Lesson 4: Applying Construction to Insects and Arachnids

10:31 AM, Monday May 18th 2020

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Hello everyone.

This is my submission for lesson 4. It was pretty interesting as always but even more challenging than the previous lessons. The thing that i had the hardest time with, as you can probably see, was actually the legs i found that using the sausage to draw them makes it more difficult for me, they would usually end up being to long or chubby... So in the end i tried drawing the circle or ellipses on the joints and then adding the sausage and that made it easier and gave me more control... Also trying to simply every insect with an ellipse did not feel correct on some because their shape felt more geometric so i drew the ellipse first then the shape on top I'm not sure if this an ok procedure but its what i could think of while following the guidelines as much as possible.

Hope everyone is doing well.

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5:14 AM, Tuesday May 19th 2020

i just finished and posted lesson 1 so a long way away from you. it looks supper confident and crisp to me. I am inspired to keep going. awesome!

12:10 PM, Tuesday May 19th 2020

Thank you, i know its a struggle but trust me it makes the road to expanding to other subjects so much easier, when it comes to breaking down and simplifying things. i wish you the best of lucks in your journey.

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