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I want to restart, but do I have to start over?

2:12 PM, Friday May 9th 2025

I was paying for and doing drawabox 2 years ago when I stopped because of life circumstances (fertility journey, wife's pregnancy, new baby, etc). Now I want to pick it back up since my baby is requiring slightly less from me (8 months -yay!).

My question is - do I have to start over or can I pick it back up where I left off?

I have official critiques all the way up to the 250 box challenge, which I was working on.

I figured I'd run through all the lessons again to remind myself and refresh my drawing arm, but hopefully I don't have to resubmit everything

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6:54 PM, Friday May 9th 2025

This is our general rule of thumb for students coming back to the course after a lengthy period away. It largely aligns with what you were planning on doing anyway, but it provides some loose time estimates on how long to do that before getting back to where you left off. Congrats on the baby!

8:39 PM, Friday May 9th 2025

This is perfect! Thank you so much!

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1:49 PM, Saturday May 10th 2025

Well, I think this will depends on how you stopped. If you continued to draw and kept working your muscle memory, just do a quick round up on the homework without submitting. But if you completely stopped due to adult life, restart all over again.

The first lesson is about muscle memory, so if you still have it. Keep going and just use it as warm-up.

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