Critique - XYZ: The Framework for Drawing in 3D
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Thank you for your time and also thanks to Lin, Ishaan, and Roderick for their responses. Doing my best not to get too discouraged. Just need to remind myself that we all learn at our own pace and there is a whole lot of class left... I just like smashing the panic button, it's my default state in this life.
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In the premium lesson, we provide a detailed critique of the "XYZ: The Framework for Drawing in 3D" project. You'll learn:
- How to label lines that move along multiple axes (X, Y, Z) in your drawings.
- Techniques for constructing right-angle boxes around complex shapes to simplify axis understanding.
- The importance of using construction lines to enhance accuracy and visualize forms in perspective.
- Solutions to common challenges with specific assignments, including hexagons, protrusions, airplane wings, and rotated objects within a setting.
- Strategies for building intuition through practice and effectively balancing observation with construction methods.
- Insights into common mistakes and practical tips on how to address them.
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Learn to break down 3D forms using the XYZ axes, label complex lines, and use construction techniques to improve your spatial drawing skills.
After a busy few weeks of work, finally trying to catchup on lessons.
Thank you for answering my question Marshall! It's truly amazing how the vanishing points and guidelines can produce the exact points/positioning. There must be some geometric maths logic behind this.
My spinning table is now complete, and I'm happy that it is standing relatively on the floor, and not sinking or floating as much, yay.
Because I had plenty of experience with 3d modeling, the way I would clarify the confusion around the axes application to understand where are the lines going in space, is the way 3D software apply it. The environment or surrounding booth operates in the World System Coordinates (Axes), and the object can be analyzed within the booth/World Axes System. At the same time, we might manipulate the object, in this case the table, by its Local Coordinates System (The object's axes), so for modeling or animation would be easier to understand how we are manipulating the object. We can always, step back to the World Coordinates System and position the table inside the booth. It is a bigger container, ruling in a higher hierarchy over the smaller set of objects. Marshall, you explained it in the video, I was able to correlate what you were saying by my personal experience with 3D programs, but I can see how it might go by for people that just have been introduced to it. As you said, this is just a mental frame, nothing to get too attached to. I apologize that I skipped this whole section of assignments, but after pulling/pushing vertices for years, I am pretty familiar with the concept. Looking forward to the more fun stuff!
Hi Marshall, thank you for the kind words about my development. It feels good to know that I'm on the right path! And yes, you pronounced my name perfectly.
Something that may help students "eyeball" are the cube face shapes that Ernest Watson illustrates in "Creative Perspective". Watson suggests copying them (in orthographic) and drawing their appearance freehand from different locations and distances. Doing this helps build "intelligent perception".
Thanks for this video Marshall, and thanks for the advice. It's definitely cleared some things up, and with some practice from the latest assignment under my belt I think I might retry this one. 1) examine and understand forms 2) construct. Got it! (I think that's right!)
Thank you for your time and also thanks to Lin, Ishaan, and Roderick for their responses. Doing my best not to get too discouraged. Just need to remind myself that we all learn at our own pace and there is a whole lot of class left... I just like smashing the panic button, it's my default state in this life.
I think one of the things we have to accept is that we are all very much not equal, in the most positive way. We might be on similar journeys but we didn't start this course at the same point in the journey and, as it is an online course, we all have different amounts of free time and energy. There are many ways to look at things, one would be that there is joy in the act of learning itself so we can take a deep breath and just simply enjoy the privilege of being here. The other way to look at this is a more down to earth one, motivation is not how you get things done, habits are, I am a firm believer that nothing in this world can beat good habits and hard work. Discipline is not represented by the good days, it is represented by the bad days when you do feel discouraged but you choose to do it anyways.
Either way, I hope this reply was not too uncalled for, these are just some of the things I tell myself everyday too. I do wish you the best and think you are doing great by just pushing forward on your path
