thomas001

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    2:25 AM, Thursday August 6th 2020

    Thanks for the feedback and I appreciate that you did found the drawings appealing, albeit missing the mark.

    I get your point about the softer/thinner lines. Actually, more than half of them are not with a different pen. I have simply worked a lot with line control and got caught up in trying to push for a light touch. Another factor that is a bit of a bother is that I live in a very dry place and pens dry up far too fast. I simply started rotating pens to get the most of out them (and used the dryer ones for the first lines for some pages, which I get was incorrect in hindsight). Whatever, I realise I diverged from the intended path :)

    I have done an additional page with a brand new pen to make sure that I got to work with even lineweight (and pushed it a bit). Hopefully without repeating mistakes

    https://imgur.com/a/0jg73l1

    9:02 PM, Tuesday May 26th 2020

    Suspected as much. Thanks for the prompt reply. Much appreciated. :)

    5:12 PM, Tuesday May 26th 2020

    Forgot, I've got a quick question if you do not mind: the two week limit on posting is that set or can I submit the 250 box challenge when you have marked section one as complete?

    5:11 PM, Tuesday May 26th 2020

    Hi,

    Thanks for the quick feedback. You’re right about the rushed part; I had not really decided whether or not I had the time to pursue drawabox no or not when I did the first lesson. Thought about redoing it when having decided to do the course but left it as is.

    I have posted another page of Organic Perspective. Noticed that I got too much foreshortening on a few boxes but more focused work now then in earlier submission. :) You can find it here: https://drawabox.com/community/submission/7EWN0GWB

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A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.

In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.

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