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!

@mwalker

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Here’s a go at this. I tried really hard not to “cheat” by using procreate’s ellipse and line helpers. It was still a challenge- and I’m amazed that my drawings can be just as dirty/messy as if I was using pencil and paper.

@sosoph

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Hi :). Trying to apply all the concepts was overwhelming, but I'm happy because it made me think a lot.

@ason

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I love the car one!

@deepanshu12

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tried again, this time it turned out better i think.

Art Stark

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10d

Initial Attempt: No completed automobile as of yet. I understand the rules of construction, but am seriously lacking in execution.

Moses

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12d

whoa again one surprisingly harder than i thought! I tried to use the extending-the-X method to get the back wheel to have the same size as the front; I would've made them so much wider if I were eyeballing it! this looks about right to me. I reasoned the size spare should be slightly smaller than the closest wheel, but definitely bigger than the far front one. the closest wheel seems slightly thicker to me than the others, I don't know if I'm imagining that

@deepanshu12

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13d

@osrour

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16d

@osrour

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17d

Before demo

@offworld

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22d

Had a hard time wrapping my brain around this. Getting close.

Martin M

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20d

You have really nailed the part where you draw cylinders (wheels) into the boxes you have prepared. Good job! But the boxes you prepared don't seem to converge to a vanishing point. The boxes feel more like they are all the same size thus breaking the illusion of 3D space. Objects further away should be smaller and in this exercise its achieved by having a common vanishing points for all of the boxes that are used to construct the wheels. Or maybe the VP is just super super far off the page.

Carlos Pérez

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21d

nice study

Patrick Alexander Büchi

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23d

Oval, or not oval, that is the question...Tough time understanding how to find out where the perpendicular major line is supposed to be placed, would love some help on it! It made me a bit frustrated and I gave up after some while :/ Anyways, have a nice one everybody

@landsloth

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27d

Repeated the van again, getting more comfortable with the wheels. I know i should have done the back wheels properly with the method Stan showed us but my brain was lagging so much after trying to do the front wheels haha. Great way to practice ellipses though.

@landsloth

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1mo

I struggled to wrap my brain around this one at first, as you can see from the blue van. I then went back and watched the explanations again and also the demo and critique and tried again with the red van. I'm starting to get a feel for it. I can see I messed up with the back wheel the most but it's something to analyse and work on more with my next one.

Arthur Nesbitt

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1mo

Posting my level 1 submission, hooo boy was this tricky. I believe i understand the concept of cylinders in perspective, but the execution is definitely gonna take more practice. My ellipses are looking pretty ugly imo, both line quality and general shape of them. But it was a fun exercise! Im absolutely tackling the tank in level 2 soon

Aubrey Hannah

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1mo

I think yours looks fine, actually. Cylinders and ellipses have definitely been a challenge for me too, but Stan's lessons have helped me understand them much better. I guess some of the curves for the ellipses look a little wobbly, but it's understandable since drawing curves can be difficult.

@androida

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1mo

This was rather painful. I mulled over it for way too long - finally found inspiration / references from Depeche Mode music videos - took one vehicle from each, toy-ified it and pushed it into an angle that is not in the video. From left to right Upside town crashed vehicle from Pain that I'm used to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2iGtRseS7E Yellow car from Useless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Kyu4XURaE Tractor from Behind the Wheel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAuMiKqP-4 I started enjoying it a bit towards the end, lol. The middle one's the last I drew.

@deadsm

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1mo

Dang seeing others on here is inspiring.

@deadsm

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1mo

I don't believe I have done a good job understanding how to simplify the largest forms, as I immediately jumped into "carving" the rectangle bounding box. Extruding is something I feel alright with, but ellipses with depth seem much harder than they were in the demo. I feel like to really understand it, I need to move to cross contours and then come back.

hobodios

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2mo

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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2mo

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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2mo

Axel Gyllenstierna

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2mo

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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2mo

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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2mo

Holy guacamole. This looks incredible

Axel Gyllenstierna

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2mo

Axel Gyllenstierna

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2mo

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!

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