Perspective + Composition Pt.2 by fox-orian

Perspective + Composition Pt.2 by fox-orian

EDIT 12.2013: I am now teaching a SkillShare class all about the subject of perspective and giving your illustrations dimension!

---- Read the journal post about it here!

---- Check out the class page here, and don't forget that coupon code!

Edit 01.2013: - This tutorial is a bit old by now and my understanding of perspective has developed quite a bit over the years. After giving this a re-read, most of information here is still sound and makes sense. However, I'd like to point out in particular that the section labelled as "Objects with Unique Vanishing Points" is a bit off. I don't think the concept is wrong, but I do think it's both written and presented wrong. Still, what's talked about in this section is something I never do in my own work, because once you've mastered 1, 2, and 3 point perspective, you should be able to draw objects that conform to different vanishing points completely on intuition alone.

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New to this tutorial? Check out part 1!
- Perspective & Composition Part 1 -

Value is important to an image! Check out some of my work in grayscale to see examples of value studies: fox-orian.deviantart.com/art/F…
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Part 2 of Perspective & Composition. Part 2 is PURELY about the aspects and theories of composition in art and how YOU can make better work with them. Due to this fact, this tutorial has a LOT of writing in it, and a lot of reading, and less "step-by-step" technical examples. You can think of this as more of a free lecture on the subject.

While the subject covered in this tutorial may not be as interesting as Part 1 where you learned the technical aspects of drawing perspective, REMEMBER THAT COMPOSITION AND CRITICAL THINKING ARE IMPORTANT SKILLS THAT ALL ARTISTS MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH.

I will repeat that.

COMPOSITION AND CRITICAL THINKING ARE IMPORTANT SKILLS THAT ALL ARTISTS MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH.

Give it a read, you could end up thinking about how you approach your next work a little differently.

Special thanks to !windlab for giving me a complete proof-read on the tutorial.

sosokrazy Featured By Owner Jan 21, 2016 Student Digital Artist

This is so helpful <3

unBottledFairy Featured By Owner Nov 7, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

This is exactly what I needed.

11Doctors Featured By Owner Oct 3, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wonderful

AlexMehler Featured By Owner Aug 21, 2015

this is such a great effort , thank you !!!

Hionspeed64 Featured By Owner Aug 4, 2015

really great thanks a lot

TeraMaster Featured By Owner Apr 9, 2015

I'm just gonna say that whenever I "murdered my darling", I learned something new about drawing.

rahul808 Featured By Owner Feb 11, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

very insightful, this will definitely help me improve my drawings

DarkAngelsWork Featured By Owner Feb 3, 2015 Student General Artist

Thank you for the tip.

timmyshanti Featured By Owner Jan 23, 2015 Professional Writer

this is simply brilliant! much appreciated.. thank you!

Sokidan Featured By Owner Jan 5, 2015

Thanks for the article, will help me with my composition I think. Love the 1/3 grid trick, and the explanation on the foreground was good i realised i never put foregrounds and its a big miss!! Pretty good reading I had there thanks again!!

arunhdan Featured By Owner Sep 15, 2014

what a great tutorial! it's easy to read and really helpful, and the images illustrate the concepts you're talking about very well. now i feel inspired to draw more scenes xD

Textures-and-More Featured By Owner Aug 28, 2014 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks for putting this together.

HentaiChimp Featured By Owner Apr 25, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I think this series of tutorials is really good! COngratulations!

GannOfDreams Featured By Owner Feb 9, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Loved both tutoriols. Thanks for sharing!

capensis Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2014 General Artist

Again, thank you for taking time to create these wonderful tutorials!

treegarchie Featured By Owner Jan 7, 2014 Hobbyist Artist

Such an amazing tutorial, extremely helpful as well!

Jata-Anwar Featured By Owner Jan 3, 2014

Awesome tutorial!

Varveklis6 Featured By Owner Dec 22, 2013

thank you!

jellri Featured By Owner Dec 9, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

wheres part III?

fox-orian Featured By Owner Dec 10, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

It's in my gallery. But it was never fully finished because it's too complex to explain in one of these tutorials. Also it was waaay to time consuming to talk about at the time I was making it.

woesofthenorm Featured By Owner Nov 16, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I feel like this helped me improve by leaps and bounds. Thank you <3 <3 <3

VVemeya Featured By Owner Oct 25, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Best tutorial I ever saw on deviantART!

ArtByFab Featured By Owner Sep 29, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

i'm so bad at this thank's for sharing

favmir Featured By Owner Sep 29, 2013 Hobbyist

Just Pure AWESOMEness !!!

shinjitara Featured By Owner Sep 19, 2013

i love your work!

PottoVonBismarck Featured By Owner Sep 19, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

It's been a couple of years since I've seen parts 1 and 2. I swear, they've helped me so much.
Yeah, this is a generic complimentary comment like most of the other ones around here. Awesome stuff! Woohooooo!

KuroAtom Featured By Owner Aug 23, 2013

I'm reading your tutorials, they're very clear even to non-English people like me. I feel I'm really learning a lot of things! Thank you for your great help!

risingson16 Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2013

So Thourough... Thanks again.

drbrBr Featured By Owner Aug 4, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Nice summary! Thanks for the effort!

N-H-Art Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

This is definitely more useful than most tutorials I've read so far.
My head feels like is about to burst for the amount of information though. (^-^")

FireYuuki Featured By Owner Jul 23, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

One of the best tutorials I've ever read

Itohara Featured By Owner Jul 21, 2013

great tutorial, Thakns this very helpfull :D (Big Grin)

Ramani-Rayne Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2013

Thanks for posting this! I found the comments on foreground elements to be particularly interesting!

Cataclyptic Featured By Owner Jul 9, 2013 Student Digital Artist

These are all really good tips for drawing! Thank you!

gph-artist Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2013 Professional Traditional Artist

Another great tutorial!

Eanderea Featured By Owner Jul 6, 2013 Hobbyist

helpful!

Darchox Featured By Owner Jun 19, 2013 Student General Artist

great! can't wait for part 3!

AkaruiChou Featured By Owner May 8, 2013

Thank you very much! This tutorial is exactly what I was looking for

Mondomanusa Featured By Owner Apr 30, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

great tutorial took me like a hour to read both parts...but i enjoyed it....i hope you finish a part 3

Ame89 Featured By Owner Apr 16, 2013 Professional Artist

Thank you for sharing this! It's very helpful!

zilvart Featured By Owner Mar 2, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

dude thank's so much soo deep going! and i love this tutorioal!! omg love it!

varrimir Featured By Owner Feb 16, 2013

Dude! You Rock!

odcinki Featured By Owner Feb 13, 2013 Professional Writer

I've probably already said that, but it is still worth it - this is fucking massive. Big thanks!

pyro-helfier Featured By Owner Feb 12, 2013 General Artist

I am a total tutorial addict, and this 2 part tute is one of the most informative useful ones I've seen on DA. Thanks so much for making this, I really think utilizing this information will give my art more impact and send it up a few notches over-all.