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Try out these two perspective drawing tricks to improve your accuracy. The 'X' and 'X-ray' techniques are great for getting the alignment, symmetry, and proportions right when constructing a drawing.
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pinkfin
3d
I forgot to save line art after fixing the head:(. But second photo head is fixed! Had a lot of fun drawing:)
Patrick Alexander Büchi
6d
Minecraft Steve right around the time when the minecraft movie came out, what a funny coincidence!
Arthur Nesbitt
9d
That was a good exercise 👍
hobodios
13d
I choose a really hard image I think the arms don't make sense I could NOT find a way to make them look similar to the picture while also keeping it 2 point perspective. The sword looks weird but everything overall doesn't make sense because the perspective in the reference threw me off.
Also I have a question how are you supposed to use the X trick if a box is in a different angle (legs/arms for example) they are in a different position and angle so I'm not sure how to apply the trick there, anyways thanks!
Laurent Van Acker
13d
I think it still looks good, but I know what you mean. The sword looks foreshortened on the reference, it follows the plane in the center of the arms, not of the left arm which looks more like what you did (also explains why it's thicker in the reference.)
Note that because each limb is in a different direction (even the head), each limb has its own vanishing points, which is also why you can't use the X trick, but would need to work with projections and mathematical measurements (afaik :D) if you want to be entirely correct. However, I think you eyeballed it really well :)
I think you could still use the X trick to help your measurements/eyeballing of the limbs, eg doubling the torso down would give you a good reference on where the right leg would end up
Tommy Pinedo
1mo
This was so fun to do lol. Might have messed up on the lines connecting to the vanishing point because I was doing a lot of ghosting.
Cant wait for the movie in April! 😃
@goobish
1mo
Nicole
2mo
Tommy Pinedo
1mo
I can’t wait for the movie 🍿
@solobo
4mo
Tried a few at different locations relative to the vanishing points... Good practice figuring out proportions! Anything look really off?
J. Menriv
5mo
Mint
6mo
This one was pretty fun I thought it came out not too bad but some of my lines do curve a bit and the x-ray vision worked pretty well same with the x trick
Jack H
6mo
Drew a pig but I can see the proportions are a little off. But the X trick is pretty useful, will definitely use it more in the future.
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6mo
The sheep might be a little long, but that’s all. Looks great!
Osagumwenro Igiehon
7mo
I drew Steve!
Let me know what you think.
Christina Unger
7mo
The camel looks tilted... 🤔 (And yes, the vanishing points are too close.) Also, with the legs i had no idea how to determine the sizes of each side. Probably need more space to draw the leg boxes properly. And the human has a different kinds of arms. Well, as everything this needs a lot more practice!
DrawYer
7mo
My quick little attempt. It made me realise how much my initial gut feeling would be wrong. I need to use these techniques even more (at least to double check myself).
Tony Zhang
8mo
Just a little exercise.
@sjm0418
9mo
I am having a lot of trouble with this and its preventing me from completing the vehicle exercise. My main question is how do you find the midpoint to complete the X? It works on the side with less distortion but when i try to find the other arm, the vertical line comes out slanted, even though I've connected through the midpoints on each side. I cant figure out what i'm measuring wrong
alba mezini
3mo
Check your midpoints. Your problem lies in the two midpoints on the sides of the torso. If you draw a line to connect them and see where they vanish, you will find they don't share the same vanishing point as the other horizontal lines. When you fix this, the left midpoint will move down a bit and maybe the right one up just a hair. These changes will effect and correct the X-rays in the proper intersections.
Mipupu
9mo
Kids from eastern Europe will recognise this guy :)
The guy from BluishDot
10mo
Steve with a cap.
@breakfast
10mo
I used the fox from Minecraft as a reference!
Lane Campbell
10mo
Made two steves, the messier looking one was my first attempt, any critiques or things i should practice?
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