#convento

Ca. 1936.

Poi al rintocco delle campane che suonano il vespro, ci sciogliamo da quel meraviglioso abbraccio d’amore, che è subentrato dopo aver goduto dei nostri corpi, indossiamo i nostri abiti consueti e mentre usciamo dall’austera libreria del convento torniamo ad essere La Madre Superiora e La Giovane Novizia, durante la preghiera serale, pochissime volte i nostri sguardi si incrociano, ma in quelle rare occasioni, le nostre menti e i nostri corpi già pensano, al prossimo rarissimo volume da restaurare.

Galeotto fu'l libro e chi lo scrisse (Dante mi perdonerà)

Dovremmo estendere il nostro piacere proibito anche a qualche altra novizia.

Biblioteca

Palácio de Mafra

Século XVIII

Fotos cjmn

@willowthearts wanted some knowledge and i wanted to train some perspective!

Btw i’m not a pro (LIKE NOT EVEN CLOSE)

Basically i just wanted to repeat that perspective is IMPERATIVE to understanding backgrounds! Sure not ALL backgrounds require precise perspective but knowing the basics is super important to be able to create believable spaces!

The first rule of perspective, and something many students don’t understand, is where to place the HORIZON. This was one of the hardest concepts to internalize for me, the horizon is always present and seems unreachable but it’s the foundation of all perspective!

To the observer the horizon line stays flat BUT it’s height changes with the elevation of the observer! The horizon is ALWAYS present and ALWAYS "flat" (perpendicular to gravity/down).

When drawing in perspective all the vanishing points* we use ALWAYS fall on the horizon line

*Not all of them but it's easier to conceptualize it that way!

Exemples

Up next are 2 scenes with the same objects. These are drawn using 1 vanishing point in the center. The first one’s "camera" is at the same height as the characters’ nose the second exemple has the camera at the height of the lower legs. That is the only difference! The camera stays perfectly level!

When working in perpective all the objects that appear above the horizon are seen from bellow and the ones that appear bellow are seen from above (you can only SEE the top surface and not the bottom surface).

All basic shapes can usually be simplified to boxes and squares that are MUCH easier to draw correctly in perpective!

I might make another one of these lessons for posing and dynamic character design but it's getting late for me ~_~

AND FINALLY STUDY!!

Study absolutely EVERY SINGLE IMAGE YOU SEE!

Architecture holds all kinds of perspectives, you just have to look and try to find where the horizon is and where all the vanishing points go! (Covento de mafra, 3 point perspective)

Any piece of media! Study its secrets!! (Berserk, low horizon)