Help!- Redline Perspective

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:15 pm

Hey guys

Okay, I *know* there's something wrong with this dang pic, but I just can't for the life of me figure out what's up. The dragon I'm happy with since she's got her anatomy perfect (ie: I drew on two sides of the paper w/ lightbox and it comes out fine).

The perspective might be okay, but that means the figure is off. The figure's probably off, but that might mean the perspective/buildings are wrong.

Haalp!

redline the stuffing out of this sucker! >_<

thanks.

Xenoqueen · Post by **Xenoqueen** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:42 pm

Start with a vanishing point! Looks like you have one-point perspective going on here, and that's what determines where your perspective is going and what parts of it are wrong.

For example, look how the lines on the building would vary depending on where I put the vanishing point. It looks like, going by the lower figure, that the red set is what you were aiming for.

This is extremely quick and sketchy, smacked down while friends I have over are distracted by my kitten, but hopefully it gives you the idea!

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:07 pm

Well, Phe accomplished that much better then I did. LOL

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:24 pm

Xenoqueen wrote:Start with a vanishing point! Looks like you have one-point perspective going on here, and that's what determines where your perspective is going and what parts of it are wrong.

For example, look how the lines on the building would vary depending on where I put the vanishing point. It looks like, going by the lower figure, that the red set is what you were aiming for.

This is extremely quick and sketchy, smacked down while friends I have over are distracted by my kitten, but hopefully it gives you the idea!

O.O HIPHEEwhere'aveyoubeen. (cling hugs!) And wow, you got a kitten! ^^

Oh wow. *stares* See, half my problem was my only experience with perspective was in high school for a couple weeks (it was never mentioned in college, oddly). It's one of my huge weak spots right now.

Now, with those in place, would the figure's position still be fine as-is? I'm leaning towards the red lines rather than the red (which looks plain weird to me).

<3 Much appreciating this!

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:00 pm

Fuzzy wrote:I'm leaning towards the red lines rather than the red (which looks plain weird to me).

LOL, you said red twice. XD I think you meant blue for the second one...maybe...I dunno.

Xenoqueen · Post by **Xenoqueen** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:32 pm

I said above, yeah, I think the red set is closest to what you have going on with the lower figure. The blue set match up with the dragon's forepaw clutching the roof-rim, but the red set better match everything else. I just included both so you could see the drastic changes that occur when perspective comes to play! ;P

Post by **Dray** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:17 am

If you're using the red lines, it may turn out that your dragon looks more like it's lounging along the edge of that rounded wall, so you may want to draw its hind forepaw clutching the edge as well to give it a more alert appearance. Otherwise, Phe caught the redline before I saw it, I don't think there's anything else that needs to be clarified. XD Just mess around with it I guess until it feels right!