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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ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION: Feel free to submit your assignments in this lesson or the next one (Assignment - Labeling Lines for Spatial Understanding ) submissions will be reviewed from both location. - please try to avoid making duplicate posts

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.

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

Dedee Anderson Ganda

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diagonal line, especially moving in all 3 axes are definitely takes time to figure out accurately, cannot be done without the help of using construction lines. I wonder if eventually we can eyeball/intuitively draw those lines?

Carlos Javier Roo Soto

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My second take on the assignment. This time I rough it and build it from a box first. As you can see in the first one the back plane doesn't really match well the front, on the other two I think I did better by starting from the back planes to the visible front, also I kind of have this problem of not been good in cleaning up my drawings in physical media. Any advice to improve on both these aspects? Also this my be a little late to ask this far in the course, but how would you recommend to get the best out of these lessons as I learn to fall in love with drawing for fun and not just work? I think I'll put the next batch on the other video.

Roderick Taylor

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Thank you for the lesson!

Kassjan (Kass) Smyczek

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Was a fun exercise! I quickly sketched those freehand (except the one horizon line) and repeated the axes like a mantra. That way I got faster and was even reminded on my elementary school math lessons :). Wonderful!

Darren

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Rachel Dawn Owens

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I appreciate the way you colored the different sides. The color helps your forms read better. Looks great!

@bumatehewok

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Renee Ing Akana

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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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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)

Daniela

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I decided to take the "don't be too precious" advice to heart

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!!