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Hey @danield, not a mistake -- just a different way of teaching. The old (and horrible) expression applies here: there's more than one way to skin a cat. I think your cylinders looks great, if there's a way that makes sense to you over another, take it and run with it :) Stan and Michael are both excellent teachers.
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1mo
thank you :) I have now realized that both solutions are correct. My first mistake was: I thought that the cylinders in the book (the ones in a semicircle) would be slightly angled up and down, but they aren't. They are simply not shown at eye level in the illustration. In the book they are drawn as if you were looking at them slightly from above and that's how the effect is created. And because the cylinder is not tilted up or down, one axis always remains vertical. I learned that when I crafted a cylinder with a cross on it myself. I also noticed that you can rotate a cylinder on the spot at a certain angle of inclination, so that the cross changes, but the shape of the ellipse remains the same. and thank you for your tip :)
Hello, I have a question about cylinders or ellipses. I learned that the “minor axis” of an ellipse (at the end of a cylinder) runs in the direction, into which the cylinder is also tilted. And that the “major axis” is “perpendicular" to the “minor axis”.But in Michaels Hampton's book Figure Drawing Design and Inventionis a page about drawing cylinders. The cylinders are inclined differently and the “major axis” always runs straight up and the angle changes not at all. The “minor axis” also does not run in the direction of the cylinder. Why? Is this a mistake in Michaels Hampton's book? (The explanation of the illustration is on the left below.) I've just uploaded a quick sketch of what the cylinders and especially the crosses in the cylinders should look like based on what I've learned. I find this confusing and I want to learn how to draw cylinders correctly. Therefore I would appreciate an explanation. Thank you in advance :)
Daniel
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3mo
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hey, this is my level 1 project. I drew the hammer from memory, the anvil from a different angle and the wheelbarrow from memory at a different angle. the reference images are always in the correct position.
hammer:
I made mistakes with the hammer at the beginning (probably when converging the lines and extending the cube, I worked without vanishing points), so I had to save the drawing later with intuitive adjustments and some things didn't fit.
anvil:
For the anvil, I decided not to draw cylinders because I had the impression that the great effort would not justify the (perhaps not so much) different result. However, as I later saw, I had placed a line very wrong. Did you solve this problem with ellipses? I would be very happy to receive pictures or tips on how you solved it :) I also found it difficult to place the ellipses.
wheelbarrow:
I have some mistakes here when it comes to the appearance of shapes, but all in all I think they're pretty ok :)
my thoughts on this:
If you have any tips or criticism of any kind, I would of course be very happy about it :)
I notice how difficult it is when you design without vanishing points (especially when a lot depends on drawing straight lines) and how mistakes of this kind at the beginning lead to more and more distortions. I also find it difficult to get through all my help lines. If you make a mistake (for example a line that wasn't really straight) and then erase there, you almost always erase the guide lines too :P everything is a bit chaotic, even on a large sheet :)
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4mo
There's not much difference in the versions, but a little. Do you think this is how we should do it, or does anyone have any ideas on what I could do better? I would be happy about criticism :)
