250 Cylinder Challenge

8:00 PM, Tuesday August 31st 2021

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over a month to do this exercise. I can't believe I've finally finished it!

I have to be honest, I don't think I really understand the second part of the exercise.

Besides the fact that I haven't been very good at making boxes (I'm working on them, but they still come out a bit rectangular) I don't think I really understood what I had to follow for real.

That is, if I did the ellipsis following the minor-axis I almost certainly did an ellipsis that did not follow the shape of the "kite".

If, on the other hand, I followed the form of the "kite" I almost certainly got the minor-axis thing wrong.

That is, I did not understand what I had to give priority to, in one way or another something came out wrong, in several cases I made a mistake in the ellipse just because I went into the ball and I did not know what I had to follow first, if the shape of the '"kite" or align to the minor-axis.

Anyway, I did my best to finish this exercise. A criticism that helps me to better understand the point of the exercise (and my mistakes) is always more than welcome.

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A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.

In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.

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