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7:40 PM, Tuesday May 5th 2020

Alright, so I have add the 2 pages to the same imgur post as used for the submission.

For sausages I've noticed that I struggle a lot to get that firm with 2 spherical ends and tried to correct them. It appeared that the lack of space for me to draw them was partially to blame.

For intersections, I really hope I've captured all teh mistakes you've outlined as at a certain point it just seemed that I have no idea if what i"m doing is right. I should probably also take care of the ink flow as it makes it hard to control lineweight for myself.

7:56 PM, Tuesday May 5th 2020

That is definitely a considerable improvement. I'll go ahead and mark this lesson as complete.

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Feel free to move onto lesson 3.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
8:10 PM, Tuesday May 5th 2020

Thanks. Anything I need to improve from this batch?

12:06 AM, Wednesday May 6th 2020

It's a big improvement and moving in the right direction, but there is still plenty of room for growth. I expect that as you continue to practice these exercises as part of your regular warmups, you'll continue to improve your sausage forms and making them more consistent (there are a few that are a little off but not nearly as much as before), and that you'll continue fighting against the urge to correct your mistakes (in your form intersections).

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