07-08-2013, 07:36 AM
Great stuff going on here! It's nice to see someone actually studying perspective for a change, haha. Most people skip it and just jump right in to drawing dragons and space marines, so it's good you've got your foundations on the list of priorities. :)
A couple thoughts, watch out for things like in image #4. I feel like the camera is getting so high up that we would start to notice the 3rd vanishing point and the buildings should be converging in space as they go further towards the ground. Bear in mind that we are always seeing in 3 point perspective all the time because of the nature of our 3 dimensional world, it's just that most of the time it's so subtle that we don't notice the 3rd point. So any time you start moving your camera a good distance along the Y axis, be prepared to throw things in to 3-point or else they'll start to look a little funky if you go too far.
And second, in answer to your question, it is kind of a pain to keep track of VPs traditionally. My instructor recommends setting up your drawing table on a big cork board or something, then put a thumbtack in the board where your VP is, then tie a string to the thumbtack. You can then pull the string tightly and rotate it around your page and it will give you a line that converges to the proper VP.
Keep up the good practice! :D
A couple thoughts, watch out for things like in image #4. I feel like the camera is getting so high up that we would start to notice the 3rd vanishing point and the buildings should be converging in space as they go further towards the ground. Bear in mind that we are always seeing in 3 point perspective all the time because of the nature of our 3 dimensional world, it's just that most of the time it's so subtle that we don't notice the 3rd point. So any time you start moving your camera a good distance along the Y axis, be prepared to throw things in to 3-point or else they'll start to look a little funky if you go too far.
And second, in answer to your question, it is kind of a pain to keep track of VPs traditionally. My instructor recommends setting up your drawing table on a big cork board or something, then put a thumbtack in the board where your VP is, then tie a string to the thumbtack. You can then pull the string tightly and rotate it around your page and it will give you a line that converges to the proper VP.
Keep up the good practice! :D