Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

11:23 PM, Thursday January 29th 2026

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I submited this before my 250 boxes were marked as complete, but I couldnt wait for that so I continued on. Also I've been sticking to the 50/50 rule so even tho the dates are bunched together I promise that I have drawn for fun too. :D

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5:12 PM, Saturday January 31st 2026

hey man,good job finishing L2. i was looking ur stuff here and it is impressive. bet you are anxious as u jumped from boxes straight to it and got it done in a relatively short time. so i won't delay you much

Thinking 3D

all pages are here

-Arrows exercise

i can see the arrows were made with confident lines and for the most part obey the perspective becoming bigger when close and smaller when far. they are truly sinking into the page,the hatching was done properly and they wrap and fold in a good diversity of ways

-Organic Forms

your sausages look pretty good for the most part,lines well done you seem to have tried your best to keep the sausages

in a consistent width,the ellipses were drawn through more than once and are not static turning for the most properly

with the perspective.the contours properly hook to the sides of the sillhoute and like the ellipse they are

obeying the shape of the sausage and curving with it. good job!!!

Texture and Detail

-Texture Analysis

your texture analysis work looks pretty good. confident lines,you are drawing only the casted shadows which is the

way to go,your shadows seem intentional and they transition nicely from dark to light for the most part.

you took good notes to help you with the textures even drawing them a bit which is pretty smart.really like

the we glass one here. the only mistake i can point out is some small white dots in the middle of the some of the shapes.

you are allowed to use a brushpen for the casted shadows interior that way making it easier to fill them in

properly

-Dissections

these dissections are impressive,first of all good line work,working with casted shadows on these like intended

the textures all reak the sillhoutte really popping out to the viewer. they are properly following the sausages

its overall pretty good work. you really used the light and shadow to its best in some of these. i do feel like

pointing out tho i see what went with on the cracked dirt one trying to assimilated that texture to the one

below it but i believe u had to keep that texture following the original sausage shape. no biggie tho and i like the

creativity there.

Construction

-Form intersections

once again it looks like u got good properly planned line work for the most part,proper hatching nice.

you used a good diversity of forms in these intersections and they seem for the most part to intersect properly

giving a idea of them sharing the same scene. the best advice i can give here which was also given to me is that

bigger forms really help to work on this exercise. but i feel yours are a good size for the most part too.

-Organic intersections

back to sausages. your sausages again look properly cosntructed with a consistent width,their line work looks good for the most part

and you did proper contours giving volume to the sausage aswell as weight to their forms.i see some shadows which are missing

principally between sausages,you gotta make sure the shadows properly wrap around the forms.

but again isn't a big deal. these are properly constructed,stretchy and with weight to them. remember to also

draw over more than once on the ellipses that point where the sausage is facing. the shadow wrapping part helps a

ton to shows how these forms contact with each other. also there is the thing i mentioned about the white dots in the shadows which is i suppose

you runningout of ink there or doing the shadows entirely on the finelienr pen. as i mentioned before you can use a

brush pen for these. overall,good work

read forward to see your next steps

Next Steps:

i'll be marking your lesson as complete,you seem to have shown a good idea of the concepts presented and i think you'll be more than able to tackle on the next lesson. remember to add all Lesson 2 exercises to your Exercise pool and remember to take a good break before heading towards L3 ok? hope to see you again soon,keep the good work

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10:37 PM, Saturday February 7th 2026

Hey thanks for the feedback! :D

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