Use a reference. Take a cube (like, any sort of cube, Rubik's cube or whatever). Hold it before yourself at an angle, look at it and study how its edges are positioned in space. Close one eye to make it easier. Draw a cube in the same position on paper. Then rotate your reference slightly and observe how your perceived lengths of the edges have changed. Which edge do you see more of, which less, how did the shape of the sides have shifted.
With one eye closed, you'll perceive the cube without depth - just like you would see on a picture. So study the "picture" in your hand and replicate the rotation on paper. For me using reference has been a huge help to figure out how to shift the lines I make in order to rotate the box the way I want to. Once the logic will settle in your mind, it will be easier to make without reference.
Telefragg in the post "I cannot for the life of me figure out how to freely rotate a box."
2022-04-22 07:51
Use a reference. Take a cube (like, any sort of cube, Rubik's cube or whatever). Hold it before yourself at an angle, look at it and study how its edges are positioned in space. Close one eye to make it easier. Draw a cube in the same position on paper. Then rotate your reference slightly and observe how your perceived lengths of the edges have changed. Which edge do you see more of, which less, how did the shape of the sides have shifted.
With one eye closed, you'll perceive the cube without depth - just like you would see on a picture. So study the "picture" in your hand and replicate the rotation on paper. For me using reference has been a huge help to figure out how to shift the lines I make in order to rotate the box the way I want to. Once the logic will settle in your mind, it will be easier to make without reference.