When to Use 1,2 or 3 Point Perspective How to Know

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• JO

  @joereed8872 · 2 years ago

  So basically, 1 point is camera is looking practically parallel to a face of a cube. 2 point is looking at an edge. And 3 point is looking at a vertex

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• AM

  @amorphousblob · 1 year ago

  One of the biggest things that tripped me up was assuming horizon line = actual physical horizon, because so many videos seem to imply that. This cleared it up, thanks.

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• KA

  @kaizze8777 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Notes:<br>1 Point: Looking STRAIGHT ON or slightly sideways, eye level is on the subject<br>2 Point: Looking from a CORNER on a subject, with both sides showing.<br>3 Point: Looking from CLOSE UP with eye level looking UP or DOWN on the subject. X, Y and Z axis form a TRIANGLE<br>4 Point: Looking from CLOSE UP, with ALL X, Y and Z axis showing (fish eye lens) Perspective lines are also warped to a curve<br><br>I added 4th from the current lesson Im on with another course, I&apos;m training myself to intuitively see these lines, Im a figure painter and character artist, so with characters its not as apparent as buildings hence I put in a &quot;cheat sheet&quot; above to summarize the EFFECT &nbsp;of the perspective in relation to the subject, this way its ALOT easier for me to understand for squishy subjects 😀<br><br>Thanks so much Stephen for your insightful video! Its very easy to take a step out of &quot;lesson mode&quot; to &quot;real world mode&quot; and completely get flabbergasted by all the complexity, you can look at a scen and it be 1 point, then looking DOWN on the SAME scene and all of a sudden its 3 !

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• SA

  @SaraStevensonArtist · 3 years ago

  I just started watching your videos today, &nbsp;before I would think I got this ... then felt lost on what is going on. &nbsp; You clearly explain, &nbsp;and make sense of what occurs when looking a scene. &nbsp;Whether I’ve heard the rules before, &nbsp;I didn’t really hear them until now. &nbsp;Thanks for making it click &nbsp;&amp; stick.

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• EC

  @ectownsend1433 · 3 years ago

  This video helped me to finally understand that perspective is based on the orientation of the viewer to the object, not an inherent perspective in an image. I would try to draw two point perspective, but then an object in the scene would be in one point and I wouldn’t know what to do or vice versa. This has been extremely insightful, thank you!

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• AR

  @artisticvision1988 · 1 year ago

  The fact that this guy doesnt have more views is criminal. This is one of the most detailed and helpful perspective lessons ive ever seen outside of art school. Bravo, you are doing it right sir, please dont stop making these vids. You are a fantastic instructor 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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• OZ

  @OzWingChunFed · 3 years ago

  I am a senior-aged returning drawer looking to enhance my retirement, I find your stuff really easy to understand, thanks.

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• IV

  @IveNeverStoodUp · 1 year ago

  everyone in every comment section of every art video is like &quot;I went to school for 5 years and understood none of it, but you just explained it in 5 seconds. hands down the best video on this subject ever.&quot; and it&apos;s like bruh do you accept reddit karma

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• LU

  @lummymanpix · 2 weeks ago

  i think its helpful to note that we are basically always seeing 3 point perspective in real life, its just that our angle is so shallow the lines appear parallel, but technically they are there. so the choice is with the artist how much they want to exaggerate things

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• LO

  @lochrowley9997 · 3 years ago

  I never understood perspective, so I avoided it. Recently I was reading a book on carpentry that had a chapter on drafting (the book is from the 70s) which helped me realize most of what is taught to artists is a form a shorthand for more complex subjects. Well, when I was searching for examples that idea helped me trim the fat and find your channel, I&apos;m very glad I did. serendipity&apos;s a wonderful thing.

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• WO

  @Wojtekstan · 2 years ago

  This is the first time I&apos;ve actually understood three point perspective. Thank you!!!

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• DR

  @drmm-barservices · 1 year ago

  This might be the best perspective training in YouTube.

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