A quick cheat with a lot of these city scenes. It to just look for the people. Unless the photo was taking in a wacky way. The photographer is looking at the same height as other people. So the horizon almost always goes right through their heads. This is also why when you paint people in a eye level shot their heads tend to always be on or near the horizon... with some variation obviously with children and basketball players. :)
Hasta que encuentro esto!!! Quería encontrar los puntos de fuga de cualquier foto y no solo reinterpretalo. Y el hecho de saber que los puntos de fuga pueden estar muy lejos de la imagen original, me causan tranquilidad. Pues pensaba que estaba mal. Pues bueno, a seguir viendo tus tutoriales. Un grande ❤
Thank you so much Dan, finally understand perspective. You explained and broke it down in a simple way for me personally to understand. Much appreciated.
Unironically, I haven't started learning this at all, I skimmed threw this in art class but disregarded it. I need to learn more about the horizon line and perspective to make my art better. As always, good video Dan! Your a legend bro. DanTheManWithThePlqn.
hi dan! thank you so much for teaching perspective in a way that is super beginner friendly and approachable! your videos are the only thing that have helped me actually understand perspective to the point where i can apply it to my own examples and artwork. thanks for being a great teacher!
Great video! One thing I'm left wondering, however, is if it's possible to have more than 2 vanishing points on the horizontal horizon line. Such as at 11:03 with the slope downwards, does this imply a third horizontal vanishing point off to the left? or does it also converge to the left vanishing point already established
If the lines slope downwards into the ground or up towards the sky then they will not converge on the horizon. Lines only converge to the horizon if they are parallel to the ground.
Thanks Trey. I have a video on inclined planes. These lines actually converge to vanishing points that exist on a vertical horizon line, I'd recommend watching that video as I explain it in detail :)
How do I find a horizon line in a landscape photography? I struggle with finding it when it's hidden behind mountains and hills. If I want to place a house, I can't , because I have no idea where the parallel lines will converge to vanishing points. I'd really appreciate if you explained that. Thank you for the video!
You have to guess in that case. U need to imagine. if looks off, it's off. That's a problem specially when it comes to especific pictures. U have to basically imagine. It's like when you draw a road that is higher than the one we are on. U have to imagine. U can try by making your internal image library larger, by copying photos. So when u draw next time u have a mental reference. U can learn intuitively, just by drawing a lot. Just go and draw what u think is right, if it looks off, try until u feel ok . It's like drawing the first window of a building before using the method to get the other ones even spaced. You basically have to guess. Or use a melhor like framing an image to draw accurately. Just draw ;-;
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have seen most of your videos about this topic, and you are the best teacher! (trust me, I've seen at least 100 videos about this, and yours are the ones where I actually understand this topic, lol)! Thank you, Dan! Just got one question: in the first pic (9:55), I used the roof and the floor as parallel lines to find the VP, and they don't converge in the VP you marked; what did I do wrong there?
One hard thing is to find the horizon line of people on plain backgrounds. This is important if kit bashing around them. I use my eyes to find where it appears that I am not looking up or down on the subject and lock in there. Seems to work.😊
I'm glad I found you again remembering your 'attic' type space & have subbed again. I've been away from drawing buildings for awhile. Great perspective video. Perhaps you can help; I'm looking for (mixed media) dotted album to take out for drawing & painting, is there one you can recommend? Thank you 😉
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Also, if you draw an X on the photo and find the center of the photo, this is the center of the camera lens. Then compare that line with the actual image horizon. This is how the camera is tilted up or down to the scene. Or the photographer standing, sitting, or higher above the subject. Most paintings and photos are 60 degree field of view. If you draw a circle around the outside of photo, so there's a square inside the circle. Then draw a line from both sides to where they intersect underneath the photo. That's how far back the photographer was from the image. There is tutorials online about finding standing point of photographer from image.
Thanks for the info, Dan. Now I know what to look for. I'm looking forward to hearing about your studies of figure drawing in perspective! (I'm struggling with that subject myself)
There's no horizon line on the image I'm working on, it's an aerial view in a desert-ish landscape with very short mountains. No parallel lines anywhere lol so I'm struggling a bit. But this video is great, and the best I can do is guess by looking at the small plant life.
Really good Dan! I recently drew and painted (copied another artist work for my own personal use) a path that went under a stone foot bridge with no visible lines that I could use to find the vanishing point (SPP). The piece was looking ok until I started adding some figures and realized that the horizon was way to high and my view point made it look that I was far above the landscape. I thought that if I would have sketched in the tunnel and placed an image in the scene I could at least found the correct horizon line. Can you comment?
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A quick cheat with a lot of these city scenes. It to just look for the people. Unless the photo was taking in a wacky way. The photographer is looking at the same height as other people. So the horizon almost always goes right through their heads. This is also why when you paint people in a eye level shot their heads tend to always be on or near the horizon... with some variation obviously with children and basketball players. :)
Thanks. I’m new to this concept and haven’t found too many videos that I’ve understood. Deconstructing is exactly what made sense. Thanks again.
Finding the lines is hard. Thanks for the video. I need to go practice now as your video was very helpful.
Thanks for the lesson!
Looking forward to seeing a video about perspective grid and how to construct it when the points are off page.
Hasta que encuentro esto!!!
Quería encontrar los puntos de fuga de cualquier foto y no solo reinterpretalo. Y el hecho de saber que los puntos de fuga pueden estar muy lejos de la imagen original, me causan tranquilidad. Pues pensaba que estaba mal.
Pues bueno, a seguir viendo tus tutoriales. Un grande ❤
Thank you so much Dan, finally understand perspective. You explained and broke it down in a simple way for me personally to understand. Much appreciated.
Unironically, I haven't started learning this at all, I skimmed threw this in art class but disregarded it. I need to learn more about the horizon line and perspective to make my art better.
As always, good video Dan! Your a legend bro. DanTheManWithThePlqn.
Fr otherwise, your drawing just looks flat.
Thank you so much! I feel confident I can find the horizon line and vanishing points now!
Excellent explanation of how to find the horizon line
Thank you so much Dan!
This is such a good idea love the videos
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I am so glad I found this!!! Definitely saving this for future uses, especially as an animation student!!! Thank you thank you!!!!
Excellent video. Thank you.
I like your videos a Lot ,You do know how to explain,it teaches me, greetings from Perú 😺🇵🇪
I was just thinking of this! I really needed one of these videos and by chance you just happened to upload one :D
Very insightful. Thank you.
youre a life saver thank you
Wow, you make it so easy to follow.
Brilliant just what I needed. Thank you so much very well explained. Cheers from Perth Western Australia
Thanks for this it really helped me!
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Great examples and instruction!
Thank you so much!
Very Helpful
Brilliant. Many thanks
Dude i can listen to you for hours.. you make me feel like a real artist
Very very thank you for this video … so precious for me along with the others videos of yours about perspective; but I especially for for this one 👍👏😊
hi dan! thank you so much for teaching perspective in a way that is super beginner friendly and approachable! your videos are the only thing that have helped me actually understand perspective to the point where i can apply it to my own examples and artwork. thanks for being a great teacher!
Very informative. Thx
I Still see perspective hard a bit but at least now i have way to find horizon lines and vanishing point. Thank you.
so useful and so underrated!
very nice. How do you decide when you need the 3rd vanishing point?
Great video. Tim’s.
thank you ,that was helpful
Thank you
Great video! One thing I'm left wondering, however, is if it's possible to have more than 2 vanishing points on the horizontal horizon line. Such as at 11:03 with the slope downwards, does this imply a third horizontal vanishing point off to the left? or does it also converge to the left vanishing point already established
If the lines slope downwards into the ground or up towards the sky then they will not converge on the horizon. Lines only converge to the horizon if they are parallel to the ground.
Thanks Trey. I have a video on inclined planes. These lines actually converge to vanishing points that exist on a vertical horizon line, I'd recommend watching that video as I explain it in detail :)
Really helpful 😀
Thank you for the lessons.
Great video, Dan. What is your favorite perspective book?
Brilliant video. Also sound like a fellow Yorkshire man! 👍
Thank you so much Dan - excellent as always :)
How do I find a horizon line in a landscape photography? I struggle with finding it when it's hidden behind mountains and hills. If I want to place a house, I can't , because I have no idea where the parallel lines will converge to vanishing points. I'd really appreciate if you explained that. Thank you for the video!
That's the problem I've been struggling too.
same
if this still help, normally landscape photography horizon line often is the water level or the base of the mountain
You have to guess in that case. U need to imagine. if looks off, it's off.
That's a problem specially when it comes to especific pictures. U have to basically imagine. It's like when you draw a road that is higher than the one we are on. U have to imagine.
U can try by making your internal image library larger, by copying photos. So when u draw next time u have a mental reference. U can learn intuitively, just by drawing a lot. Just go and draw what u think is right, if it looks off, try until u feel ok .
It's like drawing the first window of a building before using the method to get the other ones even spaced. You basically have to guess. Or use a melhor like framing an image to draw accurately. Just draw ;-;
Thanks a lot.
Very helpful video
Thanks for the video which is very helpful. Would you mind posting the photographs you used to demo in the video?
Very informative
Thank you for the tutorial.
What if there are no straight lines to find the horizon line?
Very helpful, Thank you!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have seen most of your videos about this topic, and you are the best teacher! (trust me, I've seen at least 100 videos about this, and yours are the ones where I actually understand this topic, lol)! Thank you, Dan! Just got one question: in the first pic (9:55), I used the roof and the floor as parallel lines to find the VP, and they don't converge in the VP you marked; what did I do wrong there?
for anyone wondering the same, the floor is uneven! as he says in the video, when someone is walking to the entrance, they are walking down.
One hard thing is to find the horizon line of people on plain backgrounds. This is important if kit bashing around them.
I use my eyes to find where it appears that I am not looking up or down on the subject and lock in there. Seems to work.😊
What if you look for the parallel lines first in this case they should lead you to the vanishing point which is on the horizon line .🤔
Great stuff!!
Hey thanks
I'm glad I found you again remembering your 'attic' type space & have subbed again. I've been away from drawing buildings for awhile. Great perspective video. Perhaps you can help; I'm looking for (mixed media) dotted album to take out for drawing & painting, is there one you can recommend? Thank you 😉
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Very good
great video
really useful
This is so useful omg
Also, if you draw an X on the photo and find the center of the photo, this is the center of the camera lens. Then compare that line with the actual image horizon. This is how the camera is tilted up or down to the scene. Or the photographer standing, sitting, or higher above the subject.
Most paintings and photos are 60 degree field of view. If you draw a circle around the outside of photo, so there's a square inside the circle. Then draw a line from both sides to where they intersect underneath the photo. That's how far back the photographer was from the image. There is tutorials online about finding standing point of photographer from image.
thank you so much, that's another part of perspective that I want to focus on, understanding the tilting camera angles.
Can you do a video on how to create different isometric rooms next?
Thanks for the info, Dan. Now I know what to look for.
I'm looking forward to hearing about your studies of figure drawing in perspective! (I'm struggling with that subject myself)
How do you do it on landscapes ?
it always the vanishig point need to be 90 degree?
Thanks for this! But what if my vanishing points are in the picture :) Or I did something wrong.
What if the building are rotating?
How do you find line of horrizon if it is not visible like a studio portrait
Nice
There's no horizon line on the image I'm working on, it's an aerial view in a desert-ish landscape with very short mountains. No parallel lines anywhere lol so I'm struggling a bit. But this video is great, and the best I can do is guess by looking at the small plant life.
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Really good Dan! I recently drew and painted (copied another artist work for my own personal use) a path that went under a stone foot bridge with no visible lines that I could use to find the vanishing point (SPP). The piece was looking ok until I started adding some figures and realized that the horizon was way to high and my view point made it look that I was far above the landscape. I thought that if I would have sketched in the tunnel and placed an image in the scene I could at least found the correct horizon line. Can you comment?
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Great, but the big question is: how do you find the station point of any image!
and that's why minecraft is a great tool for modeling perspective grids lol
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and what if the horizen line is off the page? why does no one on this damned site cover tilted cameras -_-
I like how your eyes mimic the lines of your mouth. And you have very nice skin.
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That's good for man-made environment, but my question is how to find these lines for pure nature photographs
Supposing there is no visible line of horrizon
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Great video! Thanks so much!
Very helpful thanks.