Project #4 - Dimensional Analysis in Geometric and Free-form Shapes

This project is a set of exercises I did, with the hopes of understanding dimensional analysis better. These pages were filled using a blue Prismacolor brush-tip pen, and a PITT 0.5mm Artist's Pen. Most of the exercises I did utilized a horizon line and vanishing point. I looked at  many different illustrations from other artists that focused heavily on perspective for their own respective pieces, and used my knowledge from these works to apply to my own project. Stylistically, I did not draw much influence from a single person, but rather tried to make consistent and confident lines whenever possible.

As with last project, most of the pages that I practiced on are not displayed within this post. The amount of iterations I had practiced both drawing boxes in perspective and free-form shapes with volume makes me feel confident to say that I have a thorough understanding of perspective in one-point, two-point, and three-point. Over the course of the project, I noticed that my line confidence and ability to reproduce perspective without use of a vanishing point got much better (late part of the project at the top), and I was also able to move onto free-form and give the illusion of volume to my shapes by utilizing ellipses and curvature. Most of my influence for picking these exercises came from Irshad Karim, derived directly from what he stated he does to practice the essential skill of perspective.

By the end of this project, I felt pretty good about how I decided to invest my time into certain skills and parts. I noticed a massive improvement in how to draw lines in reference to a vanishing point (lines are not necessarily parallel to one other in a proper frame), and I was able to move onto non-geometric shapes with ease. Despite this, I noticed a lack of line confidence, especially earlier on in my project (bottom). It was tough to get proper perspective lines down whilst also creating a consistent line that would make its way to the vanishing point. Many of my lines were jaggy, or did not line up properly in accordance to the VP. Overall I felt very good about my use of line weight to portray the front/ most important side of objects, as well as my ability to produce illustrations in a frame.