Perspective question: How would you draw this?
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Michael Giff
Yes, this can be done without using drafting tools. A great technique I learned from Brent Eviston is to rehearse the line, drawing it back and forth over the paper, to match the angle before lightly putting it the pencil down as you go back and forth to make the line. Do this for the whole form you're trying to draw.
It does take practice drawing the straight-enough lines and to match the angles. I used to do long daily sessions just drawing lines of various angles and lengths. Over time you start to get the hang of it, and you can do the same for other shapes. It's not mechanical precision, but close enough from most drawing.
Of course, I'm talking about drawing from the elbow or shoulder on a drawing surface that's vertical or upright at an angle.
Thanks for the response. I do need to work on my patience. I'm familiar with the ghosting method but it comes and goes with me. Thanks for the reminder.
Asked for help
I started off with sketching in blue pencil and then slowly worked my way towards using a ruler and T-Square but get completely lost when I need to get the small block on top of the larger one T_T. Could anyone here do it without graph paper or digital tools? I'm not looking for perfection I just want good enough.
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24d
These are tough perspective puzzles so don’t get discouraged!
This is an isometric view, there are no vanishing points, and no lines converge. This causes the illusion that allows you to flip the perspective as if it were above or below the horizon line. If your lines converge to a vanishing point the illusion breaks. Make sure all of your lines are parallel and don’t converge.
Next make sure to draw through your cubes, and clean them up a bit more before committing to your final lines. When you tightened them down with your lightbox you got some unwanted convergence. If you draw through, and place the other side of your forms, you can more accurately place things on the surfaces of planes using the “x-method” where connecting corners shows you the center of the plane in perspective. Because all lines are parallel in this isometric illusion, you can estimate the size of the smaller cube on top by making sure your smaller cube's lines run parallel to the larger cube’s lines beneath it.
When you try this again, go a little lighter with your initial lines. The blue pencil allows you to sketch freely and very lightly on the page, so you can go back later and darken the lines you want with a graphite pencil. The lighter you lay in your initial lines, the more they disappear when you reinforce the lines you do want later!
Hope this helps!
