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3:11 PM, Sunday April 17th 2022

I'm so sorry for getting back to you so late, but just wanted to say thank you for the helpful feedback! As of now I'm 90 boxes in for the 250 box challenge :) Sometimes I still struggle to keep my lines from curving, but have been trying to be more conscious of how I hold my pen and whether or not I'm starting to curve while ghosting. For a good part of lesson 1 I was also struggling to find the best angle to draw from that was comfortable, so I think that definitely contributed to some of the lines (especially in the rough perspective exercise) getting more wobbly and self-conscious. I've gotten a little bit better at finding a good angle, but still need to keep working at it for sure. Thank you again! I hope whatever lesson you're currently on is going well :)

5:43 PM, Tuesday April 19th 2022

you'll find the correct angle soon enough, tt took me a while as well. What I did was just draw a lot of rough lines on a separate piece of paper; doing this I always got into the 'flow' of drawing straight,confdent lines. I

continue with the challenge, drawing lines will become second nature to you :)

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9:49 PM, Thursday April 21st 2022

That's a good idea! Thank you! :)

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