PERSPECTIVE BASICS III: ELLIPSES

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In this series we take a step back and cover some drawing fundamentals, and the fundamentals of drawing. This video discusses the anatomy of ellipses, and how their shape changes depending on our viewpoint. We then take this information and apply it to a practical scenario: drawing a vehicle.

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[gsdc]

Everybody gangsta until they freehand an ellipse

[lordbeerus]

I saw this a year ago and didn't get nothing because I wasn't advanced enough. A year later I finally get it after learning a lot from studying from other sources

[pune]

My stupidity failing me to understand the perspective lesson in the class brought me here. Finally I could understand what my professor trying to say. Thank you for making these videos!

[althea]

Your vids are perfect for us intermediate folk that are stuck in that twilight zone between amateur and advanced intermediate!
I have been following the advice you've given us in these vids and needless to say my 3d forms and understanding of perspective have increased in quality tenfold.
These techniques have helped effectively catch mistakes I was previously missing.

Many thanks!!! You rock, dude!!!

[renookami]

The use of multiple colors make it so much easier to read. I can hardly imagine how confusing it would look like as monochrome. xD
I'm glad this series was recommanded to me by someone on an art Discord.

[jessicaraven]

I just wanna say I really love you. I have really poor focus & I appreciate your short but straight to the point videos

[TheBlackParadeHasYou]

JAMES! This is INCREDIBLE I'm furious I didn't find these series of videos until today. This is going to sound like an exaggeration but I am honestly so moved seeing how you are able to transform simple shapes into three dimensional objects. I've been struggling with art for YEARS with all my work looking so flat and listless and 'floating' on the page or canvas. Nothing seems grounded to anything and everything just looks very wonky and off. Everywhere I read just said to 'practice more' which didn't feel like it was helping because I was just reinforcing my incorrect way of doing things. I did a tiny bit of perspective work in school but hated it and tossed it to the side for being too hard and beyond my capabilities while feeling like an idiot in the process. Seeing how you explain it in easy to understand terms while illustrating it one step at a time has opened my eyes on how it actually works and how everything 'sits' in three dimensions. Again sounds ridiculous but I feel so relieved that I might finally be able to tackle perspective and massively improve my work I am getting a bit teary. No more weird flat faces with floating features. Plants and animals that actually sit on the page. Backgrounds I have been too daunted to attempt. Hell literally anything it feels like once I get a handle on this the world is my oyster! Thank you so so SO so MUCH for taking the time to make these videos I'll definitely be checking out your patreon in the very near future!

[viniciusdeoliveira]

"The minor axis is allways in the direction of the vanishing point" I think that trobleshooted my weird ellipses. The tricky thing is guessing the correct degree of inclination when drawing in a loose way.

[AnnSnowfrost]

Oh yessss!!! The vanishing point determines the direction of the minor axis is exactly what I've been looking for!! Thank you so much!!!

[NLLHW]

Just stumbled across your channel. I'm an architecture student and enjoy sketching a lot in my free time, and this series is giving me a much better understanding of the underlying forms that construct what I am seeing. Awesome stuff.

[shishenliart]

Where were you when I started 8 years ago?

Damn. This is juicy stuff right here.

Thanks for doing this.

[jonathansolis]

im an artist of about 10 years now and ive honestly never enjoyed anatomy or perspective until these videos! some of it comes naturally for me but im seeing how many fundamentals ive missed...big help, thanks!

[Jayantea]

I quit reading Robertson's because It had became very hard to understand, this is helping a lot thanks

[thesteelshow]

Nearly four years later, and I just found these tutorials. These have all been extremely helpful, and I've been literally getting great results after 2-to-3 attempts! Maybe all I needed was a little bit of a perspective shift! (pardon the pun).
Thank you so much!

[jellsart]

How is it possible that you have such low view ? Your content is fantastic ! Thank you for sharing !

[dasmerlin]

wow, I'm so glad I stumbled over your videos while I was searching for help with perspective. You helped me a lot, thank you! Now I'm no longer terrified when I think about perspective because it'd seem too complex or frustrating.

[kentclark]

Just a bit of clarification for some who are not yet familiar with this: The Minor Axis of an Ellipse (or a Circle viewed in perspective) aligns with the orientation of it (the direction it faces). Keep in mind that this rule only applies to Circles viewed in perspective, not Ellipses themselves in perspective.

[johnshore]

Note: The minor axis of the elipse or wheel is always at 90 degrees to the major axis!

[shawnwalker]

Thanks for your videos, they’ve definitely been a great help on learning to draw cars! I’m finishing up on Scott Robertsons book combined with watching your videos, now I am fully understanding how to make these cars in Perspective! Thanks man, your videos were a great help!

[erunooo]

mannn this is really helpful! I know to myself that that I I'm not advanced enough to get all of this because I'm still struggling with rotating cubes, but man I'm always strugling with the ellipse whenever a do the loomis method and this vid enlightened me