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12:25 PM, Thursday July 30th 2020
edited at 12:27 PM, Jul 30th 2020

The problem can be seen on that page, but it's clearer on the page after it

I looked other people's assignments. It seems that it is optional to not use the center line for narrow branches. But I would say you should use it a bit more.

the leaf on the top left of your leaves page is an example of lack of gradient.

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edited at 12:27 PM, Jul 30th 2020
7:25 PM, Thursday July 30th 2020

Can you please explain what you mean by me having a lack of gradient exactly for that leaf? Like, what is the difference between the shade of the detail (I'm assuming the texture cast shadows) and the shade of the leaves? I'm afraid I don't understand.

11:06 PM, Thursday July 30th 2020

turns out I was the one wrong! what I did in my assignment is that I'd go around the leaf with my pen and add the details, highlighing all of it in the process and making my drawings visually noisy. here is an example of what I'm talking about http://imgur.com/gallery/JkuKHX9

when I wrote the first comment here I'd initially thought I was adding some kind of gradient to make things look more natural. But even that gradient would look the exact opposite.

the point is: your detailing is correct

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3:53 AM, Tuesday August 4th 2020

Alright then. Thanks for your help anyway.

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