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Johan Pedersen
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4yr
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The portrait courseStruggling with some portraits - chronological from right to left. The more I try the grater my respect for you guys who can do this.
Here are a few images that I used to be satisfied with. But eventually I reached a learning plateau, so I signed up for a Proco course. And it’s been worth every minute and dime. Because It made me aware of my earlier mistakes, especially when it comes to anatomy and details. My plan is to stick to the lessons, and eventually retry what I did in the beginning, but hopefully on a higher level.
Why do I draw? It’s fun. And I would like to be skilled enough to express ideas in a graphic form.
Ya that's something that's been on my mind. Not sure how to prevent people from abusing it. The reason this is even a question is because we have some gamification features that are currently hidden (need to test with real data before launching). As you use the site, you get points for most actions and possibly awarded with badges. If people can manually mark things as done, some will abuse it to try to get more badges. Students who are actually here to study and keep track of progress shouldn't have a worse experience just because some might abuse it. So I think we'll be able to figure it out. Just have to give it some thought.
First of all, thank you for inviting me to this great portal. I would like to second on this suggestion, however. Because here is so much material, that it would help to follow a track. As I see it, to have completed a course, or parts of it, is a personal decision that ”this is the best I could do” within my learning zone. That’s regardless of how many times I’ve watched the videos. You mentioned in one of your vlogs that when learning anatomy we pick up some parts, forget, and then re-learn later on. That’s something I can relate to, after having done the Figure Drawing Fundamentals. It helped me to learn a lot, but I haven’t mastered anything. That’s why learning is so fascinating. Thus, I believe having completed a course should be an intrinsic reward, or a roadmap. Perhaps external points, like badges, could be given for posting assignments, or writing comments. I’ll end here, because it’s almost midnight in Sweden. And I’m light years away from being skilled enough to quit my day job.
