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3:36 PM, Saturday September 3rd 2022

Hi there,

Thank you so much for taking time looking at my exercise and put a thorough feedback. I really appreciate it a lot because sometimes when I was working on this exercise, I really don't know what did I do wrong and how to make it right. Your review made me look back and realize things I couldn't before.

Especially about foreshadowing box. I didn't really get it, so that's why you couldn't see a lot of foreshadowing which is a pity. I mean, out of 250 boxes... I had so many chances if I had better understanding of it earlier. I regret it. I'll make sure to do foreshadowing boxes for my daily warm up.

Thank you so much for pointing out about a hatching. I honestly never once hatching in a ghosted method way. I thought I just could scribble it. I'll make sure to hatch by ghosted method in my next exercise.

I admit I tend to correct my lines a lot. I just can't help it... which I know now it's bad and waste of time. Thank you. I'll try my best to plan my lines more patiently and stroke it more confidently. And even if it still wrong, I'll make sure not to redo it.

Thank you for pointing out which part I should work on. To be honest I think I understand big part of it, but in actual practice I'm still lost. I'll make sure to reread it again and practice it again. Thank you for the images it definitely help me to understand better.

I agree that DaB challenge is a marathon. I just want to share that I did this challenge in a long time because I only draw 5 boxes a day. But keeping the consistency is still hard for me. Sometimes I also get frustrated because my box today got worse than yesterday. I feel like I need constant mental note that I'll no way getting better in short amount of time. To be honest I need a lot of courage to read your feedback because I know I messed up a lot. But reading your feedback of which part I did good is really encouraging. At least I move forward. Thank you so much. I'll try to make this exercise a habit so I can keep the consistency so I can see more improvement, and by habit I won't get frustrated by hoping immediate result. I'll also learn to do review although I still feel like in no place to do that yet.

Overall, again, thank you so much. I hope you have a great time!

8:18 PM, Saturday September 3rd 2022

Aw, thank you so much. I'm really glad my feedback helped you.

Most of the stuff I pointed out were things I did wrong myself (hatching, repeating lines, the graphics were included in my critique back then as well), so this was really nostalgic and enjoyable to review. It's ok to be discuraged and frustrated sometimes and some days it feels like you regress and are unable to do things you were able to the day before, but I think it's better to do stuff regularily over a long time then not at all. Though I prob shouldn't talk so big, because I'm currently in kind of a strut (bc I had to stop DaB due to studiing for exam week) and it's so hard to get back into a it after a break, I hate it. I think consistency really is the key here, even if it's just a short warmup every day. So let's hope we'll both be able to find a routine that works for us.

Also thank you for responding and thanking me. A lot of people don't, so it made me super happy.

10:36 AM, Tuesday September 6th 2022

Hi there,

Thank you for also responding back! It makes me happy too. Anyway, It's frustrating since I took long break so to start lesson 2 is kind of hard, I think I need to go back a bit, do multiple warm ups before I continue. Like you said, it's really hard to get back on track. But I'll try to back on track and keep the consistency this time.

Cheers for you too! Hope you soon find a routine that works best for you.

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