I LOVE this lesson! I have been struggling with foreshortening (i.e. how do I rotate the same form accurately in space) and atmospheric perspective (e.g. how does time of the day or position/strength of light source affect atmospheric perspective?). I am so excited to learn the science behind these questions in this course. Before I evaluate my current favorite images (mostly from Arcane), I want to ask if "blur" can be a 6th trick to show depth in perspective. Objects that are too close to us or too far away from us can appear blurred and show depth (as shown in some of the attached images). *** IMAGE 1: Tree Against Sun (Arcane) Diminution: 5/5/ for how the branches of the tree appear really small as they move away from the viewer and the trunk appears thicker and larger. Convergence: 5/5 for how the rounded glass ceiling roof curves converge and how the trees branches seem to follow a path to the horizon line. Foreshortening: 4/5 for the gesture of the tree that makes it clear its flowing through 3D space. Overlap: 4/5 for the trees against the buildings though I think the curved parts of the trunk can show more details to make the overlap clearer. Atmospheric Perspective: 5/5 for the bluish haze, lighter values and desaturated colors of the buildings and the sky. *** IMAGE 2: Flowery landscape with mountain (Arcane) Diminution: 5/5 for the proportion of the flowers to the mountain Convergence: 5/5 for the horizon line which makes top planes below it (flowers) more visible vs the figures at the horizon line for whom we can only see the front planes. Foreshortening: 3/5 The shape of the flowers' top planes change as they move away (ie they become flatter). Overlap: 4/5 for the flowers and the figures/trees against the cloud. Atmospheric Perspective: 5/5 for the bluish haze, lighter values and desaturated colors of the mountain vs the flowers. *** IMAGE 3: Cannons on a bridge at sunset (Arcane) Diminution: 5/5 for how the canons get smaller and closer together as they move away (along with the edges of the bridge) Convergence: 5/5 for the structures on the edges of the bridge and the cannons Foreshortening: 5/5 for how the top planes of the structures on the edge of the bridge get shorter and they move away. Overlap: 4/5 because its obvious Atmospheric perspective: 5/5 for how the objects in the distance are lighter, more desaturated and less detailed. *** IMAGE 4: Sword Valley by Hue Teo Diminution: 5/5 for how the swords in the distance are smaller. Convergence: 5/5 because all the swords converge on the same horizon line. Foreshortening: 5/5 for how the width of the blades change based on the angle they are at. Overlap: 5/5 for darker swords in front of the brighter/lighter swords in the middle and at the back. Atmospheric Perspective: 5/5 for the faded colors and lighter values of the swords and the hill in the background, with fewer details. Not assignment related but I have included some images that use blur to show depth and also some lion heads that I have been trying to construct by rotating the same box in space and figuring out how much should one plane foreshorten based on the degree of ellipse in the adjacent plane. I don't know if that's the right approach but I'll wait to learn the methods when we get to that lesson!

Nice lesson! Been doing Stan’s Trace the Ruler and DrawaBox’s similar warmups including connect the dots for a year now but I’ll incorporate the equal spacing / parallel lines into them. I’ve found the need for equal spacing in lines when constructing objects but never thought of practicing them as a warm up. 😅

I just finished watching this and I’m blown away at how rich perspective is as a concept - and Marshall’s deep understanding of it. I signed up for this course aware of only 1 point, 2 point, 3 point, 4 point, and curvilinear perspective but now it feels like I’ve only scratched the surface. I’m glad we’re in good hands here with Marshall and the Proko team.

I used to try and solve the arches problem a few months ago until the measurements made my head hurt. 🫠 I figured out I need to be intuitive with some basic rules, such as a plane or an ellipse perpendicular to the viewer will get wider as it moves away from us and vice versa for planes and ellipses facing us/parallel to us… drew these arches without measurements (after trying measurements). Really excited to get Marshall’s guidance in this course!

I’m so excited to learn from Marshall, listening to him feels like a warm hug. Here are some examples of sweeping perspectives in art that I want to learn to draw.

Here are mine after watching the demo

Here’s mine after watching the demo

Getting back to this. Wasn't sure exactly how to do this at first but figured out more of what Proko was looking for as I watched the crit vids and demo. I'm trying to be more exploratory with drawing stuff, but its difficult cause my brain often has an 'ideal image' in its head that I wanna create no matter how much doodling I do to explore.

Hi, this is my attempt at observing and drawing a bell pepper. Any input will be highly appreciated. Please note this was done with Procreate. I did readjust my proportions once (without overlaying with the original). And it was done without viewing the demo lesson by Stan.