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3:03 PM, Tuesday April 23rd 2024

thank you for your critique, I did the organic contour twice

https://imgur.com/a/m5hX7ck

3:32 PM, Tuesday April 23rd 2024
edited at 3:37 PM, Apr 23rd 2024

the form intersections are better now and less confusing, although i do want to point out that your hatching lines should have the same amount of effort put in as all other lines (planned, ghosted and executed with confidence) they look rushed, something to look out for as you move on

as for the organic contours, i only assigned 1 page of them, and you should only do the amount of work that is assigned because you cant be sure if you're doing them right, they are slightly better, but most of them aren't really hooking around the back (you should overshoot them as if they were to go slightly behind the form if that makes sense) (https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/77f2ca1c.jpg) and be sure to align the angle of the curve to the minor axis! (the flow line) (https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/4d7871e1.jpg) this is something you can practice in your warm-ups (as you'll be adding all of these exercises to your warm-up selection)

Next Steps:

  • you can try the contour curves again (with hooking/overshooting and making sure to align them to the minor axis) and send them here if you want and i'll look over them

  • add all of these exercises to your warm-up selection

  • lesson 3

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edited at 3:37 PM, Apr 23rd 2024
5:09 PM, Tuesday April 23rd 2024

thank you for the critique, I will directly pass on lesson 3 but I will work on my organic forms in my warmup. thank you!

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