This homework was harder than I thought it would be. I thought it would be interesting to use the images from the first assignment even though I could have grabbed any from my hoard of artist inspiration and long-distance-unknowing-mentors. To try and figure out what about them made them seem like 'good perspective' to me at the beginning of this course. I was very surprised that only some utilized all techniques. I thought for sure they'd have full stars in all categories, none the less I found the results fascinating. For the Optional part: I don't know if it counts as an old comic, but its one I read a lot growing up in the back of newspapers. I didn't really read any other comics. I thought to myself that I wouldn't really find any perspective tricks in it as it's pretty 'flat'... But actually they use a few techniques REALLY strongly. Not sure if the lines getting thinner the further away they are counts as atmospheric but I am pretending it does for this exercise.

I clearly have a long ways to go, but I've been practicing here, there, whenever I can find time to kind of program my brain to do this thing. Here's my favorite little bit that I've done, and the only one I have that's really worth seeing!

His whole vibe through his pieces, even the ones with heavy dropping lines, seems like it always carries a fun/lighthearted emotion. Really enjoyed his process even if I will never fully understand Maya and other 3d modelers.

I'm very comforted by the comments below expressing having some challenges with this. So, as much as it's a little embarrassing I feel it's important to share for others as well that it took me 37 minutes and a headache to figure out how to use the triangles to create the generic isometric cube. Yeah... 37 minutes of trying to draw the default cube. It did eventually click, and after a break I returned and tried to draw some objects as optical illusions felt a little heavy in that moment. Flipping the perspective of the chair was quite difficult, and I did resort a bit to free handing some lines so it's pretty messy.

For those using DIGITAL during this course! I have a resource for you! Digital allows us to use hotkeys and line tools, but just like with the ruler in Marshall's example, the freehand is a LOT faster. I'm attaching a recreation of an exercise I picked up years back in school and still use. For practicing freehand lines in digital, you can rehearse the movement by connecting the dots in these columns. The left one is easier, with thick dots to connect, while the right column is a bit more precise. I know it's a simple and maybe goofy exercise, but it really helped me at throwing down straight lines with more ease. I'll have another of these later when we get into Ellipses....

A good thing I got paid this week.

Now I have a reason 😁 to visit, my most fav place on earth.. 🫠 art store..

I love the idea of splitting the works into sub-categories to study specific things from; I feel like this could be useful for any project!