Drawing Perspective books or dvd recommendation?

chrismaddox3d

im wanting to learn how to draw environment stuff better,
i know you need to learn all the different perspective lines to do this,
anyone know of any good books or dvds i could get,
if so let me know something,
Thanks,Chris

EmAr

I guess there should be good books with lower prices though Feng Zhu's DVD's are pretty helpful.

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/groups/instructors/2d/zhu_g.html

pliang

I'm sure most of us have heard about Ryan Church.

blankslatejoe

this has been the best perspective books ive read; clear to understand, detailed, and gets into the more complicated
aspects that most/all other books leave out:

http://www.amazon.com/Perspective-Comic-...3901&sr=8-4

its written like a comic textbook, similar to Mccloud's understanding comics. The art may not be as good s ryan church or feng, but its amazingly clear and indepth

skrubbles

I also recommend Perspective for Comic Book Artists. Its a fun way to learn perspective. Another book I would look into is Perspective Made Easy.

As for DVDs I agree with the Gnomon suggestions. Feng and Church are awesome, but Scott Robertson's DVDs are brilliant for learning perspective. The Techniques of Scott Robertson Volume 1: Basic Perspective Form Drawing is JUST about perspective! Robertson knows his shit and he's a great teacher... going through the DVD and practicing along with the lecture you'll learn HOW and WHY. His other DVDs are great as well.

blankslatejoe

oh good call, skrubbles, robertson--he's a perspective fiend. I got to see him lecture at one of the conceptart.org workshops once--anything by him has gotta be worth the price tag.

apocalypse

This book has served me well. It has exercises so its not all theory and its very artist friendly. Pretty cheap too.
Perspective without Pain

John Warner

yah, i've watched one of the Scott Robertson videos. if you're patient, they're great; They're really detailed and clear.

Jesse Moody

i've got all the Scott Robertson dvds. Awesome stuff. Feng and Church are amazing as well.

pior

About the Robertson videos. Anyone knows where to get these fancy desklamps he is using? I think they also appear on other Gnomons. Some kind of draftsman lamp with a wooden handle to move the bulb around with ease. They look cool!

Jesse Moody

ahhh yeah check office depot, staples, home depot, blick art store.

I picked one up at staples and it is all fancy schmancy and has the little handle.