Receding objects in perspective.

shelbyhughesillustration:

Have you ever been trying to draw tiles on a wall or on the floor in perspective, but notice that after you’ve drawn them, they don’t look like they’re all the same shape or size? 

Well here’s a tutorial on how to fix that.

Your picture probably looks like this, right?

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Well, i’m here to tell you how to fix that…Let’s start out with your basics.


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The gray line is the horizon line, and the black dot is your horizon line. These are essential for the first steps of perspective. Without these, your perspective may turn out wonky and just not flattering to the eyes. Right now we’ll work in One point perspective.

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Now let’s pretend we’ll be drawing a hallway. Draw a vertical line where the edge of the wall is.

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Now, from the tips of the bottom and top of your wall, you’re going to need to draw a line extending all the way to the vanishing point. If you’re working in photoshop you could either use the line tool, or shift+click. If traditional, you’ll need to use a ruler.

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Now that we have the wall that’s in perspective, it’s time to draw the rest of the lines. here I’ve drawn the wall facing us that’s closest, the ceiling, the floor line, and the end of the hallway. ASSUMING that you are working in one point perspective, all vertical lines are straight and parallel to each other, and all horizontal lines are straight and parallel to each other. 

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Now here I have erased the lines that extended beyond the back wall, and found the center point of the edge of the left wall. From there, you draw an extended line just as before towards your vanishing point.

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now make a vertical line where your first “tile” is. 


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now this may be a little hard to explain. Now you’re going to draw a line coming from the corner of the wall, through the corner where your line meets the tile you just drew, and all the way to the ground line. 

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You see where these two lines meet? you’re going to draw a vertical line to the ceiling from here.

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Like so! 

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Now rinse and repeat! you should have perfectly even spaced tiles now! And if you have tiles on the ceiling

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Just draw horizontal lines connecting to the vertical lines!

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Now just erase anyhing you don’t need and…viola! Perfect tiles in perspective!!

I hope this helps!! :D


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