Loved playing with these too!

Curved arrows & curves in perspective – Love the exercise

I did not use different colors for each of the axes because… I guess I wanted the extra challenge of getting confused and to push through that!

Hey folks! I tried to draw a curved object from an ortho and thought it maybe worth to share?

The whole time you were twisting the arrow, the only thing I could think about was snakes.

It was cool to discover those 'hidden rectangles' in the Right-angle method. I wouldn't have thought of it like that, and found it a bit hard because there are so many construction lines that it gets confusing. Fortunately, after thinking for a long time, I managed to pull through. Although, I wanted to understand and engross the cross contours into my brain so much that I ended up drawing the hidden lines darker. Resulting in a lot of smudging... Apologies in advance. I would need to work on this in the future to draw construction lines and hidden lines more lightly. Also, my grandma says that all the arrows that we have been drawing lately look like seahorses. So here is a seahorse :) I tried to treat the tail like a curved arrow that converges and gets thinner from the body to the tip of the tail; I ...think... it looks right.

This was one of the most beautiful discoveries and adventures. Thank you so much.❤️

Curves going back and forth on the y and z axes aren't nearly as tricky as curving in and out along the x and z axes. Twisting also proves to be pretty difficult.

Love how well you dissect every process Marshall, so happy to have taken up this course! Here's my attempt at creating what I understood from this lesson. A few more manic lines for your enjoyment 😶‍🌫️

Followed the video. Great information. Never thought of it that way. did a couple. to make the technique clear in my head. hope it comes across clear on paper.

Some things clicked after this lesson - i) orthos are not just reference, you can use them as you draw to solve problems ii) building the box and scaffolding first is a very good idea before attempting curves iii) tracing paper is great for problem solving… As the penny dropped it gave confidence to try and solve a problem I’ve wondered about and tried to freehand intuitively with poor results; a hollow open canoe-like form in vertical perspective with a lot of foreshortening…so curves in perspective. Tried a simple oblique view first then tipped the canoe vertical for more extreme ~worms-eye view. Well, the results were a lot more successful than freehand intuition…! Also learned a pencil eraser works to remove ink on tracing paper. Useful stuff. 🤩

Thank you for the arrow and the thinking it creates, Marshall and blondie. I used the ellipse cheat for the violins as I did not know how else to curve that middle area. It's awesome to know it's a well established way.

Thanks Blondie for the amazing arrow, and Marshall for the demonstration (and complexification 🫣) I tried the simple curve to better understand the logic. Not so easy not to get lost in the middle of all those crossing lines, but fun at the end. I'll try the tapered one later (after some brain rest..)

Marshall, is there a way to use this way of building for drawing the pose/gesture of a figure? Will you demo it for us when you think we're ready?

Thank you, you seem to be in my mind continuously all this course, every-time I am pondering furiously on a question, you are not far away with a video on how it is done. Now, only 10000 bent, curved and twisted arrows to do!

@Marshall Vandruff I need your address so I can send you a pallet of sharpeners. all kinds ever made. that dull lead is keeping me on edge. 😆😆😆