Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

6:50 AM, Friday November 27th 2020

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I started Lesson 2 in mid-August, took a hiatus in the middle of Dissections, and resumed a week ago in mid-November to finish the rest of the lesson. So there's a gap of about ~2 months in the middle of Dissections - you can see the dates on the pages - but I think I was able to pick up the techniques sufficiently to continue without repeating stuff.

Thank you very much for the critique!

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12:25 PM, Monday November 30th 2020

I myself am not too ahead of you. But Itry non the less.

So firstly: Always think about the direction of the light. I see teht you understand 3d space but For example the sponge texture has the light change direction.

Also i think the waffle texture isn t following the form and pespective of the obiject.

Otherwhise you are ready to move on.

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As I said your ready to move on. Maby do some more dissections as warmups.

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2:26 AM, Friday December 4th 2020

Hi there, thanks for the feedback. I think my textures were the weakest parts of this exercise, I plan to do the 25 Textures challenge eventually in the future. I'm moving ahead to Lesson 3 now - thanks for giving your input!

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