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8:05 PM, Saturday July 25th 2020

thanks for the clarification! also on the lesson 6 page we are allowed to use tools to help us out? (rulers/ellipse guides etc etc)

it also says

Whenever drawing freehand, I still want you to apply the methodology I've outlined in the past - the ghosting method, drawing through ellipses, and so on.

in which areas are we allowed to use rulers and such vs freehand drawing?

8:48 PM, Saturday July 25th 2020

That is up to you. Students are allowed to use tools for whatever they wish, but there will be circumstances where you may want to freehand a line instead of reaching for a tool, in which case the old rules must still be applied.

Most of these questions can be answered by the community either on the discord server, the subreddit or the discussion/question section of the website, and you should be asking them there before coming to me.

2:51 AM, Sunday July 26th 2020

Ok sorry about that again thanks for helping out!

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