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This is an example of some of the things the Single Vanishing Point can help you do.

With One Vanishing Point Street, you can see that everything here all centers on that one vanishing point in the middle. Simple horizontal and vertical lines are used also, but the diagonal lines all come from that one vanishing point, with the exception of the small one in the lower right.
The result is a very striking sense of depth. This is something best achieved by the primary use of one vanishing point. The corridors also illustrated this.
And it does show that even if you advance to the point where you can use as many as SIX vanishing points- or even beyond that! - there are times where basing a scene on just one is the best way to go. About a week ago, I saw a cartoon called “Sonic Underground.” In one scene, the characters were standing at an intersection, and the buildings behind them used three vanishing points.
But then, when another was saying something, the view changed and suddenly the whole street scene was based on one vanishing point- it was very similar in style to what you see here!
So before going on with the Perspective Tutorial, please always remember that it’s up to YOU what view is best- you do not have to do anything exactly as described here. To draw a character of yours in a long corridor may well call for the use of the single vanishing point view- just like in those corridor pictures here!- but when standing at the base of a large temple, looking up, the use of three could be called for. If viewing it from even a short distance, maybe you should just use two. Use your own judgment.

Below One Vanishing Point Street you can see other uses for that single vanishing point, and some of the truly nifty things it can let you do! Han Solo going into hyperspace could be a close relative to “Burst” here, and the letters- well! What an effect! Imagine it colored in! Imagine HELLO colored with a rainbow/spectrum effect!

But wait- what is that? A problem? Yes…I tried to draw a block seen by someone standing at its corner, looking right at it. Try as it might, though, that single vanishing point cannot do it. Something more is needed…

And, with that, we must soon move on to the world of the TWO vanishing points! But first...

Description
This is an example of some of the things the Single Vanishing Point can help you do.

With One Vanishing Point Street, you can see that everything here all centers on that one vanishing point in the middle. Simple horizontal and vertical lines are used also, but the diagonal lines all come from that one vanishing point, with the exception of the small one in the lower right.
The result is a very striking sense of depth. This is something best achieved by the primary use of one vanishing point. The corridors also illustrated this.
And it does show that even if you advance to the point where you can use as many as SIX vanishing points- or even beyond that! - there are times where basing a scene on just one is the best way to go. About a week ago, I saw a cartoon called “Sonic Underground.” In one scene, the characters were standing at an intersection, and the buildings behind them used three vanishing points.
But then, when another was saying something, the view changed and suddenly the whole street scene was based on one vanishing point- it was very similar in style to what you see here!
So before going on with the Perspective Tutorial, please always remember that it’s up to YOU what view is best- you do not have to do anything exactly as described here. To draw a character of yours in a long corridor may well call for the use of the single vanishing point view- just like in those corridor pictures here!- but when standing at the base of a large temple, looking up, the use of three could be called for. If viewing it from even a short distance, maybe you should just use two. Use your own judgment.

Below One Vanishing Point Street you can see other uses for that single vanishing point, and some of the truly nifty things it can let you do! Han Solo going into hyperspace could be a close relative to “Burst” here, and the letters- well! What an effect! Imagine it colored in! Imagine HELLO colored with a rainbow/spectrum effect!

But wait- what is that? A problem? Yes…I tried to draw a block seen by someone standing at its corner, looking right at it. Try as it might, though, that single vanishing point cannot do it. Something more is needed…

And, with that, we must soon move on to the world of the TWO vanishing points! But first...