Demo - Wheels on Vehicles - Level 1

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Demo - Wheels on Vehicles - Level 1

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Stan Prokopenko
Let’s draw a monster truck! In this level 1 demo, I’ll show you how I would approach drawing wheels on vehicles.
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Jack H
5d
My attempts after watching the demo. The tractor obviously needs work, but surprisingly, the truck doesn't seem too bad.
@artameki
15d
Krisztina Eperjesi
Second attempt after the demo is a “tractor”
Rachel Dawn Owens
Super nice!!! 🚜
Sita Rabeling
Another try -my fault was to think that all parts should have the same horizon, so now I eyeballed the back wheel and the rest and finished the drawing with Procreate. Maybe it is not correct (the back wheel shouldn't be that big) but I'm glad I finished this assignment at last.
Sita Rabeling
Monstertruck wheels…. I did not see how to approach the construction of those fat wheel ellipses. There is something I still don’t see and I don’t know what - but I think I solved a little bit of the puzzle.
@daniellee
4mo
If the wheels are not turned then the minor axis lies along the axle. Stan did say this and used it throughout the video but it was something that I did not get at first and it was a huge "aha" moment for me so I wanted to make that explicit. Maybe someone else can learn from my many perspective struggles.
@mica_
6mo
Let's travel ! 😊
Margaret Langston
Ladytruck III. I spent the most time constructing this one so I think it’s a little better.
Margaret Langston
Ladytruck II
Dermot
7mo
Woof Woof Have a bone,. pat pat ! :)
Margaret Langston
Ladytruck I
Margaret Langston
I’m still struggling but it’s getting clearer. Some of my wheel ellipses still seem wonky but I’m closer to getting the wheels in the right place. I have to send a shout out to Rachel Dawn Owen’s for help with that!!! Thanks again, Rachel.
Margaret Langston
This is getting a bit easier but I doubt I’ll get to level 2 any time soon. My big Q right now is how to determine the inside and outside of the wheels (without a reference.) I’m having trouble doing that intuitively.
Rachel Dawn Owens
These look really nice. I think you could go to level 2. To find the placement of the wheels more intuitively, you could use the shocks as a landmark. They are normally located somewhere behind the headlights. Since this is a big monster truck, the wheels are further out from the body, so I measured the shocks on the outside corners of the headlights. hope this helps. Everything else is looking great. The linework is clean and thoughtful.
Cal Stanback
I used a muscle car as a reference. I am excited to keep growing in perspective. I use to cringe at myself trying to do this on my own thanks Stan for all the good information I really appreciate it. Got a lot more I will upload
Dermot
7mo
This is really a box question. I'm posting it here, as for me it'll help me understand the foundation box at the beginning of the monster truck. I looked at earlier videos but didn't resolve my issue. When you get to the end of the video you ghost in the back of the box (truck) to include the Cylindrical unit ( Turbo Fan). I tried to copy this to the box posted below but it didn't look right. I kept rubbing out the lines as it just looked odd. I thought I'd draw the 3 point ? initial box and Ghost in the back of the box. No matter how I ghost it in, it looks weird. Adding the ghost lines also seems to change the illusion of how I see the box from beneath. Can anyone advise how to go about this. It could be that my starting 3point box is wrong ? Thanks
@drawingdodo
Hi there! Hope I can help out! I think there are several key things that aren't working, and I'll approach the box on top, and then the one on the bottom. - For the box on top, the main problem is that the box is not in 2 or 3 point perspective, since lines aren't converging anywhere. This is the reason why the box on the top and bottom look so different, perspective is being done differently. However, the "x-ray vision" concept doesn't require a 2 or 3 point perspective, and can even be done for parallel boxes in isometric view, which is the case for your box. The trick is that you have to copy the angles, and trace a line starting from the point until it's supposed to finish, and then the intersections will give you the "hidden" points! For 2 or 3 point perspective, it's the same theory, but that's better explained for the box below. - The box below is also not in 3 point perspective, as the vertical lines don't seem to converge, but you do have two vanishing points. The key problem with this is that you're guessing the angles of the bottom plane, when in fact they should be lines to the respective vanishing points. Since it's a box, all the lines will have to converge to the same points for the perspective to work. The "x-ray" vision here is established the same way, keep drawing lines from a given point to the respective vanishing point, and intersections will be your next points to trace next! Since this might seem complicated, I've color coded a "timelapse" of a box being drawn in 2 point perspective. The only difference between this and a 3 point is that the vertical lines would be converging to somewhere above the box. Here's a run-down of what I did: - trace a single line (grey) - carry the two points to the two vanishing points, resulting in 4 lines (orange) - connect the top and bottom planes to figure out the width and length of the box (blue) - carry those 4 points to the respective vanishing points, resulting in 4 lines (green). These should intersect, which gives you exactly what you need! - connect the intersecting points (purple) And those are the steps for a correct 2 point perspective!
Margaret Langston
My last attempt to do the demo, for now. I still got very confused while executing this.
Dermot
7mo
Edit I think (clunk clunk) Re - Z-Axis - 15.40 mins into Video. So the Z-Axis is the same as the minor axis ( wheel Axial) ?
HAK24
7mo
I also Tried Many times to Redraw it again … A very difficult lesson. I did not reach the same result
Scott
7mo
I tried to duplicate the demo. Emphasis on the word _tried_. I'm not proud of the result. I am slightly proud of the fact that I kept going after wanting to quit multiple times. Biggest frustration was that internal consistency checks kept coming up NEGATIVE. On the plus side, I do get the minor/major axis business. Which I ignored in my project submissions.
Margaret Langston
I think my attempt on my own was way more successful than trying to copy this demo. Prof. P, it looks like you did this in 3-pt perspective. Would it be easier in 2-pt?
Margaret Langston
Everybody's comments so far have been very helpful, starting with USE A HARDER PENCIL. :)
Dennis Yeary
honestly I'm struggling with this
Dennis Yeary
A car I drew
Dennis Yeary
Here some another attempt at a train drawing
Dennis Yeary
Here my attempt feels off
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