Add a spare tire on the front or back to practice cylinders in different orientations.
Use photos for inspiration, not for direct copying.
Draw your vehicle from a slightly different angle than your reference to practice perspective construction.
Make vehicles toy-like, simplifying details and focusing on perspective.
Start with the side view silhouette in 3-point perspective, then extrude it.
Construct wheels by approximating square planes and drawing ellipses within. Give them thickness!
Experiment with the same vehicle from multiple angles or different types of vehicles.

Level 2

Include at least one tank in your drawings to practice cylinders along all three axes.

Tanks should primarily be constructed out of boxes and cylinders.
Add simple details like headlights, a window, or more guns for enhancement.
Use the X method to ensure consistent wheel sizes.

General Tips

Keep lines light and clean in early stages to avoid messiness.
Apply "X-ray vision goggles" to visualize and construct internal parts.
Remember the techniques for constructing cylinders inside boxes.
Review previous lessons if necessary to refresh on the concepts.

Deadline: Submit by 03/28/2024 for a chance to be in the critique video!

hobodios

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I tried to do the batman motorcycle and decided to change some stuff. My only complaint are the gun cylinders which look weird .-. Any feedback is welcome as always!

Aubrey Hannah

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10d

I chose to do a bus, RV, and car for mine. With the introduction of the major and minor axis, I think drawing wheels in perspective will become much easier with practice. That was something I always struggled with in my drawings.

@621

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13d

Axel Gyllenstierna

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13d

Level 2 sketches: Got a bit bored with the simple tanks, so for my post-demo attempt I took heavy inspiration from Kim Jung Gi. Added some 'Montald lines' to hint at the underlying forms - couldn’t decide whether to go with or against the form, so they kinda turned into crosses. I also experimented with clean, straight inking lines (like De La Torre) and more a chaotic zig-zag back-and-forth approach. As with any longer project, I keep appreciating previous lessons on shapes and line weight!

Axel Gyllenstierna

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Correction - the original was made by Peter Han, not Kim Jung Gi. I used an image from Jung Gi's instagram, hence the misunderstanding. https://www.instagram.com/kimjunggius/p/CIl0sfYFiWr/?img_index=6

Rachel Dawn Owens

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12d

Holy guacamole. This looks incredible

Axel Gyllenstierna

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13d

Axel Gyllenstierna

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16d

Level 1 sketches! Having a hard time deciding how much "off-center" the major/long axis is supposed to be. Would love tips in regards to this to help make drawing ellipses more intuitive!

Maestro

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19d

Still a bit confused by major axis, but I think it's not that bad. Would be thankful for a critique

Aura

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1mo

So I have drawn about a million cylinders the past couple weeks. I really wanted to get this down. I wanted to use a ruler a lot, but my goal is not to be an architect or engineer so I felt that free handing was the best way to practice… my key takeaways: - don’t fixate on the major axis, but try and hit 2/3s up from the center on the X I used to find the center to get a decent ellipse - good is better than perfect - I love drawing bc this was so tedious yet I still had fun - I really didn’t want to draw tanks so I just came up with other multiwheeled multicylindered vehicles - the only car I like is my car (Kia telluride)

Rachel Dawn Owens

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27d

Brilliant vehicles and wheels! You even added hearts to the tank truck!

@fluffybuttss

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1mo

This was pretty damn difficult. It was really hard to get all criteria for a good cylinder to be met, maybe it was impossible for some shapes

Randy P

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1mo

My take on the level two tank. Freehanding ellipses is definitely not my idea of a relaxing weekend. Looking forward to watching the demo and critique videos and putting this assignment in my rearview.

Randy P

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1mo

Some minor adjustments to correct proportions of the box and the angle of the treads.

Randy P

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1mo

I’ve spent more days on this assignment than I’d care to admit. The first drawing was from memory. It went relatively quickly but the proportions looked distorted. Watched the demo video and tried again and again to get proportions and ellipses that seemed plausible. The tractor is my most recent attempt. The demo video makes it look so easy. Trying it on my own it revealed that I didn’t really have the intuitive principles of perspective down as well as I expected. Going to move on to level 2 and then get on to something else before I get burned out.

Randy P

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1mo

Minor update. Realized after posting that the fourth wheel should be visible as well as the step entry on the far side.

@pmirko

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2mo

ok this was super hard and didn't go the way i hoped...i'll try another one again...

Tyson

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2mo

Supposed to be a Nissan Pao.

Stefan Sharkov

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2mo

I sketched several car models and tanks, and this was my favorite page.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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2mo

The wheels are super nice! I think the top of the tank in the middle could be adjusted to match the perspective more. That’s all. The cylinders look clean.

@hjalmarhoeg

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2mo

Looks so easy when Stan does it, then you try yourself..

Chauncey Holder

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3mo

First timing trying it. It was extremely diffcult- with the wheels

@al_ic_ja

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3mo

@dollydigital

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3mo

kind of going for a toy yugo vibe here (level 1)

@solobo

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3mo

Level 1 first few attempts. Not sure I understand the axis orientation part, just putting circles in boxes... Will need to watch the critiques.

Michael Longhurst

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3mo

The one from the back was based on the orientation in a picture. I did the one from the front next from imagination using a couple pictures as references. Definitely still some errors, but I felt like my second came out a lot better. Still struggling to balance using the axis lines vs the points on the box. Although I think part of the problem is not getting perfect squares in perspective. Any advice would be appreciated.

Michael Longhurst

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3mo

A couple pictures I took of the car at the Fourney Transportation Museum in Denver. Great source for old car, motorcycle, and train references!

Natasha Johnson

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3mo

Both scared and excited . Loved the project , this is my dream camper to go camping in . I can see there are mistakes with keeping lines in perspective . I’ll do this again . Any critique is welcome . 😎

Amani Noor (Amu)

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3mo

This looks great! You've got nice line quality and most of your forms seem to be correctly in perspective. My only critique would be that the angle on some of your ellipses are slightly off. On some of the wheels you used the corner-to-corner angle of the square as the angle of the ellipse. Instead, the ellipse's angle should be perpendicular to the the axel between the two wheels. It can be tricky to find the correct angle as the corner-to-corner angle can look similar to the correct angle but I hope that this little diagram helps a little.

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