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2:37 PM, Monday January 30th 2023

I have a question related to this:

Second- your use of the sausage method for leg construction is entirely inconsistent. I have asked you twice before to remember to use a contour curve for the intersection between sausage forms to reinforce the joints. I've marked on your work exactly what I'm asking for. Twice. And you're still leaving them out more often than you include them. These little contour curves might seem insignificant but they do tell the viewer a lot of information about how the forms are orientated in space as well as reinforcing the structure of your legs bu establishing how the forms connect together. So try to remember to include them in future. The size, proportion, orientation and placement of your leg sausages often deviates significantly from what is present in your reference material, which is a sign that you need to take more time to observe, plan, and ghost each form before you draw it.

what exactly is that contour curve meant to represent? Is it the hinge of the joint? Where the two forms intersect? The area where the two portions of the leg open? I've tried looking at the insect and animal chapters as well as previous criticism but am unable to find an answer.

Any ideas?

JustCuteGirlzArt

5:48 PM, Monday January 30th 2023

The contour curve at the joints is the intersection between the two sausage forms.

If you think back to the form intersections exercise from lesson 2, we're doing the same thing, but instead of connecting boxes and cones and cylinders, we're drawing the intersection where two organic sausage forms connect.

4:39 PM, Thursday February 2nd 2023

https://imgur.com/a/v0kwkWO

I'm trying to do the construction of this image of a horse and its legs are telling me straight cylinders, but I know I'm suppose to use sausages to draw the legs. I the case of leg being super straight (as it is in this image) is it okay to use cylinders or should I use only sausage forms?

5:38 PM, Thursday February 2nd 2023

The constructional drawing exercises we do in this course are less about being hyper-accurate to our references, but more about going through the steps, employing the specific techniques introduced here, in order to put our brains through the paces of solving a 3D spatial problem.

Given that, it is best to use the sausage method even when the legs appear super straight. It will also help attune your observation to identify subtler curves and flows in the legs of your animals, helping to keep them feeling overly stiff and robotic.

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