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5:30 PM, Saturday June 27th 2020
Your work looks nice. The lines are kinda wobbly at first but they get better as you go on. The ellipses fit pretty well. The boxes are not great, but they are gonna get better.
It looks like you arch or change the direction of some lines. Remember to use your shoulder and ghost through the lines. Do the line confidently. Even if you miss the point you intended to stop at, the shape will feel more consistent if you keep the lines straight, out of one stroke. You can try doing them faster, it helped me at first to bot think and try to adjust the line as I do it
You'll get a lot of practice as you go on with 250 box challenge...
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250 box challenge
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8:33 PM, Saturday June 27th 2020
Added pointers on what to do next ;)
As they already told you, next step is the 250 boxes challenge
Remember the warmup described in the faq under this one https://drawabox.com/faq/grinding
Remember to ghost and draw lines from the shoulder
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