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1:41 PM, Wednesday December 16th 2020

Hi. Sorry for replying so late. I discussed your submission with others who do critiques and the collective response was that it feels like you are drawing too fast. Though fraying of lines is not a problem, generally speaking but in this case the lines are fraying because you are moving too fast. Try to slow down a little. If you need help you can always ask. Its not the best but you can take a look at my lesson 1. 1 trick to help you with ellipses is as follows:

1) Draw the plane as you normally would.

2) Next imagine 4 points on each side of plane where you feel the ellipse would touch the plane.

3) Start to ghost around those points and try to touch those points while ghosting.

4) When you feel confident put the pen to paper. First thing that will happen is the sudden friction between pen and paper. Now it is easy to overshoot your lines as you put more effort into drawing the ellipse so keep that in check. Apart from theory only practice will help so make sure to do some of these exercises as your warmup.

Good luck!

Next Steps:

I feel 1 more page of ellipses in planes would help you.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
6:48 AM, Saturday January 2nd 2021

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9:19 AM, Saturday January 2nd 2021

Hmm. It seems that though you have understood what needs to be done you lack practice. As such you may move forward for now but make it an absolute point to practice drawing ellipses each day as warmup. Another thing i'd like to point out is that you are drawing way too many superimpositions. Limit them to two. Also keep your primary focus on getting a smooth and consistent lines then move towards drawing an ellipse which sits perfectly within the plane. I'll share a photo on discord about how you can make better ellipses.

Next Steps:

Though you may move forward towards the 250 boxes challenge practice drawing ellipses each day as warmup before starting the challenge.

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3:02 AM, Sunday January 3rd 2021

Alright, I understand. I'll make sure to practice elipses in planes before drawing!

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