Practice Makes Perfect
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Practice Makes Perfect

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I've been practicing aka-e for more than six years, but I don't feel I've improved as much as I'd hoped. I feel I'm still struggling with drawing thin lines.

Whenever I practice, I try to practice the exact same design on at least three porcelain pieces. My goal in aka-e is to make every thin line look uniform in thickness and quality, but achieving it is extremely hard.

I can see some thick lines here and there in my first piece, and I'm not happy with that.

My second piece doesn't look elegant because each line look too thick and rough. It was supposed to be better than the first one, but I ended up creating the wore piece.

My last piece looks better than my second piece, but some lines look still thick.

I think taking each piece's photo and comparing them is a great way to evaluate my work. It helps me look at my pieces more objectively and notice details that I might otherwise miss . I'd love to keep doing it to improve my skills.

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