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Lesson 4: Applying Construction to Insects and Arachnids

2:50 PM, Wednesday April 24th 2024

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Took a little break, but did warmups with past exercises for a week and feel I'm back at it. Some of my own mistakes I can see already, such as some sloppy sausages and some parts where I forgot that I'm not supposed to correct and draw over my construction lines. I also struggled a lot with my paper and pen - the paper was surprisingly coarse and I had to press a bit more with the pen to get solid lines. Very finicky. Also, and scan was not done by me so it looks a bit washed out. I hope my construction lines are still visible.

Looking forward to a critique!

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