I sort of diagrammed it out here, for my own purposes. You can see how adding each segment adds pieces of information to the box. https://imgur.com/a/HHzeYyF
You're an absolute champion, dude! This is so helpful! I really appreciate how you explained your thought process in each step and then provided the examples. The way you approach that nasty back corner has helped me understand it so much better. Amazing work, thank you so much for sharing this with me, I will definitely be using it as a reference.
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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