Assignment - XYZ: The Framework for Drawing in 3D

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Assignment - XYZ: The Framework for Drawing in 3D

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Marshall Vandruff

in The Perspective Course

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Assign one of the letters, X, Y, or Z, to each set of lines in the 3D models provided in this course or in the Zolly app. Then, sketch each object or scene. Don't worry about precision, focus on understanding.

Level 1: Everything is aligned. Label the axes.
Level 2: Objects aren't aligned. Decide which lines represent width and depth, and stay consistent.
Level 3: Includes bevels and diagonal lines moving on two axes. Label them as XZ, ZY, or XY.
Level 4: Lines moving on all three axes. Recognize that more than three axes exist, but focus on the primary ones.

Renee Ing Akana

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13m

I made a mess. I struggled all week trying to figure it out and then I decided to take a vintage ride down the Gumroad to seek the sage advice of a younger, better looking Marshall. I landed on the last section where he told me to just listen, don't write this down. Maybe this wasn't the lesson, but I consulted Watson. I wasn't sure I was doing the right assignment, but I wasgoing somewhere or no place. I'm still confused, but I had a lot of fun pulling all of my hair out.

@saschu

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Rick B

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18h

Got the room with the turning table done. I could not for the life of me figure how to do it in graph paper. when it doubt lay down some perspective lines.

Nancy Yocom

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Omg! I think I’m catching on. I had to another one. Thanks Marshall!

Lucie VERGNON

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Hey Marshall, This assignment was so much fun that I ended up creating each visual twice, experimenting with different viewing angles each time! I’ve spent a few hours on them over the past days :) I hope the annotations are clear enough. Thanks for these awesome projects! 👋🏻✨🥳

Dave Sakamoto

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I'm not quite sure if I labeled the axes correctly, but I gave it the ol' college try. Is there a difference between YZ and ZY or XZ and ZX?

Melanie Scearce

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These look great, the only thing I noticed is that these diagonals in green would be XYZ since they are moving up, back and in, while the two on the other side are only moving in and up. My understanding is that the convention is YZ and XZ and the order determines orientation.

Rick B

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these were fun. I would like to thank Mr. Vandruff for turning me onto graph paper. Never thought to use it. but now it's go to for plans. will work on the booth and rotating table in the next days. I don't see me using graph paper. but instead setting up a perspective shot .

Darin

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I hope these make sense. I coloured the sides I considered axis aligned, and then labelled the rest. Edges were all in the same combinations of axes, then I only labeled them once.

Carlos Javier Roo Soto

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Alright, my first try to this assignment. I hope my poor dexterity and treacherous crayons don't make it hard to see. Should I had use the color pencils to do the sketches themselves? I kind of worry that maybe I'm just doing copies and not actually analyzing perspective, so I try to be more conscious of that on my third drawing. What advice can you give to keep in mind while doing these studies?

Dermot

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Still working on the Ortho Puzzles, but here are some of my basic XYZ boxes. Any feedback would be great. Thanks :)

Nancy Yocom

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That was such a fun project! It was better than doing my favorite jigsaw puzzle. How close did I get to solving it? 😂😂😂. I can't wait til the next lesson for the answers. I’m seeing the world in a whole new twilight zone.

Daniela

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I will have to come back to the table a couple more times (and also work on my observation skills but that is for later)

Jesse

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First time EVER submitting any art to anything be kind @-@

Rachel Dawn Owens

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You did great! I dig the colors

@hansheide

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I’ve been trying to practice perspective like this for ages, but it has never felt as good as after watching this lesson. It’s not even like i learned something I didn’t know before and it clicked, it’s probably just because I needed someone to tell me to go practice drawing objects in perspective. And I should probably also give some credit to the amazing 3D models. I labelled some of the lines with their axis. And for those with multiple, I named all of their axis starting with the axes that the line is going through the most! Great lesson Marshall, feeling like it’s starting to make sense 👍 But I suspect that we’re just getting started!!

Rick B

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Happens all the time. I know the info but there is some disconnect. then you see someone else do it and it clicks.

@ashfin613

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Hi, Can someone give me a bit more clarity on level 3 and 4. Are we labeling them XZ, ZY and XY because it depends on how we interpret the drawing?. I'm more of an initiative person/ artist and struggle with this type of stuff any info would be great.

Rick B

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21h

YOU are labeling the direction you are going. X, Y & Z are just the basics, there are more you can label them and use different colors if you like.

@dantheanimator

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Hand drawn object.

Maria Bygrove

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I think I tried one for each of the levels.

Josh Drummond

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Saw my completion drop to 78% and I will not have it, Marshall. A couple hours later, some ignored demand from the wife, and here it is. I'm still having trouble labeling the slants/slopes so feel free to help me out there.

Melanie Scearce

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I made this animation to help me make sense of the slopes, hope that helps you also!

Lin

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Here are my submissions. I feel like some beveled shapes like the hexagon give enough hints to figure out the axes but then with the wedge I got confused and couldn’t do the box correctly (I suspect). I’d love to know how to do the boxes around wedged shapes, round shapes an axis is missing with no hints. One struggle is when the page is blank I don’t yet know how to do a right angle in perspective and get it quite right. When I check they’re always some off or if I’m using a reference I have to correct a bit. XD

Randy Pontillo

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A 3D compass, surely, follows the same rules as a 2D compass, right? Where between East and South is East-South, and between that and East again is East-East-South? I'm trying to wrap my head around the "Inwards Diagonal UP line" in the pyramid shape. That would make it ZY or YX depending on its orientation, right? since if you were to move the object locked to that axis it would go diagonally?

Lin

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I would say for stuff that is pulled inwards like that trapezoid it does so on all xyz axes on all four lines. They’re moving up which uses y, they’re being sucked in which uses z (depth) and they’re moving left to right because the form thins out towards the top. If you draw a vertical from the corner and another vertical from the arrival point you’ll notice that one saying zy has also moved along the x axis. I think. XD Blender has the axes as kinda like monorail lines if you ever played rollercoaster tycoon. You can move the car left and right, up and down both under the ground and above it, towards or away from us. So a line at the back that’s pulled towards us is using depth just as much as one that moves away. The toy plane wings are also moving in space along all three axes in my opinion because they want to kill me >.>

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