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Randy Pontillo
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2mo
added comment inAssignment - Melted Pancakes with Philip Dimitriadis
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I followed the same rules for both versions, but on the second picture it looks like i pushed them so hard that i created some kind of faux fish-eye or POV effect.
Is there a way to tell how far i can push things before they get into fish territory? Or is it a felt sense kind of thing?
Marc Martí
2mo
I love the second one! It looks so cool!
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Hi Marshall, Phil, and fellow course companions! I was in the middle of the assignment when a question came into my mind or more like, into my drawing. I was adding layers of pancakes at the top of the column, and as I kept piling them, they got closer and closer to the horizon line until they ended up crossing it! I don't think that's supposed to happen, they look kinda tilted in the background. Is this supposed to happen, or am I doing something wrong?
This is a bit above my ability to explain but I will try my best and I hope it'll be clear and correct
enough
So when you look at a round form from below there are 2 things to keep in mind. (1) the more towards you it is facing, the more open the circle will be. An (2) the further you go from the point you are watching, the more open the circles will be. Now if you look at diagram (3), first time around, the circles have more or less the same opening, making it seem as if you're looking at a symmetrical object. But the second time around, they get bigger faster at the top than they do at the bottom, making it seem as if the top one is bending away.
Going to your drawing, let's first look at red circles, since they are more circular. They are pretty much the same distance from the horizon line but the second one is much more open. It creates the problem from diagram (3).
Now the blue circle, It has the exact same issue, it is not that far from the horizon line, you would not be seeing such a big part of it, unless it were bending. Look at the circumferences you drew below, and try to maintain them.
Although overall your lines and curves were really nice and clean and honestly big probs to you for noticing that it looks like it bends, it's hard to be that observant with your own work. And these pancakes are really mailable and subjective so I'm not sure how precise one needs to be.
Marc Martí
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3mo
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I’m more focused on character drawing, but I’d love to be able to draw some backgrounds and props to complement them without making them look like they are floating in the air.
My goals are:
1-Arrange props and characters in the scene and maintain a consistent scale and alignment.
2-Figure the right perspective when drawing a room corner where the floor meets the walls.
3-Make simple poses more interesting by bending the perspective of buildings around them.
4-Make objects interact or touch each other accurately, like falling buildings.
5-Avoid perspective from breaking your composition but keep the perspective accurate.
6- Know how to use multiple perspectives in a drawing and why.
7-Make the viewer feel small.
8-Know how much limbs shorten when characters are foreshortening.
9-Know how much something bends when close to the viewer.
10-Draw a character with a bottom-up or top-down perspective.
