Assignment - Arrows in Every Direction
Assignment - Arrows in Every Direction
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Assignment - Arrows in Every Direction

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Assignment - Arrows in Every Direction

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To build your foundation:

  • Draw these blocks and arrows and name their positions (e.g., above left, below right).
  • Notice the direction of the X, Y, and Z lines in each position.
  • Practice drawing them from memory.

Deadline - submit by April 29, 2025 for a chance to be in the critique video!

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Darren
10h
@vange
17h
Lucie VERGNON
Hey Marshall, I’ve been on an arrow‑drawing binge these past few days 😂. I really appreciated playing around with all kinds of variations, for example: - tweaking the arrow shapes, - experimenting with increasingly dynamic angles, plus a bunch of other sketches I haven’t shared here because they didn’t quite work out (including some shadow studies, etc.). I had an absolute blast with this exercise—it felt like the perfect excuse to try out a ton of stuff 👀🤭. Thanks so much!
Dedee Anderson Ganda
ohh this one is really tough, for boxes I can do it from imagination albeit for 3/4 direction I have some lines wrong. But for arrows I really need to check the reference and often get confused about which side should the thickness pop out to intend the arrow's direction against the camera.
William Montalvo
This is great effort though. I think this will really make you think about form.
Rachel Dawn Owens
This is a really good assignment that combines together a bunch of information learned in previous the lessons. Here’s how I might think about it if I were to do it-
Vishal Hudge
Thank You !! ✍
Jacob Hebda
Thank you for sharing this wonderful resource with us, Rachel!
Daniela
1d
Due to the initial form being more cubic, it took me so long to figure out based on what the were the short and long side of it, decided. Figured out that it was the face pointing towards the central object
Dave Sakamoto
Here are my arrows. It was difficult placing the back of the arrow head, especially the outer sides.
Dermot
2d
Love this, as do this perspective course. :)
Daniel Lucas Nizari
I find it hard to determine the first three lines when determining an direction. Are there some cool tricks to remember how to “steer” my arrow in the right direction with my box?
Rachel Dawn Owens
These look great! It looks like you’re understanding it. I found it easiest to start with a line for the arrow direction and building from there. Hope this helps
Raitlin
2d
Some arrows, plus the undersketches for the first few where I was trying to maintain some consistency, but that got far too messy too quickly.
Maria Bygrove
Maria Bygrove
Is that separate video explaining the process of foreshortening that @Marshall Vandruff mentioned already available and, if yes, where?
Max Long
2d
Someone else asked this same question and an admin responded that video will go live next week.
Amy
3d
Can you point me ➡️ to where the video is on foreshortening? I care : )
@ashfin613
I second that!
Ayal Pinkus
I filmed myself doing the exercise. https://youtu.be/_xFSe-Xf06w
Lin
1d
Thank you for this tool, we owe you :3
Michelle Johnson
Thanks for sharing a really useful tool.
Smithies
3d
This assignment makes me feel so ridiculously excited I feel like an idiot! I can't wait to get started. Interestingly I felt frustrated by one of the first assignments where we had to simplify a blocky object and draw it in lots of different angles from imagination because all my drawings came out kind of the same just rotated. It looks like that was basically the idea! Although to be fair I did choose a very simple object.
Josh Drummond
Notes from the lesson and playing around with some angles. This reminds me of notes I took on Peter Han's Dynamic Bible about the four different kinds of arrows he uses (simple direction, motion context, function/ interaction, and call-out arrows).
Shayan Shahbazi
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