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Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

5:53 AM, Friday August 28th 2020

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This is my first submission here - I have my work from previous lessons here but since it's missing bits and pieces I'm mostly just providing it for context (e.g. if I have some kind of recurring bad habit that requires investigation).

Overall, I think my main issue is currently line confidence, especially with ellipses. As for Lesson 3 specifically, I struggled the most with constructing flower petals, since they're virtually massless and less obviously structured than leaves. After drawing the flow lines, I kind of just default to "blindly copy the contour lines in the reference picture."

Let me know if you guys have any thoughts or feedback.

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