but doing a special exercise to improve spatial thinking. There are really a lot of things I didn't pay attention to, so I decided after re-reading the previous reviews to draw all the demos shared there, just to practice. And only after that do I start the 4-page animal construction drawing.

I don't think next week will be enough for that, so I won't be able to send the four new drawings until after the spring promtathon.

However, I have a question: I would like to try my shark drawing again, but at the moment I feel quite confused, because I do not see how to properly apply the methods presented in the lesson to animals with such a body structure. Sharks don't have a rib cage and pelvis, only a skull, spine, gill arches, and fins. (see here) Moreover, the fins are not connected to the main frame structure, but they also have a clearly visible mass, unlike the carp shown in the informal demos. So here it is difficult to decide whether I should use the leaf method or the sausage method, or just simplify it to the one piece of 3D form that I see in the picture.

What would be the best approach here? Should I try to adapt the things presented in the lesson 5 to the anatomy of the shark? Or should I try to forget the anatomy (or at least the skeletal structure) and (like in the carp demo) put the forms together in the way that best fits the shark's body?

Thanks for your help! And now I'm starting to work on my shortcomings, and I'll come with the new drawings after the spring promtathon :)

Hello Andpie, thanks for the detailed review!

I see my mistakes in the basic construction and "shiluette cutting back". I will try to pay more attention to this in the future.

Your thoughts on shading and textures are also very helpful, they will help me a lot with the 25 texture challenge I've already started.

Download the blender software (for free) and play a bit with a normal cube in wireframe mode. Notice how the planes of the cube behave depending on the "Y" in the closest corner. Zoom in drastically, and see how the forshortening change. It helped me a lot.

Hi! Thanks for the quick reply! I also noticed these mistakes. It’s great that others have confirmed this. I try to re-read the instructions from previous lessons regularly and apply them later. I'm going on to the 250 boxes.

Thanks again!