9:36 AM, Friday March 24th 2023
Hello Lo999, thank you for responding with your revisions.
The difference between these and your original submission is like night and day, you've done a great job here, and I'll be marking this as complete, with confidence, knowing that you have a strong understanding of what this lesson aims to teach.
I'll go over the points raised last time, and perhaps offer a few additional tips.
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I can see you're constructing a torso sausage, instead of simplifying the torso into a single ellipse, good work.
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You're using the sausage method of leg construction to good effect.
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You're sticking much more closely to the principles of construction, and generally avoid trying to add too much complexity with a single form. I think you might have had an easier time constructing the tail of your squirrel if you had broken it into more steps. Probably a modified version of the "branch" exercise in lesson 3 would work, as seen in the pitcher plant demo. Nonetheless, I can see you've connected the base of the tail to the body in 3D space and I think it's working.
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I can see you've made a real effort to take actions in 3D by drawing complete forms instead of partial shapes. There are a few places where you drew partial shapes where one object is obscured by another, such as the far side front leg of this camel but as many far side legs in the demos are not "drawn through" I'm being a bit nit picky bringing it up. Just be aware that drawing through and figuring out how the whole form exists in 3D space (including the parts you can't see) will help you to develop your spatial reasoning skills further.
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Your head constructions are more solid. I can see you're using what is shown in the informal head demo that I shared with you, and once again, you've avoided skipping steps or trying to add too much complexity in one go. Good work.
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You're showing a much stronger understanding of how to use additional masses to build onto your basic structures. I spotted a few places where you used a sharp corner on a mass where it wouldn't necessarily make sense, given the properties of these additional masses. Remember that complexity in additional masses should occur in response to the underlying structures. If the underlying form is smooth and rounded, it works better to transition smoothly between curves as shown in this diagram instead of introducing arbitrary corners.
Anyway, great work, feel free to move on to the 250 Cylinder Challenge, which is a prerequisite for lesson 6.
Next Steps:
250 Cylinder Challenge