These exercises were challenging, but enlightening! It took a few tries to eyeball the proportions of the box in the grid, and I posted the two strongest roughs. Also, I shared my reference image and my expanded orthographic study, as well as the two cannons I placed in grids. In the process, I realized that the orthos did not fully capture all of the nuances of the subject, and I checked my work by positioning the toy cannon to approximate the views of the grids and observing it. I came to appreciate Marshall's advice to trust my eye over the grid, especially for the last image of the cannon (above and right of the viewer), where it feels as though the upper part of the cannon should converge more to a third vanishing point above. Still, I'm thrilled with the results, and I'm excited to learn how to manipulate grids to create different effects, but, most importantly, I'm eager to learn how to spin and tilt the object believably in relation to a grid where other objects are positioned. I look forward to future lessons from Marshall and future submissions from the rest of the community! Thank you all, and wonderful work, everyone!

Hi there, everyone! I wanted to express my gratitude to Rachel Dawn Evans for her step-by-step breakdown of her process, as well as Professor Vandruff's explanation in his video "How I Tipped the Arrows." I tried following Rachel's method, but I found myself veering into the blob-to-box approach and then adding in some lines to determine perspective as Rachel recommends, as you can probably see from the roughs beneath my assignment drawings. Altogether, I found this exercise challenging, but quite enlightening as well. I have scoured textbooks and the Internet for perspective strategies, but none of them included a seemingly simple exercise like this one, which forced me to analyze the viewpoint from which the observer is looking at an object (whether it be an arrow or a cube). I found it a great way to build an intuition of perspective, and I look forward to Marshall's lessons to come, as well as continuing to view the great work of the community. Thank you, everyone!

This is a really good assignment that combines together a bunch of information learned in previous the lessons. Here’s how I might think about it if I were to do it-

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I would like to share my orthographic studies of the toy cannon I used in a previous assignment. I'm sure I can improve on making my drawings even more precisely measured and accurate, but it was really thrilling to be able to take even general estimations of proportions and translate them to the page with such satisfying initial results. This process reproduces the chosen object in a way that is much more true to its dimensions than the blob-to-box approach, and I'm excited to continue learning more about these perspective techniques. Thank you, Marshall, and all of the rest of the students, for your feedback and encouragement.

This wooden block car reminds me of an AMC Pacer. Which makes perfect sense, because what child wouldn't want a toy AMC Pacer? None.

This assignment was challenging! I tried placing my name far from a single vanishing point to experiment with the limits of one-point perspective. I noticed some areas of warping or inaccuracy, and I was wondering if it was due to my own mistakes, the distant lone vanishing point, the proportions of the letters, or all three factors. In particular, I noticed that the top of the letter “b” in the back does not line up with the top of the letter “J” in the back on the horizontal axis. I also noticed that the back of the letter “b” and back of the letter “o” have more distance between them than the front planes of these letter forms. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you all for your time and for sharing your inspiring work!

Greetings, all! I really appreciate seeing all of your amazing projects! I thoroughly enjoyed the melting pancakes exercise. I found it meditative to become absorbed in the play of form, shape, and line, and, even though I tried to keep myself to a 20 minute limit, I could not help but keep working at the assignment, even tweaking it a bit for a couple days afterward, practicing the construction and composition tips Marshall and Phil (and Mr. Graver) gave us. I welcome and greatly appreciate any thoughts you can give me on how to improve. Thank you all very much for your time.

I understand Marshal suggested a boxy object, but I chose a toy cannon to channel my inner child (as Marshal also suggested!), and to showcase the extent and limits of my current perspective skills. This object incorporates ellipses, angled or tilted forms in space, axles, wheels, and cylinders, a good array of perspective challenges that should give a sense of how much I’ve learned so far and where I still need to grow. I apologize for the rough nature of some of the drawings, as I didn’t have the chance to clean all of them up as much as I would have liked, and I wanted to exhibit my process from blob to box to detail. I appreciate all of your inspiring assignments and insights and your excellent work and choices of subjects! Thank you all very much for your thoughtful responses!

I can see I got the proportions wrong. Head and torso too small. AAAA