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4:16 PM, Tuesday January 30th 2024
Hey I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you didn't follow the instructions of the 250 Box Challenge correctly... You didn't extend the lines to see if they meet at some point. I'm not sure if it would make sense to try and do that step now, in retrospective, since seeing how well you did after around 5 boxes is supposed to help you improve when doing the next few boxes.
I'm afraid you might have to start over, which I know is probably very frustrating since I am sure you've invested a lot of time and energy into this.
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12:09 AM, Wednesday January 31st 2024
Hi, good morning, you managed to do 250, congratulations, but regarding the challenge, you had to do it on a larger sheet, and limit yourself to doing 5 to a maximum of 6 boxes, per page, in addition to missing make the correction, which should be done, after completing each page, I also feel that you could have made more money with a more exaggerated foreshortening, although you did not follow some of the requirements to complete the challenge, I can see that you have evolved a lot, especially in the fluidity of the lines, in addition to the hatching being very parallel, now, what I recommend, is that you make another 50 boxes. If you follow exactly what the challenge asks, I know you did it, and I think that's what's missing for you to improve.
Next Steps:
Make another 50 boxes, following exactly what was requested in the challenge.
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