Thanks for replying the question as well as for the critique and it worked. It serves as a little boost and motivation for me now thats why I asked. I have another question too even after folllowing the 50% rule sometime I feel a bit bored doing it, is it normal or am I forcing myself?
That more or less been my experience too.
I've had luck combatting the boredom by finding like-minded people on Discord. We go into a voice chat and all pick prompts/reference images then try to draw them while we talk. It has helped me stick with the 50:50 rule a bit more consistently.
I feel like part the reason for the 50:50 rule is so we can start working on our outlook and find the enjoyment of the process, appreciate the small wins, and find ways to apply the principles DaB to our own work.
Also, boredom isn't the end of the world. Going through life being entertained 24/7 isn't likely to give us the most fulfilling life. Sometimes you have to put down short term gratification for the sake of long-term goals. I feel like those accomplishments are going to stick with us longer.
Thanks for your reply. It gives me some clarity.
Let's be real here for a second: fineliners can get pricey. It varies from brand to brand, store to store, and country to country, but good fineliners like the Staedtler Pigment Liner (my personal brand favourite) can cost an arm and a leg. I remember finding them being sold individually at a Michael's for $4-$5 each. That's highway robbery right there.
Now, we're not a big company ourselves or anything, but we have been in a position to periodically import large batches of pens that we've sourced ourselves - using the wholesale route to keep costs down, and then to split the savings between getting pens to you for cheaper, and setting some aside to one day produce our own.
These pens are each hand-tested (on a little card we include in the package) to avoid sending out any duds (another problem with pens sold in stores). We also checked out a handful of different options before settling on this supplier - mainly looking for pens that were as close to the Staedtler Pigment Liner. If I'm being honest, I think these might even perform a little better, at least for our use case in this course.
We've also tested their longevity. We've found that if we're reasonably gentle with them, we can get through all of Lesson 1, and halfway through the box challenge. We actually had ScyllaStew test them while recording realtime videos of her working through the lesson work, which you can check out here, along with a variety of reviews of other brands.
Now, I will say this - we're only really in a position to make this an attractive offer for those in the continental United States (where we can offer shipping for free). We do ship internationally, but between the shipping prices and shipping times, it's probably not the best offer you can find - though this may depend. We also straight up can't ship to the UK, thanks to some fairly new restrictions they've put into place relating to their Brexit transition. I know that's a bummer - I'm Canadian myself - but hopefully one day we can expand things more meaningfully to the rest of the world.
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