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In this lesson, I explain how squares and circles work together in perspective. Drawing ellipses comes with specific challenges like placement, angles, and openness. I show you why the center of a circle in perspective is not the same as the center of your constructed ellipse. You will learn how mastering cubes solves the problems of ellipse angles and eccentricity. We cover how the turn of a square dictates the thinness of your ellipse. I also explain why starting your learning with squares is much wiser than starting with ellipses. Understanding these concepts will help you place accurate ellipses that lean in the proper direction.
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Mastering ellipses starts with drawing better cubes.
Nailing the angle and openness of a foreshortened circle is tough. A well-drawn square provides the exact axes and proportions needed to lock your ellipses into place.
I decided to copy the plane-game cubes and try my best with the ellipses. This is the first half.
This Speaks Nothing of Mathmatical Formulas on how to Calculate Squares. No einstiens law. This is kind of throwing me.
I agree, @Marshall Vandruff we have been drawing a lot of cubes but you’ve yet to teach us the **maths**
Can anyone help me out.
I have cube fog !
If I copy a Zolly cube and track it's edges back to a carried horizon,
all the edges go to different VP's.
I didn't notice this untill working through the plane game.
Any feedback would be very much appreciated.
Here’s the first 50 cubes and ellipses. I’m starting to see nuances in my cubes. The angles, the depth , and my ellipses sometimes look like squircles! I’m excited.
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11d
Dude! You hardly need any further instruction!
My god, my heart is pounding with excitement. Are we finally going to learn the secrets of ellipses? No more wonky cylinders for us?
When drawing from imagination using perspective, is there only a single viewpoint, and are all the vanishing points determined relative to that viewpoint?
Wow. All that detail in only 7.06 miutes !
Thanks Marshall, this is interesting.
I've been working on the assignments ( corrections and plane game) trying to figure it all out.
I've been drawing in the diagonals, verticals and hoizontals.
I added the ellispses but only by joining the the 4 points.
So now I need to think about the angle of the ellipses and
a hidden in plane sight third angle axis?
So does this new information change what's required of the
assignments of the previous lessons?
Am I right to say, at the moment, we're really just practicing,
drawing the most credible cube and joining dots to create what may look
like an ellipse but is most likely wrong?
Please clarify a little, thanks.
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19d
You've clarified just fine.
And regarding the three questions:
Yes - gently.
No - unless you get ideas for how.
Yes - but rather than focus on "wrong", imagine (perhaps by looking at correct ellipses) that "someday they will be right."
This is to ease you into a very difficult challenge two lesson groups from now...
