I was struggling a little with perspective so I stopped for a while and started watching videos like: the history of houses, architecture and this was great for me because I never thought studying these things could be so much fun and it all can contribute to my overall appreciation of different forms of art as well.
Hi do you still know which videos that were?
I struggle a lot with perspective and with drawing 3d.
Felt quite stuck lately and you seem to know some good recourses.
Oh no, I just type this on YouTube and watch the ones that I feel appeal more to my need at the time, but I can share some of the ones I watched:
I like the way this guy explains perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7m518KDFSk&list=LL&index=47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWMKhVFGT6M&list=LL&index=50
Scott Robertson is just phenomenal (this one is a little unrelated to perspective but I think it will help you boost your fun and creativity in your journey as you see the world)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ7aaUVhGUo&list=LL&index=28
This one I recommend doing the exercises along, pausing and taking it easy
https://www.youtube.com/@DrawshStudio
I think we tend to get very technical and take all the fun out of the things we study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9f58K7r9X8
Trent is cool because I also love RPG style of environment
Oh and also following along tutorials like this one in the beginning can really help you build mileage and get the hang of painting in general
Holy moly, that is quite a lot.
I think I will go through them one by one, taking my time.
Thank you so much for taking your time to find these things. I hope that a lot more people find this discussion so that they can see the videos for them selfs.
These are great videos. Thanks for sharing.
There is a book called "Perspective Made Easy", by E.R. Norling, that is gold to learn the basics.
Oh I heard of that one. I think Marshall Vanduff talkes once about it on the dratfsmen podcast about that one. It's on my list but well...there is so much great information on the internet it is kind of overwhelming. For everyone who reads that listen to the drafstmen podcast, it's good and informative, they talk about so much stuff and always art focused.
This is another one of those things that aren't sold through Amazon, so I don't get a commission on it - but it's just too good to leave out. PureRef is a fantastic piece of software that is both Windows and Mac compatible. It's used for collecting reference and compiling them into a moodboard. You can move them around freely, have them automatically arranged, zoom in/out and even scale/flip/rotate images as you please. If needed, you can also add little text notes.
When starting on a project, I'll often open it up and start dragging reference images off the internet onto the board. When I'm done, I'll save out a '.pur' file, which embeds all the images. They can get pretty big, but are way more convenient than hauling around folders full of separate images.
Did I mention you can get it for free? The developer allows you to pay whatever amount you want for it. They recommend $5, but they'll allow you to take it for nothing. Really though, with software this versatile and polished, you really should throw them a few bucks if you pick it up. It's more than worth it.
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