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3:39 PM, Tuesday February 16th 2021

Hello you did quite well, also good job on self-critique on first few exercises.

The biggest mistakes I see are wrong shadows on arrows in some places and flat shadows in organic intersections:

  • For arrows try going over the top of the arrow to darken it first before drawing the shadows - that way you won't get confused which way arrow is going and darken wrong spots

  • For shadows - they should follow the form they fall on (curve along cross countour lines) to enchance 3D illusion

Still overall good job I think you're ready for lesson 3

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10:57 AM, Wednesday February 17th 2021

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