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Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

9:43 AM, Sunday April 11th 2021

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Hey guys,

I've finally finished lesson 2 of DrawABox :) So ,the level up from lesson 1 to lesson 2 was huge like I was a bit overwhelmed the first time I saw all the exercises and tried/practiced them...But after some time I felt more and more confident which makes me really happy!

So the arrows were okay I would say...After finishing everything I definitely feel that I have a better understanding of 3D space and how objects are placed into it etc., so I already see some flaws in this exercise lol, but yeah moving on. The organic forms were also a bit more demanding but I kinda made it through it haha. So the texture analysis was pretty confusing for me at first...I had some problems seeing the shadows and general texture of any object etc. (as you can see at my first tries lol) I have referenced from at first but I kinda got the hang of it at dissections even tho I sometimes forgot to really wrap my texture around the sausage...Gotta work on that! Lastly the whole construction section was so exhausting ngl, I sometimes had a headache finding the intersection of two or three forms :p But at the end I pushed through it.

So yeah that was my rant about every exercise haha, thanks for reading all of it!

Any criticism, advice etc. is truly appreciated, thanks in advance and have a nice day! :)

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As discussed in Lesson 0, printer paper (A4 or 8.5"x11") is what we recommend. It's well suited to the kind of tools we're using, and the nature of the work we're doing (in terms of size). But a lot of students still feel driven to sketchbooks, either by a desire to feel more like an artist, or to be able to compile their work as they go through the course.

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