Sketchbook Vorgus: Perspective

As I explained earlier I seem to always either be sick, tired, or busy. It sure makes it tough to pursue my many goals and aspirations. This year was no different as I finally got married! Life is great, but planning a wedding, having a wedding, and raising two kids definitely takes up a lot of time. Somehow I managed to squeeze in this drawing for people to sign as a guest book at our wedding. I was inspired by a similar gest book sign in drawing with stacks of books, but wanted to personalize it to my family.

The finished guest book. Guests sign on the spines of the books!

I love the way it turned out! There's a couple jank things here and there - courtesy of the rust building up on my arms from months of disuse. This is also the first time I've ever used a 3d model to reference and layout my scene. I knew stacks of books were going to be difficult to freehand perspective wise. It had to look right, so I mocked it up in Google SketchUp first. I set the opacity down low and drew my scene overtop. It's a great way to lay out a complicated piece, and I'll definitely be using it again in the future for some more ambitious pieces.

I used Google SketchUp to layout my scene. It made those stacks of books way easier to draw.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone! Here's to me hopefully getting back into a regular routine artwork and other project wise. Take care and thanks for stopping by!

These are a little old, but I want to give everyone a bit of a taste of each of the different kinds of things I want to post here. Perspective is an important aspect to making any drawing look "right." If something is askew our eyes pick up on it right away - similar to proportions of the human body - our brain knows how things are supposed to work.

Perspective is something I'd like to revisit again. I forget about it all too often when it is something that should be constantly taken into account while drawing. Here are some perspective exercises I did a long while back.

Just some furniture made using two point perspective. Notice that people's eyes are all at the same level (for people of the same height of course). That's why the horizon line is also called the eye line.