Assignment - How to Draw With Depth and Proximity

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Assignment - How to Draw With Depth and Proximity

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Marshall Vandruff

in The Perspective Course

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Use a pair of the provided photos: one taken from far away with a long lens, and one taken up close with a wide lens.

Choose one of the photos and draw it.
Now, without looking at the second photo, try to draw the other view from your imagination.
When you're done, compare your drawing to the second photo to see how you did.

As you work, pay close attention to how the foreground and background change. Notice how vanishing points also shift. They move farther apart in the distant view and get closer together in the close-up view. This exercise will train your brain to see and create believable space in your drawings.

Deadline - submit by Nov 02, 2025 for a chance to be in the critique video!

Stevie Roder

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14h

As with the others before i watch the video. Deadline for homework is missing on the discription alert. Thought I'd let ya'll know as well.

Charlie Nicholson

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11h

Date is added! Due Nov 2nd

M C

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14h

@Marshall Vandruff could you please explain whar happens (or should i say "is simulated") when we tweak the different cursors in the zolly app? it's a bit overwhelming!

Charlie Nicholson

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10h

there are three sliders on the Zolly app: Horizon tilt: 0 is a standard scene, playing with this slider just tilts the scene so that the horizon line is at an angle Curve: playing with this slider warps the scene to give it the fisheye look Zolly: this is what this episode is concerned with, reduce the zolly slider to get the flattened look you get from being physically far from the object, and increasing the zolly slider moves you closer to the object to get that increased distortion. For the purposes of this lesson, you can ignore the first two sliders and just focus on the Zolly slider

Dermot

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10h

That's a great question thanks, I too felt ZollyWelmed ! I tried the controls on Zolly a while ago, but didn't understand what was going on. Looks like this is what it's all about.

M C

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14h

I CAN SEE IT!!! wao what a journey and I know there is more to come - @Marshall Vandruff so many thanks, the way I see has changed, I ca, "feel" perspective! but I will need part two!i!