Perspective in Graphic Novels and Anime

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What is a Perspective?

What is a Perspective?

It’s a visual representation of the way we see things in real life onto a 2D surface (ie. paper, screen, your mom’s tax bills).

Perspective

What is a vanishing point?

Perspective

What is a vanishing point?“The point on the horizon line at which lines or edges that are parallel appear to converge.”

Look up at the ceiling.

Perspective

What is a horizontal line?

Perspective

What is a horizontal line?“ The line in a perspective

drawing where the sky meets the ground. It also

represents the viewer’s eye level.”

The placement of the line on the picture plane depends on the vantage point of the artist.

For example, if the artist is low to the ground, the horizon line is low on the picture plane.

This is also known asWorms Eye View

(LOWER)

WORMS EYE VIEW

For example, if the artist is high to the ground, the horizon line is high on the picture plane.

This is also known asBirds Eye View

(UPPER)

BIRDS EYE VIEW

Which one of these looks strange?

ISOMETRIC VERSUS FORESHORTENINGIsometric is a different way of representing 3D objects onto 2D. Axes (x, y, z dimensions) are equal.

Foreshortening occurs when an object appears compressed when seen from a particular viewpoint, and the effect of perspective causes distortion.

ISOMETRIC

FORESHORTENING

ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE

What is a one point perspective?

A view where there is only one vanishing point.

ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE

Tutorial

Another Tutorial:D

TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE

What is a two point perspective?

A view where there are two vanishing points

(ie. corners)

TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE

Tutorial

Tutorial @U@

THREE POINT PERSPECTIVE

What is a three point perspective?

A view where there are three vanishing points

(ie. looking up or down at a building)

THREE POINT PERSPECTIVE

Tutorial

OTHER POINT PERSPECTIVE

FOUR POINT PERSPECTIVE

FIVE POINT PERSPECTIVE

SIX POINT PERSPECTIVE

FOUR POINT PERSPECTIVE

FIVE POINT PERSPECTIVE (CURVILINEAR)

SIX POINT PERSPECTIVE

TECHNIQUES

FIND THE MIDPOINT

IT’S “B” SUCKERS

TECHNIQUES (mOaR!)

FIND THE NEXT POLE

IT’S “A”

TECHNIQUES (okay, last one)

DERP PERSPECTIVE

DERP PERSPECTIVE

for the lolz

What do you see? 

a) a small cube inside three perpendicular adjoining planes

b) a small cube in front of a larger cube 

c) a large cube with a corner cubelet cut out 

d) all of the above

What’s wrong with this picture?

What’s wrong with this picture?

True or False: the two red lines are equal in length.

True or False: the two red lines are equal in length.

True.

True or False: the bowling pin on the bottom right corner has the same size as the bowling pins at the back.

True or False: the bowling pin on the bottom right corner has the same size as the bowling pins at the back.

True.

Fin.

Thank you!