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Grain00

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Do cylinders have to have to perfectly be snug/tight in the cylinder change

9:45 AM, Saturday July 11th 2020

I know this is probably a no and a try your best to do it situation, but sometimes even when I ghost my ellipses and try to get them as tight and snug as possible,i still don't get them touching all the corners, and the boxes I construct don't always have a perfect minor axis that will make a snug ellipse at the bottom. I'm doing the ellipses in planes exercise to help with this but still after spending 1 hour 45 minutes on 10 boxed cylinders (thats how long it normally takes me plus 10-15 minutes for warmups) they don't always fit. I also tend to when I get the ellipses non-snug half-way into the method to try and correct it leading to a really loose ellipse, so should I just try to make it as tight as possible if i don't get it as snug when i start my stroke? Thanks.

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3:32 AM, Sunday July 12th 2020

I'm glad to hear that you're putting your all into it this time around. As long as you are putting this kind of effort into doing your best, then your results are precisely what they're going to be. It all comes back to the fact that you're expected to submit the best you can do right now - if that means not all of them fit snugly within those planes, then so be it.

And yes, you're right about the ellipses in planes being a good choice for warming up to tackle this kind of thing. Also, you may want to experiment with slowing down your stroke a little - not to the point that your line wobbles of course, but remember that the mark making stuff from Lesson 1 all talks about drawing confidently, not necessarily drawing quickly. The more you practice the ghosting method, the more you may be able to reduce your speed without falling into the pattern of hesitation and wobbling. This may help you regain some control, though your primary focus should still be on achieving an evenly shaped ellipse (even if that means losing some accuracy).

For what it's worth, I'm very pleased to hear that you're putting all this effort into it, compared to your initial submission. It shows that you have indeed found ways to invest more time in order to yield better results (even if not perfect results), and that you're taking the work much more seriously.

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Grain00

Do cylinders have to have to perfectly be snug/tight in the cylinder change

9:45 AM, Saturday July 11th 2020

Uncomfortable

3:32 AM, Sunday July 12th 2020

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