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9:24 AM, Saturday January 27th 2024

Hi, solid submission. I would like to add a few things.

Some of your ellipses are wobbly. Next time make sure you take your time and ghost as many times as you need. It seems you are prioritising even ellipses instead of tightly fitting the borders and it is great.

You have missed the corner boxes in the rotated box exercise. You should draw them before continuing. Once you have completed it I can agree with the previous review and give you your badge (if someone hadn't done it by the time).

If you are worrying about ruining the page, don't. The exercise is for learning, not looking pretty

Next Steps:

Add the missing boxes to the rotated boxes exercise

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12:35 AM, Wednesday January 31st 2024

Added the final boxes -- not really sure what difference they make since the area is so narrow there they're not really visible.

7:22 AM, Wednesday January 31st 2024

No need for them to add to the image or be visible as long as you are thinking about them and trying to draw them.

The one on the top left seems to be done hastily as the line starts from nowhere and ends at nowhere (it connects to nothing)

Make sure you take your time for every line you draw.

Next Steps:

Good luck in your 250 boxes.

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