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It’s time to dive into Two-Point Perspective! When we rotate a box, we need to add a second vanishing point. Understanding this will give your drawings more depth.
I'll demonstrate how changing the placement of the vanishing points affects the angle of the box and how to converge your lines when the vanishing point is far away outside of the page! I'll also share a few practical tips and common mistakes to avoid, like top planes that look too flat and edges that don't align right.
P.S. Don't forget, you can always up your game by joining the premium course where we’ll continue learning and practicing to make perspective intuitive! 🎨
RELATED LINKS:
Thinking in 3D
One-Point Perspective
How to Learn Perspective - Draftsmen S1E26
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When we rotate a box, we need to add a second vanishing point. Let's learn about the basics of 2-point perspective.
Book stacks are really fun!
Could just imagine some mystical table set up with stacks of these....
Had to have a go, really enjoyed it and got me out of a rut.
Line quality and straights still not there but didn't feel like I was fighting as hard today, just what I needed to push through the negative voice in my head
One book in the middle clearly looks off, (LHS vanishing point I think went to the wrong one) but other than that, happy.
Just dont question the physics too closely...
I did lots of those recently and the bottom one I feel like is good enough for me to move further. Yay?
Here are my attempts at Stan’s demonstration of intuitively plotting a second vanishing point off the grid. I feel good about my understanding of the concept but I think my execution is off. I am not sure if I just need to spend more time practicing an intuitive second vanishing point or practice my line control more. If anyone has a trick for getting this down I would greatly appreciate it.
Here are some books! I tried changing the vanishing points for a few of the books with moderate success.
I have a question, in two point perspective is it always the same two points or can th e points change after placing an object. For the next object?
As a beginner, I'm far from qualified to answer the question - but I believe the answer is that the two points can change after placing an object.
The lens was pretty wide so the angles are rather sharp, with close vanishing points giving a slight warped result. I'll try a wider VP approach for the next one.
Worked through the book stack example and realized how beneficial the exercise is for developing the 2D perspective at varying heights and rotations on its axis.
Gotta say, the complexity of perspective got much higher in this second video. And it makes sense that two-point perspective is used much more than one-point perspective. One-point seems much too simplistic to portray most scenes.
not sure if i really did right with these books since the second vanishing point is out of canvas... Was kind of hard.
Looks good enough to me! Perspective can be pretty challenging, so no problem if you can't get everything correct right now.
will someone help me figure out what I’ve done wrong with these books? It looks like they’re just floating on top of each other, instead of following Newtonian physics. 🤡
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It looks like the balance would be off, maybe try moving each book more in towards the center of the stack. Pay attention to where the side plane of the book touches the top plane of the one below it. I would also shrink the size of the top book (optional, normally the largest book wouldn't be on the top of the stack). I tried to illustrate what I'm talking about, hope that it makes sense 😂 Your perspective lines look fine to me.
i drew a two point room because i misread the first project's rules oops, so ill put it here instead
I tried to stack a few books on a desk while varying the vanishing points and trying to plot some estimates when the vanishing point was outside of the paper. It was also fun to use a pencil !
Any comments or feedback welcome
