So here's the idea: 1-Pay close attention to whether any given shape you are drawing should overlap/occlude the shapes around it. 2-Is it in front, or behind, other nearby forms? That's it. It's tremendously simple, but stopping yourself to think about this could save you a ton of trouble starting out. Being confident in…
my girlfriend is a elementry school art teacher, and one of the things she says the younger students, probably up to fourth grade has is understanding overlaping forms, one of the assignments she has them do is a picture of you and your best friend standing next to each other with one person in front so the bodys partialy…
Jackablade, as a spacial concept, yes, obviously, the fact that things can be in front of eachother is pretty obvious. But keeping it in mind when you're drawing is an acquired skill, albeit a very simple one. I see new posters and beginner 2d artists CONSTANTLY trying to cram every single detail or shape that makes up an…
Glad a couple of you guys found this useful! Thanks, jessica. I wanna do a few mor Rhinokey that's awesome. Sounds like a cool job, too! Endzelt, I'm hesitant to talk about perspective because it has been so exhaustively covered by much better artists and much better teachers than me -- there's a lot about it in Andrew…