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So far, you've seen the world of the 1VP, the world of the one single vanishing point.

Coming up on the horizon is the world of the 2VP.

But between the two is something that has two vanishing points...yet is not really a 2VP image.

Like this.

Fig. 1 shows a typical 1VP image. Depth is handled by the single vanishing point. As it is low, this implies that your point of view is relatively low. But there is nothing unusual about this; the dimension of depth is handled by that vanishing point. Nothing else is angled; this is a "straight on" view, which is what 1VP images are mostly about.

But, now...

Fig. 2 is different. Once again you have that vanishing point, just as before...but wait- now there is a SECOND vanishing point, up above the buildings. What's more, the fronts of the buildings, as well as the window and doorway frames, are affected, now the sides all slope up to that second vanishing point.

It is as if you are looking at floors going off into the distance, but this time it is up, not simply away from you- because that first vanishing point handled the "off into the distance."

Two things happening at once.

Two vanishing points, working independently of each other each showing something going off into the distance- one up, one away. Take a moment to see what each one is doing.

As you will see very soon, a typical 2VP image involves angled buildings and objects, or "corner views." 1VP images have "straight on" views, which is why the sense of depth is so strong with them.

(It could be said that, if you turn Fig. 2 on its side then it is more clearly a 2VP image, with the objects over one of the vanishing points. Yet, it just doesn't have the look or feel of 2VP; it just seems different somehow.)

If you wanted to show something going upwards (or downwards) with a 2VP image, you'd need the third vanishing point, making it a 3VP image...but more on that later.

But for a 1VP image, that second VP actually acts like a third VP would. This is how you add that extra dimension to a 1VP image.

You'd use this for a straight-on view of tall buildings, or a giant robot (imagine the side buildings as feet).

Between the two worlds. A stepping stone or bridge.

Description
So far, you've seen the world of the 1VP, the world of the one single vanishing point.

Coming up on the horizon is the world of the 2VP.

But between the two is something that has two vanishing points...yet is not really a 2VP image.

Like this.

Fig. 1 shows a typical 1VP image. Depth is handled by the single vanishing point. As it is low, this implies that your point of view is relatively low. But there is nothing unusual about this; the dimension of depth is handled by that vanishing point. Nothing else is angled; this is a "straight on" view, which is what 1VP images are mostly about.

But, now...

Fig. 2 is different. Once again you have that vanishing point, just as before...but wait- now there is a SECOND vanishing point, up above the buildings. What's more, the fronts of the buildings, as well as the window and doorway frames, are affected, now the sides all slope up to that second vanishing point.

It is as if you are looking at floors going off into the distance, but this time it is up, not simply away from you- because that first vanishing point handled the "off into the distance."

Two things happening at once.

Two vanishing points, working independently of each other each showing something going off into the distance- one up, one away. Take a moment to see what each one is doing.

As you will see very soon, a typical 2VP image involves angled buildings and objects, or "corner views." 1VP images have "straight on" views, which is why the sense of depth is so strong with them.

(It could be said that, if you turn Fig. 2 on its side then it is more clearly a 2VP image, with the objects over one of the vanishing points. Yet, it just doesn't have the look or feel of 2VP; it just seems different somehow.)

If you wanted to show something going upwards (or downwards) with a 2VP image, you'd need the third vanishing point, making it a 3VP image...but more on that later.

But for a 1VP image, that second VP actually acts like a third VP would. This is how you add that extra dimension to a 1VP image.

You'd use this for a straight-on view of tall buildings, or a giant robot (imagine the side buildings as feet).

Between the two worlds. A stepping stone or bridge.