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Learn to draw an anvil in perspective by starting with the base box and determining accurate dimensions. This lesson guides you through projecting lines to establish key planes, building the base and midsection, and adding essential features like the horn. You'll refine the structure with curves and cross-contour lines, focusing on line quality to create a professional-looking drawing.
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Here's part 1 of a three-part demo. In this one, I'll be using orthos to draw an anvil from an above-eye view, focusing on building it with solid proportions using a structural box. The next parts tackle the same form from eye level and below to show how the perspective shifts.
I finally did it. Its 70% glorious and 100% useless, but it combines the things that Marshall loves us to draw into one magnificent object.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you.... The Planvile
The front and back of the anvil on the top plane has a little bit of a wonky issue due to me not following the same line when i drew the top line just before the anvil's spike. but other then that i don't think its a bad attempt at my first anvil. :)
following along with the demo. I can't wait till these exercises stop breaking my brain lols. got there in the end!
First attempt was following along with the tutorial then I attempted to do the anvil from 2 different angles. Really cool to see and do the process of getting the exact (kind of) measurements! The bottom side of the anvil where it comes in was definitely the most challenging for me as well as the horn part.
I followed along to the demo using one of the grids provided: “no cube 04”.
It’s not quite in the same perspective as Marshall’s… and it’s also a bit small because I wanted to fit all three anvils on the same sheet of vellum.
I can't find any provided grid and spent three hours yesterday failing to make my own in Illustrator. Where did you find it?
Anvil 1. Copied the orthos, then drew the anvil without watching the video first. Checked afterwards
I had missed this exercise so I decided to do it. A lot of doubts creeping in at various stages regarding the convergence of lines to a vanishing point but I decided to run with it. The proportions of my anvil are wildly off and also, apologies for the manic lines, as Marshall had once put it.
First attempt. It was hard for me, especially doing it free hand 🥲 So, I just accepted my fate and used the ruler
I appreciate this demo and I will try to do it on my own a well but can I make a request? I’m struggling a bit with the project of drawing rooms/spaces from the previous video… Marshall can you do a demo of placing multiple objects inside a confined space? I seem to struggle with the camera placement and distortion of the objects when I try to picture myself standing in the room…
I am struggling a lot with self-critique in this course (well, in life…) and I was already thinking about giving up here. Thinking I am not able to keep up with you all.
Now this anvil got me back in the game. I think I have never seen one, but I guess mine looks like one ;-)
The proportions are probably a little off, I fought terribly with all my line systems - but overall I was able to enjoy the process.
Eye balling for dimensions. little nerve wrecking, but fun.
video explained all at a nice pace. horn seems a bit short. I am blaming it on the perspective Angle.
