Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
2:05 PM, Tuesday February 16th 2021
Critique is welcome and would be appreciated and noted down :)
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9:25 AM, Thursday February 18th 2021
Hello Botnoodles! There seems to be some problem with your upload, I can only see the ghosted lines?
Your lines have a lot of confidence, but I see some lines missing both of your plotted points. Take some more time in the preparing-phase and make sure you line up the starting point properly before making your mark. Accuracy is always less important than confidence, but making sure your line starts where you want it to is crucial. I can see some slight arching in your lines, not a big problem but make sure you're drawing from your shoulder and if the problem persists try to compensate in the other direction.
I obviously can't mark this as complete having only seen one exercise.
All the best.
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10:41 AM, Thursday February 18th 2021
Thanks for the crit, it's unfortunate because last time I checked the upload was fine. I'll try and reupload and see what happens
10:48 AM, Thursday February 18th 2021
I have corrected the issue. I think it was because I pressed copy link on a single image rather than the whole albumn, sorry about that
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