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Regarding foreshortening in: Lesson 1 Rotated boxes

4:57 PM, Saturday February 20th 2021

While revisiting the rotated boxes exercise in lesson one, I noticed that the amount of foreshortening occurring on the “top” plane sharply increases after the second rotation and it made me wonder:

If a box directly facing us, is rotated in even increments to one side; will the foreshortening of the “top” plane be exponential due to both the new angle that we are looking at it from and the fact that the plane will now be moving into the space away from us?

Or will foreshortening typically be a linear progression in most cases?

Or am I just overthinking things?

https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/step6

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3:04 PM, Wednesday February 24th 2021

I think you're absolutely right. The top face is supposed to get significantly more shortened after a second rotation. Look at this gif of a rotating box . Upon paying close attention you can see the same happening to this box here. The transition happens in 3 steps (not including 0 degrees and 90). There is alot of difference between the forshortening in the 1st and 3rd step.

7:50 PM, Friday February 26th 2021

Thank you for the response, after seeing it pointed out in the gif it's a lot easier to wrap my head around!

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