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12:35 AM, Wednesday October 14th 2020

So unfortunately in this case your best bet is to use the ellipse guide for the outer two, and then do your best to do the middle one freehand. This obviously isn't ideal, and will definitely benefit from some heavy warming-up beforehand, but as long as the ellipse isn't too far off it should be workable.

12:16 PM, Wednesday October 14th 2020

Okay perfect I will try that!

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