Cylinders
Cylinders
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Designing Dragons

Module 1

Cylinders

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  1. Draw a minimum of 30 cylinders freehand.
  2. Draw 20 cylinders that share the same 1P perspective space.
  3. Draw 20 cylinders that share the same horizon line in the same 2p perspective space.
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Joshua Harris
Pär
2mo
Really good excercise! Thought I knew this but blew the 2nd straight away by making ellipses, ignoring the absolut basics of one point perspective. Glad I realized it though and went at it again it with straight on circles for cylinder caps. Then got brain freeze on starting the 3rd and did as suggested, starting with boxes to lock in the cylinders. To sort it out in my head and to get it better, then made a go at it again.
@vilumpiko
4mo
Starting out here and I can see that third part will require that box practice and a redo. But suggestion about all parts are still welcome (although given the course age and lack of responses below, I'm not raising my hopes up)
Pär
2mo
Seems really good over all :), some ellipses here and there on 1 and 3 seems a bit flattened/pinched. On 3, the two above horizon on the left seems off. The sides are parallell and don't extend to vanishing point on horizon. Same with the one in the middle, the diagonal smaller one.
Aden Watson
Took some humility to draw cylinders for an hour but glad I did it. Very good practice and helps a lot with making the perspective intuitive. I feel like I restricted my notional vanishing points to the scope of the page, and I realize now that if I had expanded the horizon line beyond the page I could have created a greater variety of perspectives.
Pär
2mo
Nice :), but seems you did same mistake as I did in one perspective, making ellipses for the cylinder caps. They are all seen full on and kept as circles in 1-point perspective.
@korsola
11mo
@kaiokenblast789
My submission for freehand cylinder assignment. Any feedback is welcome
@c1992
11mo
Good so far! A couple of things I can suggest: Try to always make sure the lines converge towards the point that's further away. And the curve will be more pronounced the further away it gets from you. Those should give your cylinders a bit more believability. Good luck!
@c1992
1yr
My first assignment submitted to Proko.com! The 2-point perspective part was a bit harder than expected! I'm sure I'll get the hang of it intuitively with time.
Peter Bajzek
Vue Thao
2yr
@aslagle
2yr
I know there aren’t many drawings, but I wanted to make sure I was on the right track, especially with the 2 pp.
Macario Lopez
Is anything except the cylinder count incorrect? Any feedback is welcome 🙏😊
Ke You Ting
Hi there! Please let me know if there are anything incorrect with my assignment submission. Would love to know specifically if cylinders 1, 6, 7, 8, 14 and 18 in assignment 2 are correctly drawn and are still considered a 1-point perspective. Thanks!
Ricen
2yr
The ellipses on 6, 7, and 14 are too pointed on one side but otherwise I believe they would technically be one point the way they are drawn. I believe the taller, upright ones would be better served with a vanishing point going down, making them 2pp. 1, 8, and 18 have ellipses that don't share the same minor axis so one end or another look to be cut off at odd angles.
Jarret
2yr
joining the club!
@viridri
2yr
Personally, I want to be able to draw both, traditionally & digitally. So, my assignment is twice that.
Jen Trader-Morgeson
Wow! Good for you to it in both mediums! I don't think I have the focus to double my assignments. 😄
@fantasytattooer
Ricen
2yr
I had the most difficulty with the 2pp. I am not sure how successful I was.
Alberto Pardina
Free hand was fun. 1 and 2 pt was a bit difficult to do in the beginning without a guide. But after practicing a few with a guide I gave it another go without one.
Maggie Lasko
This was a humbling exercise for me. Took way longer to wrap my head around than I expected and I still feel like my 2 point stuff feels a bit tenuous. I tried doing a variety of different points along the same horizon which i am really not used to. I feel kinda unsure on whether or not they look right.
@denecethesylcoe
decided to go extra scary and use pen and paper lol. Feedback welcome!
Aljoscha Adam
Hello everyone, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but my two ellipsis are looking very different from one another, the one closer to VP1 looks so much wider? I guess there is something off, but I can't tell what it is. Happy practicing!
Alexis Saldivar
The one in the far left looks more smashed because your square isn't perfect. Remember that a perfectly round circle can only exist within a perfect square. Not only must the perfect square have 90 degree angles, but the length of each side must be the same. Hope that helps.
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