unexpectedGeotia

Geometric Guerilla

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    1:58 AM, Tuesday July 30th 2024

    First, I'd like to thank you for your detailed feedback, as always, especially given my unique circumstances. I really appreciate you going out of your way to navigate my clumsy submission. I did initially stick to the warmup grab bag but fell off after some time. I've now gone back and extensively reviewed those previous lessons and begun doing warmups again before my homework, so I appreciate the call-out! I've also begun to catch myself when I go into autopilot, and I am focusing more on being aware and critical while I'm drawing again, if that makes sense. I would also like to mention one more thing here. While I believe I've improved with the assigned revisions, I've noticed that some pages have a considerable dip in quality compared to others. My intention is not to make excuses, but I'm in the midst of leaving home to enter university, so stress and anticipation have undoubtedly affected my work. My plan is to at least do the warmups for DAB as well as my personal work until I get settled into uni, then tackle whatever is next for homework or revisions.

    https://imgur.com/a/cylinder-revisions-6uI1z8P

    4:00 AM, Monday January 29th 2024

    Thanks for weighing in. I'm getting to the point now where I'm comfortable showing my drawings to others, and I plan on joining the DAB discord and maybe posting more on the Learnart subreddit to improve. As for a mentor, that is something I've thought about as well, but I'm not sure how to even look for someone to mentor me. Any tips?

    12:32 AM, Monday January 29th 2024

    Thank you for linking that video; it was a nice refresher. Once I get a good balance going for the 50% rule, I'm sure things will smooth out. I recently downloaded an app that I can use to log my time into so I know roughly how much time I've been learning and playing, so that should help. I remember feeling this way during the 250 box challenge, so it's a matter of time until I get into the groove again. Good luck with your DAB journey!

    5:32 AM, Wednesday April 27th 2022

    https://imgur.com/a/atDUnRO

    I think these turned out a bit better! I took more time to look at my reference and plan out my strokes more methodically and I think it paid off, at least somewhat. On the topic of rushing, it has been a big issue on my path of learning how to draw. When I look at my old work from about a year ago, I can see that I've gotten somewhat better at controlling it over that time, but I think this is something I need to tackle more seriously. Do you have any suggestions on how to mitigate this problem effectively? Or am I over thinking it and this is just something that will just get better over time? Both maybe?

    5:16 AM, Sunday February 6th 2022

    I'll make sure to keep in mind what you said about the self-critique. Thank you for taking the time to critique my work, as well as the recommendation for the brush pen!

    1:14 AM, Wednesday July 21st 2021

    https://imgur.com/a/nNapFUM

    Here are my additional 50 boxes.

    The 50% rule helped me a lot when it came to motivation and burnout.

    I'm glad I took my time instead of rushing through these as I think I did a lot better this time around, although on some pages I got the boxes a little too close together.

    8:22 AM, Thursday March 11th 2021

    Hello Benj,

    Thank you for taking the time to critique my work, it feels great having an outside perspective to explain where I need to improve and what I've succeeded at instead of relying on just my own judgment for everything. I will definitely be taking notes here as well as applying the suggestions you made to my warm ups. I look forward to what lies ahead in the 250 box challenge and lesson 2!

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