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Applicable techniques for ghosting contour curves of sausage forms

11:11 PM, Friday October 17th 2025

Hi there!

I was wondering if the technique I've been using for ghosting the contour curves of sausage forms is applicable and "correct" for this course.

Basically, what I've been doing is ghosting an entire ellipse, and then only drawing a portion of it to produce the contour curve. Kinda like lowering the pencil temporarily during the ghosting ellipse motion and then letting go before even finishing the full ellipse.

This usually results in a smooth looking curve for me that adheres to degree shift and what not.

However, recently I've been wondering if this is a potentially bad approach, and if I should instead specifically ghost out a curving motion without the typical ellipse motion.

This is harder for me personally, and I often "lose sight" of the correct degree I should be applying while I go through the ghosting motions of the curve and naturally shift it a bit.

Sorry if this is a bit of a pedantic/overly specific question! In the back of my mind I just always felt like that there's "no way" that this is a wrong approach, since a curve for sausage forms alway is just a portion of an ellipse anyways. But maybe I'm missing something.

Thanks.

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7:21 PM, Sunday October 19th 2025

There is absolutely nothing wrong with ghosting the full ellipse. Generally a good rule of thumb is that if it is an approach you can leverage regardless of situation or medium (and generally ghosting of any kind falls into this category since it never makes a mark on the page) then it's certainly okay to use.

In this case, ghosting the ellipse is something most of us do when intending to only draw a partial curve, as it helps maintain the appropriate curvature.

7:32 PM, Sunday October 19th 2025

Thanks!

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