12-04-2014, 12:14 AM
I agree with nate, really take your time with each exercise and compare it with the stuff in the books. It's not about perfection but about progress
You have the right idea when the boxes are below the horizon line, but its completely off when it goes above it. Remember that in perspective, all parallel lines converge towards the horizon line. Yes in reality those lines are parallel, but to convey distance and depth, and because of the curvature of the earth and that our eyes can only see so much resolution, they appear to converge towards a point.
What you're doing right now is more like isometric perspective, which has it's place for certain things, but is not what you want to be doing if you're going for linear perspective. If you're not yet able to make freehand straight lines, then use a ruler so you can learn about perspective without struggling with straight lines. You can practice that separately and bring it in when you're more comfortable with it
http://web.carteret.edu/keoughp/AFA%20im...ve%201.jpg
http://art.nmu.edu/groups/cognates/wiki/.../e7fe3.jpg
You have the right idea when the boxes are below the horizon line, but its completely off when it goes above it. Remember that in perspective, all parallel lines converge towards the horizon line. Yes in reality those lines are parallel, but to convey distance and depth, and because of the curvature of the earth and that our eyes can only see so much resolution, they appear to converge towards a point.
What you're doing right now is more like isometric perspective, which has it's place for certain things, but is not what you want to be doing if you're going for linear perspective. If you're not yet able to make freehand straight lines, then use a ruler so you can learn about perspective without struggling with straight lines. You can practice that separately and bring it in when you're more comfortable with it
http://web.carteret.edu/keoughp/AFA%20im...ve%201.jpg
http://art.nmu.edu/groups/cognates/wiki/.../e7fe3.jpg