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5:19 PM, Wednesday June 17th 2020

I get that you are trying to up the standards of critique. But I disagree for the most part on the above points. I don't believe I have encouraged grinding. Re-doing or practicing is not in itself grinding. I also think

"Then resubmit superimposed lines, ghosted planes and rotated boxes."

is quite clear and actionable. I thought about that when responding, even going as far as to check that those were the correct names of the homework.

I was noticing that there were pages and pages of submissions and few critiques so I thought I would help. If my views are considered too harsh I will refrain as I don't want to actively discourage but as the intro to drawabox says "our approach is tough and involves a lot of hard work".

Compared to some others I thought the line quality wasn't there. When the next challenge is 250 boxes, going into that with the same quality of line would be wrong IMO.

5:39 PM, Wednesday June 17th 2020

Well then that's okay. I think that everyone has it's own way of giving critiques and teaching, after all. I apologize if it I've sounded nosy. I know you haven't said that, but just to be sure it is just my opinion and I respect your view on how to give quality critique.

6:02 PM, Wednesday June 17th 2020

No worries. I had seen your previous posting about critiques and knew what you were striving to do ( in actuality, I actually had your posting in mind when reviewing ).

It is difficult though. When it's a community driven thing inevitably perceptions will be wide and varied. This is why I prefer to be a Patreon to gauge my progress.

I have passed some and added steps for critiques previously. This was my most demanding in terms of actionable steps. In this case I think what tipped the balance was the rotated boxes exercise. I found it impossible to read and reasonably feedback on.

If you would like, check the point to point line exercise and rotated boxes and let me know what you think.

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