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2:16 AM, Monday April 17th 2023

Wow very Interesting, i think im finally starting to understand now, so basically i can for example subdivide based on the most important landmark or part of the object and work my way from there right?

and if for example an object doesn't quite match subdividing by 1/3 or 1/4 i can always decide wether or not i want to be more precise right? i can always find the middle between 1/3 and 1/4 but thats entirely my decision, i could work with 1/4 for example if i feel lazy, right? Interesting, so it does make waaay more sense now.

Just one last question since i don't want to ask this in a separate post, since you have already ended DaB when it comes to submitting for official critique does it need to be done in a fineliner? or am i allowed to work with a ballpoint pen for the entirety of my homework?.

I know the lesson 6 page at the beginning says i can work with ballpoint pen but it says you can't switch pens and then at the bottom of the page it says:

"all work should be done in ink ... but you can use ballpoint pens as needed" so.....how exactly am i allowed to use the ballpoint pen..?

If you don't know you can ignore this question thats fine.

Thank you for all the feedback man i really appreciate it! i thought this lesson was going to be impossible.

4:24 AM, Monday April 17th 2023

So with official critique I did all of lesson 6, 7 and the wheel challenge in ballpoint because the line work can be done lighter and thinner. Fineliner can be used but it will most likely make the image unreadable so it's best to not use it. The only place I can recommend you use it in is on the wheel textures for the small cast shadows on the treads. Other than that you don't need to use fine liner.

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