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8:15 PM, Thursday October 1st 2020

These are looking much more solid and believable. They weren't bad before, but this is definitely a big step up. One minor point I did notice was that the back legs on your weta don't apply the sausage method, so keep an eye on that.

Drawing sausages that are consistent and well shaped are definitely difficult, and that is something you'll have to work on to continue improving. You mention that it's "difficult to get them right for me" - it's important to understand that none of this is relative to you. Things are often difficult, for you and for everyone else. They simply require more time and attention to nail them down more firmly. You'll get there, but it will take more practice, that's all.

As it stands though, you're making good progress on that front as well.

I'll go ahead and mark this lesson as complete. Keep up the good work.

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Go ahead and move onto lesson 5.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
9:12 PM, Thursday October 1st 2020

I'll continue to work on my sausages. I guess I should also practice adding mass around sausages, because I tend to ignore sausage method when legs thickness is not even, like you've noticed. I think adding mass to sausages would make a good homework exercise, because without practicing it in separation it's hard to apply it in a drawing.

Thanks a lot and see you in the next lesson!

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