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I tried to spin the barn/house around while keeping the proportions. I've used vertical vanishing points for stairs but can't you also create a slope by carving a box?
(The stairs are from a couple years ago when I studied Perspective Made Easy by Ernest Norling and Space Drawing: Perspective by Dong Ho Kim).
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I will show you how to draw inclined planes accurately using the vanishing trace. We take the horizon line you already know and rotate it 90 degrees to track lines that angle up and down. You will learn how to construct wedges, roofs, and ramps without guessing at the angles. I demonstrate a shortcut method using right-angle boxes to connect dots, and I also teach you the precise way to find the exact vanishing point for any incline. This lets you control convergence perfectly. You will see how to add parallel details like railings to a ramp or perfectly spaced tiles to a roof. By the end of this, you will know exactly how to handle non-level planes in your drawings.
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Guessing the angles of inclined planes distorts perspective.
The vanishing trace acts as a vertical horizon line. Locate the level vanishing point and track straight up or down. This technique controls convergence to keep parallel elements aligned.
only got one freehand doodle in on the subway but I think i got it... gonna try to make some time later to try other angles and/or shaped houses just to practice
Here are my attempts following along with the video.
I reviewed the one point mystery video, and splitting the VP.
If the VPs are close, the closer the viewer and the deeper the perspective illusion.
I do understand it but not how to take advantage of it.
At the beginning of the lesson it was mentioned the proportion
trick had be taught in a previous lesson can anyone remind me what lesson
that was, I've had a look but no joy finding it.
Thanks again for this perspective lesson
Any feedback would be great.
It's starting to come together!! I learned so much from this video. I'll keep practicing.
I tried adding inclined planes to the inclined planes, sorry for the mess I was drawing my construction lines in the same layer.
Inclined planes and boxes sketch done from imagination after watching the video.
I tried to spin the barn/house around while keeping the proportions. I've used vertical vanishing points for stairs but can't you also create a slope by carving a box?
(The stairs are from a couple years ago when I studied Perspective Made Easy by Ernest Norling and Space Drawing: Perspective by Dong Ho Kim).
‘Solved’ the equal boundary challenge with a different solution, basically a square based on half the width of the front plane of the building (first image)….more than one way to skin a cat? Or is there another reason for scaling the boundary to the inner area of the building?
Actually I think I can answer my own question - if you don’t scale to the building, you can’t get the width of the boundary at the back of the building. Since the ‘square’ at the front is only scaled in the X dimension (half front plane width), the Z dimension is arbitrary and that translates to the back where you need to put an arbitrary foreshortened Z length. I’d made another square at back to project thinking I’d solved the issue but realize now this is still arbitrary. So, that’s why we need to scale to inner area of the building. Sorry for this rambling conversation with myself.
i just started and my warm up is already wrong! i tried having the flaps or door go left or right perspective wise,it still looks wrong! what am i doing???😱😱😱😱😱
After starting with the house, I got the idea to have an opened door on it. Afraid to ruin my drawing I used tracing paper to figure things out. Also because I want to add some stair steps in front of it later (and other things)
I’ll work on that tomorrow - could not solve that puzzle today.
I used Procreate to make some lines more visible for now, but I’ll try to finish the whole thing with pencil and paper.
Finished the house.
To get the stairs in proportion was quite a challenge! I did not succeed in applying the same technique for that as for the roof tiles.
I loved to find things out :)
It turn out more isometric than oblique. I got to focus on the X to find the ramps from the walls I didn't payed much attention to the floor, which now I realize was the point of the pause. I thought of extend it from the rectangle, in retrospect, that would had got me closer to the answer than eyeballing it as I did. Got sidetracked on the last lap, but now I know how to get to the finish line.
Didn't use HR or VP either. What else should I improve? Are we getting examples of the Hidden Horizon next? Or did we got that cover here too and I'm not seen it?
when drawing cubes free hand I notice that for example the X lines recede faster the further away they are from the horizon is that right? i wish i could put that more clearly so i can better guesstimate angles - does any of you know if there is a rule to this?❤️
wow I didn't know most of this. kinda jarring. yet exciting at the same time. I am for sure do this about a dozen times until I get a better understanding. though I can not wait to use this on robot and the like
The inclined roof plane has its own vanishing trace. Find it by connecting the vanishing point of the incline with the left vanishing point. This inclined vanishing trace can be used to subdivide inclined lines on the roof plane by using a construction similar to the one Marshall used to subdivide the level line.
