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Another great breakdown, Marshall! The composition of that round room is so graceful with the action of the staircase. I'm working to apply similar thinking to the images I've been collecting... doing so definitely has been showing me how underdeveloped my visual eye for Perspective is. I can identify, roughly, the vanishing point on clear one-point perspective images. But I get pretty lost in more complex scenes. I think continuing to break down images like this and doing sketches beside - rather than on top of! - the images, is helping in that!
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Break down complex drawings into big, simple forms. Focus on the overall composition, considering color, line, and shape. Learn to think in terms of three-dimensional structures: macro, mid-level, and micro. Understand when to focus on technical accuracy versus aesthetics. Work in stages, starting with loose sketches before adding details. Develop your eye by thinking like a cinematographer, studying lenses and proximity.
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To draw complex scenes like Jack Frost's Palace, think of the picture in several ways: composition, color, line, shape, and as a graphic story device. Simplify by boiling it down to basic forms—if inside a round room, think big cylinders. The key lesson is to look for big simple things.
Something about writing on each of these videos is very satisfying... WELL today I learned about how to better manage 3D space. I am still a bit confused on how to manage the Z axis in drawing and how to manipulate the axis or the object to rotate the object. Especially how to do it on the fly when drawing... Not there yet.
Overall had a fun time messing around with this. Cheers mates.