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Drawing wheels on vehicles is an excellent way to practice cylinders and reinforce what we've already learned.
Level 1
Draw a simple car, bus, RV, or truck focusing on the wheels.
- 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!
Definitely got a bit messy with the construction lines. I'm finding that I'm encountering a lot of trouble finding the major axis, any tips for that would be appreciated. I'm also struggling to make upwards facing cylinders like on the van at the top of my drawing.
https://www.proko.com/s/fbTg Not sure if this link will work, but Johannes S. posted a link to a very brief animation in the previous session that shows what happens with the major axis as perspective changes and you might find that helpful. I think for the level of drawing we're doing in this course, we just need to guesstimate the amount of offset from the center of the ellipse (Z/minor-axis) and it should be good enough, as long as the major-axis runs 90-degrees across it. For the upwards facing cylinders, have you tried rotating your page so it just becomes another sidewards-facing "wheel" that you're drawing? I invariably end up spinning my paper like a DJ trying to get whatever I'm trying to draw into the optimal angle for my limited abilities. Hope that helps!
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A lovely pink tank ❤️
The ellipses look great!
Cylinders are really hard for me. Every time I think, I finally figured it out, the next one really sucks..
My brain is not connecting the dots - it seems a lot hard to make a box into a car than I thought it would be. Time to go watch the demo...
The horizontal circle was broken, but the vertical circle was better than I expected, so I'll try again after the demo!
Nice. I couldn’t quite understand what you were saying, but if you’re saying that the tank wheels look a bit off, then I would agree. Not trying to make you feel bad. This is a really great attempt.
After watching the demo level 1, I drew this tank. First time for everything ;-)
During the demo I found out that putting the major axis is more intuitive than measurable (in this course), so that helped a bit. Then I focused on getting all sides of the ellipse equal and by thinking about that I think I could put the axis better in place. I was actually surprised that with all the excercises (including warm-ups) I could make this relatively quick (not half a day but under 1 hour). So practice pays off!
Level 1 assignments.
The hardest thing is knowing where to put that major axis. I've read that also in the comments, so I hope that watching the level 1 demo will help me out. After that, I will start level 2, so I hopefully will know better how to do this right.
Christmass Eve perfect time for another perspective project! But boy oh boy It was tough.
i`ve been in this for looong, tryed some diffferents cars to challeng myself
i would love some advice
Level1 - I found this is the most challenging project. I used reference images but tried to draw without them as much as I could. I'll try different angles before drawing the tank!
Glad that I finally submitted this assignment. This concept was the hardest to wrap my head around so far. At first I attempted to tackle the vehicle by placing it into a two point perspective, with VP's. It helped a little, at least in terms of allowing me to see where the squares for the cylinders might be going towards. However, even though I knew that the minor angle was the "axle" and the major angle is opposite that, I still found it hard to get the right proportion for the cylinder itself. Even if I knew that it would be wider closer to me, it still wasn't coming out. I felt this more so in my back wheel, if you take a look at my drawing. I would appreciate any help, or feed back. Cylinders in perspective is harder than I thought, so any help is welcome.
