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6:25 PM, Saturday August 22nd 2020

IMO only.

Well if they are foreshortened then they may well look shorter but the rate of variation of the width will be different. It will feel compressed compared to the other leaves. Remember this is about working with the construction of the shape, not about realism though.

6:37 PM, Saturday August 22nd 2020

thanks for the feedback!

Even though I'm not striving for perfection, I'm still trying to tackle difficult concepts such as long skinny forms (petals) pointing directly at the viewer - I noticed in some of my drawings, I've avoided this by drawing the plant from a different perspective or kind of angling the petals in an unnatural direction which always elds up looking weird.

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