Assignment - Labeling Lines for Spatial Understanding

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Assignment - Labeling Lines for Spatial Understanding

Lesson by

Marshall Vandruff

in The Perspective Course

357

Course In Progress

Assignments 53Lesson NotesDownloads 5

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION: Feel free to submit your assignments in this lesson or the previous one (Assignment - XYZ: The Framework for Drawing in 3D) submissions will be reviewed from both location. - please try to avoid making duplicate posts

Objective:

Understand spatial positioning by labeling and drawing lines from different perspectives.

Key Steps:

Initial Drawing: Using the 3D models provided in this Lesson Group, sketch the models and label lines. Name the lines out loud to reinforce learning.
Re-drawing: After the initial sketch, spin or change the perspective of the object, redraw it, but keep the labels the same. This exercise helps in understanding the object’s dimensions from different viewpoints.
Focus on Lines:
- Straight lines represent simple movements along one, two, or all three axes (x, y, z).

Diagonal lines may require naming multiple axes (XY, YZ, etc.).

Advanced Tip: Start with simple forms like right angles and gradually explore complex forms by drawing and naming lines in relation to a base (floor, wall, or ceiling).

This assignment helps build fundamental skills in visualizing and manipulating spatial dimensions in drawings.

Deadline - submit by April 29, 2025 for a chance to be in the critique video!

Stevie Roder

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41m

Finally found some time to tackle this assignment in peace. For this assignment, I decided to go the easy level and do the hexagon and stairs all freehanded. It was challenging for me to pinpoint the locations on the xyz coordinates on this one, I must admit. I also felt like taking snapshots of the objects I chose to accompany my explanation of how I tackled the assignment. Surprisingly, between the hexagon and the stairs, the hexagon presented the most challenge due to its curvature. Additionally, to assist me with the assignment, I reviewed the video multiple times and took notes on the left-hand side of the page, which proved helpful. I may have overcome this challenge, but I'm not entirely sure if I did it correctly. I would love some heavy, heavy critique on this, but overall, just as much as I love doing puzzle-type stuff, this assignment was right up my alley as well.

Amani Noor (Amu)

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This was quite a challenging assignment even though it was fun! I tried to label the axes by color-coding them to make the labeling easier to understand. I'm not sure I made the right decision though. Do the colors make it more confusing? My biggest struggle was on the hexagonal forms. How do I construct the sides so they're all the same length. I tried to figure it out but then just gave up, drew them by eye, and sacrificed the accuracy. Is there a way to start with a circle and cut sides out of it? Or do you start with a square? Thanks for the project!

Mon Barker

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16h

Using the 3D models (pic 1) then spinning and redrawing/relabelling axes from memory (pic 2)

Kathrin

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20h

Ayesha Mahgul

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Assignment

@rupertdddd

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I quite enjoyed doing these drawings...

Anke Mols

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they are the "my dog has fleas of an artist", that's what Marshall said. This little sentence pushed me through, thanks ;-)

Dave Sakamoto

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After much procrastination, I was able to finish this assignment. This was challenging but fun once I got into the flow.

@vange

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Sarah NP

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Another challenging assignment! These are my best examples. I struggle with line dyslexia although I understand the purpose of drawing through. (I apologize if the size is too large when I post. I'm trying to figure out how to change that.

Michael Giff

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"These should be easy".... I accept that challenge! (maybe even resent it a tad?) After 90 minutes I was left with nothing but eraser marks and frustrated scribbles so I kind of took to heart the advise from part one of the lesson and just sketch loosely and let the chip fall where they may lie and keep drawing. Started with a 2h pencil and attempted to draw through the object (quickly abandoned, all it does is show mistakes and more erasing... if you guys ever launch an erasing course I feel I would excel at it greatly!) then I would lighten the lines with a kneaded eraser and draw over them with a 2b lead without tools (oh t-square, triangles and isometric view, I miss thee!) These took about 30 minutes per page. Try to post more up tomorrow.

Ishaan Kumar

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You've put in the work by trying to tackle almost every object and from multiple angles. It's easy to get discouraged by not getting it perfect or exact, but that's the end goal of this course. Let's be easy on ourselves for not knowing the thing we're here to learn. We'll only get better from here on!

Michael Giff

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Can anyone tell me why it looks like I should see the top of the second step but in the example I'm drawing from you can't?

HAK24

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Hello Marshall… please We want more practical lessons and step-by-step application.I tried to draw them but there are some obstacles!.

Dedee Anderson Ganda

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10d

Tried to rotate the airplane wings downward, but I chose such a foreshortened angle that my brain melted from the confusion doing this, its a nice experience regardless

Mal

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10d

I had to stop and rationalize about which orientation of a shape is the correct one to begin indicating lines.

Ishaan Kumar

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10d

Here's my attempt at this exercise. It felt daunting at first but it was a good opportunity to revise the blob method, strengthen freehand straight lines, eyeball the DCFOA parameters, get a hang of maintaining the volume and proportions of an object at different angles and also, revise the Cartesian coordinate system ;)

Michael Giff

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Really nice job on the chair. Spent an hour with it and bupkis on my end XD

@dantheanimator

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11d

hand drawn plane

Dedee Anderson Ganda

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you have neat yet homey lines!

Spyridon Panagiotopoulos

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11d

I do not know why, I got stressed to do these all at once, and then I realized I have half a month more for the deadline...Oh well

Dedee Anderson Ganda

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10d

on the bright side, you managed to push through these number of drawings! You should feel proud!

Darren

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11d

Dennis Yeary

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11d

i did these free hand for the most part

Blondie the good

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11d

I think I’ve got the gist of the assignment,but the proportions are all over the place(at least in the initial forms),i also made a few silly mistakes,like drawing an octagon instead of a hexagon,constructing hexagon in a wrong way,getting too caught up in different angles rather than focusing on understanding their axes and so on.... I could’ve been a little less messy with the line work and overall presentation 😅 That said,I really enjoyed the assignment nonetheless! 😁

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