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4:55 PM, Wednesday December 15th 2021

Hi Gekki, thank you so much for your in-depth and wonderful critique!

I definitely did have issues with line confidence, I have poor fine motor control and struggle quite a bit with consistent trajectory and accuracy. But like you said, I am happy that I'm seeing improvements in this regard!

I will definitely be trying out the funnel exercise with better boundaries, and seeing what that brings!

My rotated boxes could definitely have been less cautious, At the time I was a bit tentative that the rotation on the corner pieces would've been overly exaggerated, but I definitely could've pushed them more.

The drawing over lines is definitely an issue, however I wasn't trying to fix mistakes, but trying to add line weight to the non-drawn through edges and it not working out so well (I eventually gave up on doing so, because I was so inaccurate at following the original lines).

Thank you again for taking the time out to look at and make this thorough write up!

9:15 PM, Wednesday December 15th 2021

Ohh I see, that is on me - I forgot that Uncomfortable suggested adding line weight during these exercises and haven't double checked, so that is a mistake on my part.

During the 250 box challenge you will be encouraged to add line weight, and one way to gradually prepare yourself for that is using the Superimposed Lines exercise during your warm-ups, as well as doing your best throughout the challenge.

Thank you for clarifying!

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