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The Perspective Tutorial
Published: 2008-08-08 03:11:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 264848; Favourites: 8104; Downloads: 11578
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This tutorial is new. It includes additional notes and will replace the preview version, as it includes one through three point perspective and other things....Murr... I haven't signed on in months, but I thought I might upload a little somethin' somethin' for you before I lose my internet. So yeah, I won't be replying to notes, comments et cetera, but I hope you will enjoy this tutorial.
Heh, lots of typos I'm sure. u__u Careful before you download; the image is around 15 thousand pixels high.
D.A. LUV,
Sasha Lynn Stowers
UPDATE: Thanks very much for support via faves and comments. I'm also really happy to get a DD for a tutorial (my favorite devs.)
For those of you using this for classes or as a teaching aid: I'm happy you find this so useful. I don't mind if you use this as an outline for your work. But if you could credit me with the text, point your students to my website or DA page that'd be awetastic. Also, if you could provide me some info where you are teaching it (name of school, location, etc.) or pictures of your students using my text that be great : ) I'd like to combine these and other tutorials into a mega thick book, and I think it would helpful when I create a book proposal.
Thanks very much,
Sasha Lynn Stowers
I make my tutorials for free, but if you enjoy my tutorials and want to donate some funds for gas, art books, and such, I would appreciate it. [link]
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mayshing's perspective tutorial---> [link]
helpful stuff in my gallery---> [link]
the lineart tutorial---> [link]
the penciling tutorial---> [link]
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Comments: 465
A wonderful and clever tutorial. Thank you very much
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Now this is one of the thing that I REALLY lack skill on. This is and will be very useful. Thank you so much for this!
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Thank you so much for the explanation! I have a question: how to decide where to put the vanishing points? For example: I'm drawing a few characters close-up on a street, and I want to show the buildings behind them. When my characters are on the right side of the canvas, do I need to draw the vanishing point in the middle, or on the left side. Because either way, it quickly looks distorted, like the street is very large or the characters have sunk into the street, or they're actually walking inside the buildings on the left side. I'm sorry, perspective isn't my strong field so it's hard to put into words... >~<
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Hello there, I'm Nene and I would like to really thank you for your super accurate and interesting tutorial. I haven't read all of it yet but I can alredy say that it will turn out to be very helpful (I always had some struggles with perspective)!! It's easy to understand but is pretty deep (in knowledge? I don't know how to express it, sorry)! And the historical touch is so interesting!! Thank you again!
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Yo, mate. This here looks like a big piece of work. I just might have to attack it in bite-sized chunks in spurts of down-time.
Nice work on this one. Definitely gets the points across that'd otherwise fly over my head.
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This tutorial is amazing. It's much better than the one in the drawing book I bought.
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This tutorial is easier to understand than the book I bought. This is immensely informative.
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Thank you! I really needed help on perspective^U^
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I didn't have the time to read it all (I'm about to pop off to bed) but it's really easy to understand and I think I might finally have a hope of grasping perspective! Thank you so much!
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Really amazing tutorial!! Thanks!!! For the first time I feel like I really understood perspetcive!!
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Thank you for this tutorial, it helped me a lot!
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Such a wonderful, informative tutorial! Phew, I managed to make it to the conclusion! I am awed as how you made this really simple to understand, because I am a total beginner on perspectives. I've learned so much, thank you!
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You explained it so much easier than my freakin' (cheap) art teacher! Bravo!
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Hey man...it's super helpful. Thank you so much!! 
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This is such an awesome tutorial. I'm just starting to expand into trying to actively incorporate perspective into my art and this has been a great help in understanding it. Thanks for all the hard work you put into this!
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If I weren't an art student, I'd pelt you with solid gold watches and diamond studded peacocks.
Great tutorial. I actually understand perspective now.
(At least to the point I read up to. It's almost midnight and I'm tired. I'll read the rest tommorrow.)
Thanks again. This is amazing.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times thank you. I've gone through a dozen youtube videos and even a Uni's architecture tutorial and I didn't get it. I was beginning to think I would never get it but you've really made it less intimidating and totally understandable. I think you're a wonderful teacher, and you've really provided a selfless service sharing this with everyone. Thank you thank you!!!!
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wow this is our lesson in our class today so thanks!
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"The vanishing point is the point at which things vanish"
Very informative, but with enough personal voice to keep the reader interested... I'll use this, so thanks!
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i like this tutorial, it makes it easy to understand the world of perspective (which is something I've always had problem with).
Keep it up.
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Very cool tutorial!
It inspired me to make some Perspective Line Constraint presets for Lazy Nezumi Pro!
Check them out here:
guillaumestordeur.deviantart.cā¦
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! It's very helpful!
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Wowowow
I followed this through with pen and paper in hand, and I must say it was rather informative!
As you said, I got a new perspective on life (Dat pun, dun kill me pliz) and will now try and involve it into my work
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this! It will come in handy
Keep up the good work and have a nice day! Ā
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really nice! Thank you for making this! ^^
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wonderfully insightful and extremely thorough; thanks for the approachable lingo and helpful pictorial reference. (:Ā
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This tut was very well explained, and the style used to write it gave friendly vibes...but my head still hurts after reading all of one point perspective. I want to cry, but your example of saying "all fits in a box" was very helpful. Ah, tomorrow I'll read the rest of it, for the time being I was to see if I managed to get a gist of I did read today.
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Thanks for the awesome and understandable tutorial! 
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Oh holy cow, Your explanation on perspective is so easy to understand. You broke it down for me and suddenly I get it. I was struggling with perspective for quite a while. Thank you thank you thank you I'm going to go practice now! Thank you.
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I have a few books named "The Basics of Drawing", "Learn to Draw", "School of Drawing and Painting" and so on. In each book there're at least a few pages describing perspective. I've been strugling to understand them since I get the books (I was like... eight years old?). I gave up recently, because I'm sixteen now and it just didn't work. And you know what? I typed "perspective tutorial" in the dA search option - the first deviation that has appeared was yours. I want to say... thank you, everything seems so clear now. You did a wonderful job.
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