Perspective 1

Gordon003 · Jan '22

Perspective 1

Much like the Photoshop lesson from before, this is a pretty quick lesson as I have done perspective drawing before (thx to engineering and maths) so I'm kinda familiar with 1 and 2-point perspective but not in a drawing sense. But the key is "kinda" so I went through the video in full.

Key Lesson Notes

Vanishing point and Horizion Line help us set up perspective.

The most common perspective is 1-point and 2-point . It depends on how many vanishing points you want to use.

Part 1 - Horizon Line and Vanishing Point

You can find vanishing point by drawing all straight line together.

Horizon Line is basically the horizontal line of the vanishing point.

Part 2 - 1 Point Perspective

Involves 1 vanishing point.

Just draw straight line via the vanishing point.

To draw a cube, draw a square face in front and then draw toward the vanishing point to display "depth"

Part 3 - 2 Point Perspective

Involves 2 vanishing points.

Involves twice as much lines drawn compared to 1 Point Perspective

To draw a cube, draw a straight line and follow the lines drawn through each vanishing point

Room Assignment

I didn't spent too much time compared to other people whose perspective work are simply amazing. The main reason is I want to focus on nude figure drawing which was my goal for this term. However, I don't want to just draw some cube and be done with so I add some non-cube object such as the machine on the right and an air-con on the top left.

In the future, I may need to do more perspective drawing but as of this moment, I feel my current perspective skill are good for now.

Overall

Like the Photoshop video, this was a refresher for me. However, I learnt new concepts at some time such as how to draw curve in 1 point perspective. Aside from that, it was mostly straight forward but worth rewatching.

leeireo · Jan '22

Nice job! I like how you added that stool in there. Good to practice round forms in perspective like that.

If I were to leave some pointers, I'm going to assume your vanishing point is on the horizon line. If that's the case, you will be able to see the top plane of the window sill on the left since the top plane will be visible for everything below the horizon line.
Also on the couch(?) there to the left. The distance between the lines indicating the separation of the couch cushions will get closer and closer as it moves toward the vanishing point. I'm pretty sure there was a method on accurately measuring the distance, but I don't quite remember. I think Marc does go over it on a video though.

I hope these have been helpful! You're doing well

Lockenheim · Jan '22

Nice work! I love the sci fi feel. I have been working on one point perspective a lot recently so I thought this may be helpful. If you draw an X in between the rectangle you are working in you can find the halfway point. Then you can repeat this as many times as needed. This is pretty simple if you are working on just the horizontal and vertical planes as the lines are straight. However if you are working at an angle, the lines must be parallel to the other angular lines on the side. I don't know how to divide the cushions into thirds but here is an example of how to divide it into fourths. You can also use this to find the halfway point on other objects such as the circles and checker pattern on the ceiling. Take this advice with a grain of salt please as I am very new and it may not be correct it just seems to work for me. I hope this is helpful. Also love this style!

@leeireo

leeireo · Jan '22

aha yes! I think that's the method I was thinking of. Thanks for clarifying it for the both of us

Gordon003 · Jan '22

Thanks for explaining your view on my Chinese couch (random inspiration), @leeireo. I was trying to indicate equal distribution. But yeah, I should used @Lockenheim solution to draw the couch in equal distribution.

Gordon003 · Jan '22

Thanks for your awesome explanation on how to split the couch equally. That's something I and @leeireo didn't know but should have due to mathematics knowledge lmao. And no, the advice makes absolute good sense.

Btw, the orange and blue lines you draw are not parallel if I'm assuming correctly. That's the case, that's me doing work at 1am - brings out the worst accuracy out of me. XD

But I do appreciate that you read my blogs, @Lockenheim .

Lockenheim · Jan '22

Ive been grinding perspective so much the past few weeks these problems are fresh in my mind and very dear to me

Gordon003 · Jan '22

Nude Figure Drawing

Now, this is where the interesting bits is coming in. Drawing people is never my strength (excluding cartoon lmao) so this took some considerable times in comparison to other courses in term 1. But this is very beneficial as it strengthens my observation out on what to look for.

NOTE - There are a lot of good examples on Discord chat. Go have a look for more reference on there. My Discord is Gordon003#7031 if interested to chat to.

Part 1 - Line of Action

Imaginary Line running from neck to tailbone.

First Line ever.

Always start with LOA when drawing figure.

Avoid S-Curve - our spine can only do much.

Can have secondary LOA to complement - in particular, the leg.

Part 2 - Head, Ribcage & Pelvis

Key parts of human body - each rotate independently of each other.

Can use (sphere or circle)/(box or square) to represent each part.

Use LOA to help the placement of those parts.

Part 3 - Joints

More mobile part of the skeleton

Represented as a circle which is connected by a line (simple) or cylinder (advanced)

Shoulder -> Elbow -> Wrist

Hips (at end of pelvis) -> Knee (Bottom Level) -> Ankle

Part 4 - Cylinders

A better representation of joints connection.

Cylinder is better to show perspective and foreshortening.

Cylinder shows which joint is front/back of each other.

Full Process Combined

Part 5 - Proportion

Use head measurement to measure out other key parts.

Have reference points to allow you position each body parts accurately.

Place your key body parts (head, ribcage, pelvis) and the joints as the first step.

Set up skeleton before you add detail.

Part 6 - Gesture Drawing

Most challenging but also the most rewarding. I have done Gesture Drawing before but I don't see the main goal/point of doing it every day until Marc and other Youtubers videos recommended by other artist on Discord explained it.

Basically, it helps me refine my observation skill in detecting key body parts quickly and find the flow of action since it's meant to be quick. In summary, this one took some considerable time and will continue to do as warmup activity.

Initial Gesture Drawing

Current Gesture Drawing

Overall

This is the hardest course in Term 1. But it's the most rewarding as it forces to work on my fundamental skill which was one of my art goal and reason to join this art school. And I'm happy to notice that I'm less rigid in my drawing and more fluent.

Lockenheim · Jan '22

I like the improvement on your gesture drawings! The planes on the faces add a lot in my opinion. I try to do that myself but run out of time! Gesture drawing is also the hardest part for me as well. I also feel like it improves my speed considerably when working on other practice. Keep up the good work!

Gordon003 · Jan '22

Art Pose Challenge on Discord Term 1 (#1 - 8).

Lockenheim · Jan '22

These are looking great and you had some difficult poses too. You really capture the attitude of the people!