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Lesson 4: Applying Construction to Insects and Arachnids

6:57 PM, Monday August 31st 2020

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Hello Critiquer,

On all of my insect/arachnid pages, I drew the leg holes even though some of the legs were never drawn due to the perspective. Also, I am not sure if my drawn maggot should count. The purpose was to practice organic sausages and circles on an insect (larva). Lastly, I noticed during the submission, crustacean was mentioned. I did not see this anywhere in the lesson 4 material. Does this break the rules?

Thank you Critiquer and your advice would be appreciated,

Lars

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A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.

On the flipside, they tend to be on the cheaper side of things, so if you're just getting started (beginners tend to have poor pressure control), you're probably going to destroy a few pens - going cheaper in that case is not a bad idea.

In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.

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