Assignment - One-Point Letters

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Assignment - One-Point Letters

Lesson by

Marshall Vandruff

in The Perspective Course

Course In Progress

Assignments 192Lesson NotesDownloads 5

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION: Feel free to submit your assignments in this lesson or the previous one (Assignment - How to Draw in One-Point Perspective) submissions will be reviewed from both location. - please try to avoid making duplicate posts

Your task is to draw your name in perspective. There are two ways to approach this project, and it's recommended to try both.

Method 1: Precise Illustration

Draw your name using one-point perspective to create a 3D effect. If using your name feels too self-focused, choose the name of someone you appreciate. Here's how:

Use a ruler for accuracy.
Draw each letter twice: once for the front plane and once for the back plane.
Connect corresponding corners to create the illusion of depth.
Think of it like drawing two squares and connecting them to form a cube.
Determine the size of the back letters by drawing lines to the vanishing point.

Method 2: Rapid Iterations

Practice by sketching your name or any shapes freehand, without a ruler.

Complete 20 quick sketches this week.
If you enjoy it, aim for 100 sketches over the next two weeks.
Experiment with different vanishing point placements to see various effects.
This method helps you strengthen your idea-generating muscles and improves freehand line skills.
Use any shapes or letters, the goal is to understand perspective, not lettering.

Deadline - submit by Mar 05, 2025 for a chance to be in the critique video!

lautaro asis

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11d

lautaro asis

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11d

alba m

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18d

Dan Henry

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21d

@patsckan

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28d

Rachel Dawn Owens

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27d

WOAH! Nice 1-point perspective. Great lettering and design too.

Thieum

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1mo

Louise

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1mo

I did 12 of these, couldn’t make it to the suggested 20, but they did get better as I worked through them, although I never really understood how to get the second image of the letter in the background? Some of the letters may be a little off due to that reason.

Melanie Scearce

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1mo

Hey @Louise! These look awesome, nice work. I made this graphic to show how I would find the second image of the letter -- the key is following the orthogonal lines and making the box. Hope that's helpful to you!

Debbie Dawson

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2mo

I enjoyed this one. Getting to see it and understand where you end now!

Nikki De Backer

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2mo

I think this was one of my favourite excercises so far. I only did a small amount because I am trying to catch up. This excersice is making me glance at the spines of the books nearby to see wich font I would like to try next 😆

@antsinyourpants

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2mo

Kept it pretty basic, curves scare me but I'll have to tackle that next.

@mcminnjesse

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2mo

Well... this was ridiculous. I've done 1-point exercises before, so I thought I'd add a bit of challenge and turn it into a texture exercise. 10+ hours later, my name is finally done! Ridiculous time commitment aside, I learned a lot. I started with the 3D construction for each letter, then drew over it. My style shifted into something more painterly as I went on... the leading J actually started off with black outlines like the wooden S, but I had to go back and remove them as they felt out of place. I like the individual letters, but the piece as a whole doesn't feel unified. Could anyone offer advice on making the parts of a piece feel unified even when they all have different textures / materials / colors?

Chloe Kmita

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2mo

Melanie Scearce

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2mo

Nice!

@deadsm

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3mo

Now announcing my non-existent fake album coming out never. What genre is this even? The world may never know. Yes, I struggled, yes I just kept going until I ruined it. It started nice and precise but I just kept going until it was an over-rendered chaotic mess. I learned a lot from this.

Jonatan

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3mo

Did a bunch of these, had a lot of fun with this exercise! Started with simpler fonts and then went on with more curvy ones, last one is a bunch of abstract shapes that ended looking like floating islands so I added little people on top of them. Feedback is appreciated!

Martha Muniz

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3mo

Really impressive!! So good 🙌

Rachel Dawn Owens

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3mo

I love how far you took this assignment! The last two are some of the best I’ve seen! Nice work!

@niesmiesznyzart

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4mo

Well I'm still cery confused, any feedback are welcome

C B

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4mo

I think you understand the theory, but you might get a tidier result if you rule a top line and a bottom line and make sure all your letters are the same height

Rachel Dawn Owens

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4mo

It looks like you’re on the right track to me. You did a nice job mapping out the front and back of the letters. The perspective is going in the right direction. What are you confused about?

@chickenbutter79

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4mo

Hello, here is my one-point assignment! Not my name, but a character I’m currently obsessed with in street fighter 6. I was doing some of these before, but I went back and re-did it so I’m pleased with this one.

Jorge Landivar

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4mo

Buenas tardes, aquí están 4 trabajos de tipografía. Thanks to refresh muy mind...i use to draw like this at school

Iman

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5mo

I didn’t account for how much room I’d need to fit “F•R•I•E•N•D•S”, so I turned it into a question… Also, for “Frasier” I originally aligned the top edge of the letters to line up with the “F” as they diminished, but since “F” is taller than the others it didn’t look right. I then remembered to measure from the ground level of “F” instead and corrected it.

I did not Want to see that

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5mo

Another attempt!, I quite like this one. I used japanese onomatopoeia for the ''letters'' This one translates to ''zash'' Better known as ''slash'' Like a sword slashing down, so I tried getting a little creative with it! If there are any tips or points I should continue I'd love to know!