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5:40 PM, Wednesday May 20th 2020

I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully they get adjusted soon.

I can see you've gotten much more confident with your ellipses. The second page has smoother ellipses than the first, though it understandably has a few that deviate in shape. There's not much else to say - your ellipses will improve further with practice.

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Your next step should be the 250 box challenge

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6:08 PM, Wednesday May 20th 2020

Thanks for critiquing my work. I do appreciate it and I agreed with all the critiques you gave me as I was making the lines. I would draw an ellipse and the shaking would get worse and I would be like, "dang. I know I can HAVE BEEN able to do sooooo much better than this."

It is not fun to lose control in this way but I am thinking that if I do these as warmups everyday, maybe I can adjust to the shaking the same way I adjusted to being able to sketch in moving vehicles.

I have been drawing for over 16 years and I have always felt confident in my line quality, up until this week that is, because of this meds switch. It has been incredibly discouraging but I am figuring it out.

I'm mostly judgemental to myself because I have an Illustration degree, a Graphic Design degree, and 5 classes left until I earn my BFA in Visual Communication, so I've been at this for a while. It just makes me a bit nervous that it could become an issue in furthering my career if it continues, but I am hopeful that it will just be a matter of adjusting to the medications. Practice will help for sure.

Thanks again!

6:46 PM, Wednesday May 20th 2020

You're welcome, and I hope you manage to get used to the medications!

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