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4:00 PM, Friday March 26th 2021

Any situation where a student comes back with revisions soon after they were assigned is generally a red flag. It doesn't always mean that the student rushed through their work, but it certainly raises the possibility, along with the likelihood that the student didn't necessarily take the time to fully absorb and process the critique they received, and reflect upon the instructions of the exercise or task.

You came back with your revisions some 3 hours and 44 minutes after the original critique was posted, and I gotta tell you, that is a very tight turnaround. Looking at your work, my concerns seem to be pretty valid.

Your linework appears fairly rushed, and most notably, just about every single one of your cylinders have the degree shift reversed - which is particularly strange, since this wasn't something you did incorrectly the first time around. This degree relationship is addressed in a number of places within the 250 cylinder challenge's notes:

It's also explained in greater detail in the newer ellipse section in lesson 1 (both in the notes and the new video). I don't expect you to know about that, since those updates only rolled out a few days ago, but if you don't understand the mechanics of this degree shift, I would recommend watching the ellipses video.

Long story short, it seems to me like you rushed head-long into completing the revisions as quickly as you reasonably could, and in doing so you've wasted a bit of your time, and a bit of mine. I'm going to ask that you complete the 30 additional boxes again, and I will not accept your revisions until 5 days have passed. Take your time.

Next Steps:

Another 30 boxes. Revisions will not be accepted until 5 days have passed from the date of this response.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
8:07 PM, Thursday April 8th 2021

https://imgur.com/a/nKsJe4E

I tried to split these one up over multiple days and do a lot of 50% time inbetween... I think I was starting to understand the foreshortening just a bit better towards the end of these.

8:15 PM, Thursday April 8th 2021

These are much better. At times your ellipses still do have a tendency to end up a little loose, which isn't terribly abnormal (ellipses are a pain in the ass, it's why every lesson after this point allows the use of ellipse guides) but that's definitely somewhere you'll want to focus your attention.

As far as the challenge goes, you've done a good job with the revisions this time, so I'll go ahead and mark it as complete.

Next Steps:

Move onto lesson 6.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
8:22 PM, Thursday April 8th 2021

Thank you again for your time!

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