Hello,
I was wondering where one should look while ghosting and then drawing an ellipse? Currently I feel as if my eyes are just spinning as I ghost my ellipse. Should I be focusing on a central point and estimate the rest of my ellipse? What method do you use when you are ghosting an ellipse?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated and thanks for reading this post!
Lars,
I find I actually defocus a bit to take on the whole area that I am looking at and try to avoid looking at a particular spot. I then imagine how the ellipse should be on the paper, ghost until comfortable and jsut go for it.
Took me a while to come to that method but it works better for me.
Interesting Scoobyclub!
I will try this! I thought that this would be an estimate until you get it right exercise. I noticed when I ghost an ellipse, I can visualize on paper what it will look like by focusing on the ghosted shadow.
Thanks!
I personally look at the center of the shape I'm drawing, but I'm not exactly perfect!
Thesnowhaku,
That makes sense. I bet that helps visualize ghosting, then drawing the entire circle.
Thanks for the response!
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