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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

8:02 AM, Saturday October 4th 2025

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If a paper's missing, i lost it. im sure i lost one of the pages tbh

Uh, i couldnt find any art that inspires me, i know what it looks like but i just cant find it

i gave some examples that look like the artstyle that inspires me. but isnt it exactly.

idk maybe im making up my own artstyle

I censored one of my artworks because it had a political message. but i was proud of this one so i decided to censor it instead of just not posting it

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7:23 PM, Saturday November 1st 2025

You have some fraying on both ends of your lines. The line should never fray on the starting dot. You should place the pen carefully at the beginning of each line so this does not happen. Some of your lines arch. This might happen because you are not mostly using the shoulder pivot. It can happen while using the shoulder too however, and in this case it can be fixed by trying to arch consciously to the opposite direction. On the gosted lines you seem to draw some lines that are drawn kinda randomly, remember to always plot the lines and just draw what the homework is.You draw through your ellipses to many times. Draw through your ellipses 2 to 3 times, (2 times preferably). On the ellipse tables, ellipses are not kept within the bounds. Each

ellipse should touch each other, without overlapping. In the ghosted planes with ellipses your lines kinda wobble. Prioritze confidence and smoothness, over accuracy.

On rotated boxes, some of your boxes aren't rotating Your perspective one the boxes are kinda wack, but you will work on it on the box challenge, so do not worry.

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12:51 PM, Monday November 3rd 2025

Peace and blessings be upon you, and a deep thanks for the crit! But thankfully i've gotten so much better at these exercises as this was a while ago, and i can do the exercises near perfectly but i was too lazy to submit it. im currently at 68 boxes but inconsistent as i'm being bombarded with schoolwork recently.

May your year be blessed with fortune

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