All posts in perspective

In a previous video Daarken talked about drawing the figure in perspective using head measurements, but measuring is only half the battle. Knowing how to draw a figure in perspective while creating depth is important and something that can easily be done if you use overlapping forms. In this video Daarken talks about identifying overlapping…

After the previous video talking about head measurements some people were wondering how to draw figures in perspective while still maintaining those same head measurements. In this video Daarken will show you two ways to draw a figure in perspective that uses the 8 head figure. Beware, these are really horrible drawings but you get…

Ellipses in perspective again, yay! In the previous video I forgot the crucial step of finding the midpoint of the square first before dividing the sides. At some angles it looks like you can divide the sides in half, but at other angles you can’t do that, so you have to find the midpoint first….

In this video Daarken shows you how to create your own perspective grid using the pen tool. Update – I realize there are many ways to create a perspective grid. This is just ONE way of doing it. It may not be the fastest or easiest, but hopefully some people found it useful. With anything…

In this video Daarken will go over some very basic perspective principles.