A lot of of being โgoodโ at drawing is built off how well you can mentally turn basic 3D forms in space.
I studied with a lot of visual development artists who had us do drills like this โ take a box and turn it in every direction. Repeat until you memorise.
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Indeed a good first step! There's exercises for that too - check out this Peter Han demo starting at timestamp 7:30: youtu.be/eaif0PpNMas?t=
(I studied with Peter Han and owe most of my skills to him)
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There is a test in the federal government they used to use for job placement. It tests certain generic skills. Fake language translation, number patterns, etc. This was one of the tests and the one I flat out bombed. I just can't picture it in my head!
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๐คฏ being asked to do that would throw me off big time.
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Do you finish a column before moving to the next one? seems harder to go around in a circle but then again, I have no reference for how difficult this is other than ๐คฏ๐คฏ
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Yeah itโs certainly easier to work across each row or column before shifting to the next.
The very front corner of each box lines up with all the others in its row / column.
I find the front corner first (based on the row and column) and calculate the lines back from there.
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For me, drawing cubes is a form of mediatation. Also it is a perfect test for 3D "vision" ;)
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Agreed! Very relaxing
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I love how there's a tutorial for drawing a straight line. I love it X2 that the "meat" starts 7m 30s in.
