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6:56 PM, Saturday May 2nd 2020
edited at 6:57 PM, May 2nd 2020

You can start on character design right now: https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/2/ready

Could use your "50% drawing for fun" time to draw characters and practice designing them. Granted they will not look good right now but as you work your way thru the course they will improve. And if you start designing characters right now you can be at least a half decent designer by the time you progress into the later lessons of DrawABox, so you'll be better equipped to actually apply the skills from those lessons into your designs.

When I talk about character design I'm talking about stuff like "short, with tattered clothes, leather belts, face covered, glowing eyes, slouched shoulders pose, etc...". Working out your imagination to actually create interesting ideas and drawing them out, even if at a beginner level of art.

edited at 6:57 PM, May 2nd 2020
5:03 PM, Sunday May 3rd 2020

thanks for reply, i forgot about this. i think thats because it was a long gap between my exercise.

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