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12:22 PM, Monday February 19th 2024
Hello there I call myself Quat and I am going to review your exercises for lesson 2.
and from what I can see you did an excellent job with the exercises that you did and aside from some Flouting Ellipses in the organic forms with contour Ellipses exercise I can't see any problems with your submission
Next Steps:
Your next step is Lesson 3
Remember to take your time and do warm ups, and don't forget to do the 50:50 rule
4:11 PM, Tuesday February 20th 2024
Hey thanks a lot for taking your time and giving me feedback. I appreciate it! Cheers.
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