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7:14 AM, Wednesday August 12th 2020
ROBO92,
Good job completing the first Lesson! Here's a critique from somebody.
I think your lines need some work. Your supperimposed lines are fraying quite a bit. I think you may have move on to doing curves too early. I'd try really practicing straight lines and trying to minimize fraying. Don't get obbsesive over it though. In your organic perspective, rotated boxes, and rough perspective exercises have multiple lines going through it.
Here's the thing, it's better to get it wrong and make it look clean, than to go over it multiple times, then get it right. I'm sure you've heard this advice before. I can see you're capable of doing it! (eg; plane exercises)A challenge for you is to just do the line once. If it's wrong, it's wrong. But you've got a 100 more opportunities to get it right. And it'll be easier for you to tell.
Just a side note, I'd really recommend getting some black fineliners for the following exercises. Other than that, I really do like your rotated boxes. It's clear you know what you're doing. You're off to a great start.
Next Steps:
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Superimposed lines
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Organic Boxes with one line instead of multiple
9:34 AM, Wednesday August 12th 2020
Thank you very much for the feedback, I really appreicate it. :)
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A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
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