this one I did the other day using graph pattern. got the idea from ODONO whom I found in Deviant art. he has some amazingly intricate isometric patterns and illusions. Using the graph paper pattern I found on line I copied one of the patters. but it was small. so I adjusted the size to be able to draw it bigger. the graph squares were 1/8 in or .125in/3.175mm. I adjusted to 1/4in or .25in/6.35mm. here is the process and finished work. last thing. when you are drawing your grids, have to make sure the you hit the mark every time. you miss and intersection and your drawing will not line up. this took me a few tries because I kept missing my connecting points so the cubes would not connect right.

What I learnt is that I definitely need to make some sort of grid to keep track of lines cus my angles and proportions were way off. I think what I've learnt is that I have a really technical approach to working and I need that extra step of setting things up in a way I can follow to truly make the best of my abilities. I hope I can learn how to be more spontaneous and careless about perfection

Initially I was slightly overwhelmed by all the axonometric and oblique projections. I decided to combine a few into one drawing in an attempt to get familiar with the angles and how to use the new tools . Overall great fun and an exercise that I'll be returning to.

I'll be honest, I struggled with this. I attached multiple failed attempts at the triangle as proof. But I finally got it. That blasted triangle will haunt my nightmares. Shout out to @Rick B for showing his process, that's the only reason I figured it out.

Bad habits are hard to brake. I rotate my paper. I found an angle that allows me to draw a fairly long straight line. so I stick with it. I tried not moving my paper and it did not go well. the amount of wavy and crooked lines that came out of my hand was discouraging. had to stop for today. I will give it another go tomorrow. Will post those attempts. the good, the bad and the ugly... Earlier today was still playing with another illusion. not an original. I found it through Pinterest. don't know who did this one originally. I somewhat figured the measurements that fit the page and ran with it. (took me about 5 tries to get it right). My T-square skills are very rusty and I kept letting it get off the side, making my lines crooked. so nothing would match up and I would have to start all over. but in the end. got it to work.

My image got used for this video. I got about 3 seconds of screen time. AWESOME!!. It was not an original design. I found the image on a google search.

decided to do 2 more. the first one was like the 2 I did before. the second one with the cubes took a bit more. actually 3 tries before I could get it right. but did not start to really see it till I started inking it.

After watching the video took me a bit to get my head around Isometric perspective. Pulled and image from the net. thought it was going to be fairly easy to copy. As I found out on my first 2 images. I screwed it up badly. I tried to measure the points as if it was regular perspective and none of the points matched up. Had to do a little research to get my measuring points corrected. figured the dimensions of the drawing. then came up with a version of the pic I found on line. was trying to make it look like bricks so inked it freehand. For the next one I will try a smooth ruler finish

Here is my attempt at Isometric illusions. I am not sure if I completely understand how to use the tools to get the angles correct. I really fumbled around with the T square and the triangles. let me know what you think! Thanks again, I really hope to learn a lot from this course.

managed to finish the last one today. for the Next lesson if there are gesture drawings I will try and simplify. I feel I might have gone a bit over if these were supposed to be the bare minimum.