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6:30 PM, Monday January 17th 2022

Starting with your organic forms with contour curves, the main issue here is that while you are shifting the degree of your contour curves, you're doing so in the wrong direction. As explained in the Lesson 1 ellipses video, the contour lines will get wider as we slide away from the viewer. You've got them getting narrower.

You are making progress in sticking to the characteristics of simple sausages as mentioned in the instructions, though this is something you'll want to keep working on as well, as there are some that get narrower through their midsections, or that have ends of different sizes.

I'm also slightly confused as to why you went back over the ellipses for that page with another pen, making them thicker. Not entirely sure what purpose that was meant to serve - stick to following the instructions and try to avoid doing anything in addition to them.

Moving onto your organic intersections, I can see that you are moving in the right direction here, and that you're thinking about how they slump and sag over one another. This is something that will continue to see improvement with further practice, so as with all the exercises you've been introduced to, be sure to integrate them into your regular warmup routine so you can keep working on those skills.

One last thing - it appears that you're filling in the ellipses on the tips of your forms in this exercise, though again this is not something that was part of the instructions, so refrain from doing so in the future.

Before I mark this lesson as complete, I would like to make sure that you understand how the degree of your contour lines should be shifting, so I am going to assign one more page of those.

Next Steps:

Please submit 1 more page of organic forms with contour curves.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
8:46 PM, Tuesday January 18th 2022

https://imgur.com/a/MeGSygy

Thank you for your comments! I'd somehow never made the connection regarding circles being further away thus more circular, despite having previously read the link you sent. I think this time it came out better as I kept that in mind.

Please find my one more page of organic forms with contour forms above.

11:02 PM, Wednesday January 19th 2022

You're heading in the right direction with these attempts. I can see you're trying to shift your degrees which is good.

Your forms are still getting a bit complex and away from the idea of a simple sausage. Keep practicing with that idea in mind and you'll continue to improve with mileage.

Lastly remember to draw through your contour ellipses 2 times (even the small ending ones) and that their degree needs to match the contour curve preceding it.

Overall I feel you've shown enough of an understanding that it's safe to move you on to the next lesson. Keep practicing previous exercises as warm ups and good luck in lesson 3.

Next Steps:

Move on to lesson 3.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
4:47 AM, Thursday January 20th 2022

Thanks very much!

8:46 PM, Tuesday January 18th 2022

https://imgur.com/a/MeGSygy

Thank you for your comments! I'd somehow never made the connection regarding circles being further away thus more circular, despite having previously read the link you sent. I think this time it came out better as I kept that in mind.

Please find my one more page of organic forms with contour forms above.

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