tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post3766101670948561505..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Animals in PerspectiveJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-71058949375854247012010-12-15T10:28:13.537-05:002010-12-15T10:28:13.537-05:00All helpful comments, thanks everyone.
Mario, you...All helpful comments, thanks everyone.<br /><br />Mario, you're right: the hippos were far enough away that the lines were effectively axonometric, rather than vanishing to a point. <br /><br />Erik, thanks for the Moebius link. It's always magic to watch someone draw, especially of his caliber.<br /><br />K Tigress-I agree that in character design and portraiture a subject comes alive when you deliberately throw elements out of alignment, but of course to do that you have to know how to get them right first.<br /><br />Max, yes, perspective is especially important for figure drawing. One thing that helps is to establish the eye level or horizon right away on a figure drawing, and to keep in mind that you're looking UP at anything above that line and looking DOWN at anything below it.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-81498080256255810082010-12-15T09:43:00.476-05:002010-12-15T09:43:00.476-05:00I've found info on drawing people and animals ...I've found info on drawing people and animals in perspective to be quite elusive- and I haven't found a drawing book yet that includes it. Thanks for the post! Would love to see more on this subject!Rocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023548506198486232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-7000661505913920522010-12-15T09:41:40.758-05:002010-12-15T09:41:40.758-05:00In this video we see Jean Giraud (Moebius) drawing...In <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C464r1lfVo" rel="nofollow">this video</a> we see Jean Giraud (Moebius) drawing his hero "Blueberry".<br />Note the light, intuitive and loose drawing style. Yet, right before inking, he checks the perspective of the head with some faintly drawn guide lines.Erik Bongershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409523352634066030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-37971893946958170082010-12-15T01:56:22.918-05:002010-12-15T01:56:22.918-05:00Sometimes, when the object is small compared to th...Sometimes, when the object is small compared to the viewing distance, using a parallel (axonometric) projection may be better than true perspective: it's easier and gives no distortion (which is often good for human features).<br />I think you did the same with the hippo.Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477403806364388132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-73895992980576223662010-12-14T19:18:00.266-05:002010-12-14T19:18:00.266-05:00Max,
there's a long tradition of drawing livin...Max,<br />there's a long tradition of drawing living things (humans for instance) in this way:<br /><br />-figure out how the body relates to simple geometric placeholders (a head "is" a cube, an arm "is" a cylinder, etc), disregarding details temporarily.<br /><br />-place the geometric placeholder in space using perspective (for instance, the cube corresponding to the head gets foreshortened in the direction of an adequate vanishing point)<br /><br />-place again the details of the body on top of the foreshortened geometric placeholder.<br /><br />You can see wonderful examples of this for instance in the books of Robert Hale.António Araújohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10477716038667816702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-45005772579325236962010-12-14T18:58:35.646-05:002010-12-14T18:58:35.646-05:00I'll be studying linear perspective soon mysel...I'll be studying linear perspective soon myself under Sal Amendola at SVA. I thought it was only good for buildings and objects like vehicles.<br /><br />So it's good for drawing living things now? I'm sold on linear perspective.Max Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403575167825914594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-10215227257260965162010-12-14T18:00:07.851-05:002010-12-14T18:00:07.851-05:00Thank you. This kind of thing is helpful even to u...Thank you. This kind of thing is helpful even to us brush-illiterates who cut and paste things in photoshop.Suciô Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365362145664625757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-14549745459114789932010-12-14T17:47:34.120-05:002010-12-14T17:47:34.120-05:00Having a bit of modeling experience with Maya I fi...Having a bit of modeling experience with Maya I find myself sometimes creating lattice work along my center lines for each part of the body. Especially to help with contour variations in perspective.<br /><br />=s=Shane Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706984816021430077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-37892681725632501712010-12-14T17:43:52.417-05:002010-12-14T17:43:52.417-05:00I love this--Its definitely a good practice to wor...I love this--Its definitely a good practice to work on multiple angles of a subject.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907813490513979311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-48735466828861058432010-12-14T17:20:07.589-05:002010-12-14T17:20:07.589-05:00Always a great technique to use, helped me lots to...Always a great technique to use, helped me lots to over come distortion problems. Sometimes distortion isn't always a bad thing especially if you're trying to create an off the wall toon character. <br />Something I also come to love is a blue pencil or animation pencil. You can use it to lightly draw all your lines and then add the details later. This pencil is also easily erasable but then you normally don’t have to go that far.K_tigresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435524324162761134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-76817226236188421102010-12-14T17:04:24.671-05:002010-12-14T17:04:24.671-05:00Wow James, I just discovered your blog, thanks to ...Wow James, I just discovered your blog, thanks to one of your devotees. This lesson is so useful to me. I'm excited to see what else you post in your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com