2D Toolkit - Perspective Recap (04/10/24)

 2 Point Perspective

We were tasked with drawing a perspective grid from memory. We then had to draw some cubes and cuboids onto our grid. I am pleased with this as it helped to refresh my memory on how to draw this type of grid.

3 Point perspective

We then drew two 3 point perspective. The first one I drew was from a worms eye perspective and the second one was from a birds eye view. I find these quite easy as I just needed to add a 3rd vanishing point to a 2 point perspective grid. I drew some cubes on both easily.

5 Point Perspective

Unlike the other 2 perspective grids, I have never attempted a 5 point perspective grid. Before I tried to draw it, I found myself quite intimidated by it. However when it actually came to drawing it, I found myself pleasantly surprised by how easy it was. I drew some cubes on this grid to help me better understand how it works.

Drawing Equidistant objects

Unfortunately, I didn't understand how to do this task. I attempted it however, I know it isn't correct. I wasn't entirely sure what I did wrong. I revisited this in the next lesson where I attempted to do it again and succeeded. I also included the steps on how to do so I don't forget.

Complex perspective/ scene

Our final task was to create a scene using multiple 2 point perspectives. I decided to try draw a tavern and above you see the sketch of the bar I did in lesson.

Independent Learning

We were tasked to finish off the complex perspective drawing we started and to do a value chart. I decided to finish my tavern digitally using firealpaca. I used the built in perspective grid option and the line tool to get down my basic shapes. I don't fully understand how to draw using multiple 2 point perspective grids so I started off simple by drawing only the table in the bottom left using a different perspective. 

When it came to adding the value chart, I found myself struggling. I tried to look up multiple references to help me with the lighting. This is definitely one of my weakest areas and I definitely need to practice adding light to environments more. I struggled with this a lot so I decided to look up an artist recommended to me called Scott Flanders. Scott Flanders uses the select tool to create simple shapes that add details to his art. I attempted to replicate this method and used the select tool to create shapes (most noticeable on the bar) to show various textures. I also stuck to 4 colours as I didn't want to overcomplicate it more as I was already struggling. Maybe in the future when I'm more confident I can use a different palette that's not monochrome and I can add more colours.

Reference List 

Scott Flanders, n.d. Scott Flanders [online]. Artstation. Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/vyekY [Accessed 4 October 2024].