Hey Hey! Good job on Lesson 3!
Critique:
Organic Arrows:
Did well: Very minimal over/undershooting where two lines meet. Basically perfect in that regard!
Could improve:
-Some lines are a tad bit wobbly.
-Some arrows recede into space unevenly, which breaks the illusion of depth.
Leaves:
Overall these look really nice. They look smooth and have some gesture to them. for improvement you could try pushing the gesture even more and trying to draw more leaves that fold over themselves.
Branches:
Areas to improve: I observe some fraying where two parts of the line meet. There are also some ellipses which don't quite touch the edge of the branch where they are supposed to.
8 pages of plant drawings:
Some areas to improve:
-Some gestures feel like they could be pushed a bit more. For example, a lot of the leaves in the potato plant drawing feel a bit stiff.
-some unevenness in the width of the branches/stems that doesn't seem intentional. I had a LOT of trouble with that too!
-Some fraying in the branches/stems (something I also had a lot of trouble with)
Overall, it definitely looks like you are giving a lot of effort and are good to move on! :) Good luck!!
Next Steps:
Move on to lesson four, while keeping strong gesture in mind.
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Now, we're not a big company ourselves or anything, but we have been in a position to periodically import large batches of pens that we've sourced ourselves - using the wholesale route to keep costs down, and then to split the savings between getting pens to you for cheaper, and setting some aside to one day produce our own.
These pens are each hand-tested (on a little card we include in the package) to avoid sending out any duds (another problem with pens sold in stores). We also checked out a handful of different options before settling on this supplier - mainly looking for pens that were as close to the Staedtler Pigment Liner. If I'm being honest, I think these might even perform a little better, at least for our use case in this course.
We've also tested their longevity. We've found that if we're reasonably gentle with them, we can get through all of Lesson 1, and halfway through the box challenge. We actually had ScyllaStew test them while recording realtime videos of her working through the lesson work, which you can check out here, along with a variety of reviews of other brands.
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