We Draw Ellipses Wrong

The middle point of a circle rotated in perspective isn't in the middle of an ellipse??

Yep. Let's talk about ovals, ellipses and cylinders!

[radsully]

okay the centre-line thing blew my mind

[alexandredesouza]

This is something I needed to learn. I couldn't tell that before

[hilarybush]

I took some perspective lessons and this idea for the center axis of the ellipse never made sense until this video. Thank you!!

[arttemka]

Wow. I didn't recognize it before

[dani-wgrf]

THAT'S WHY ALL MY ELLIPSES LOOK LIKE SHIT THANK YOU SO MUCH

[SketchedbySte]

My mind can't comprehend this for some reason 😅

[christiansoto]

bro explained it in a previously inconceivable way

[hazbaska]

I noticed that when I was doing physics problems on graph paper — it never seemed right. Thanks for the video!

[deleted_handle]

seems like a mistake I would have made

[jademonass]

OH WAIT thats why my foreshortened circles looked weird!!

thank you this blew my mind

[claireng]

I was literally JUST struggling with this specific problem thank you so much 💀💀

[cranberrycanvas]

Dude if I knew back then what I know now… it’s so weird that I was never able to hammer this down until now and right when I go to search it proko posted these videos. So basically whatever major axis you draw on an ellipse decides its perspective

[katplus]

Everything is true, because an ellipse is a circle in perspective!

[TamaraKane]

NIICE! This helps me so much! Thank you, Stan!!!

[kikosawa]

Wow, that an answer to a question I've asked not so long ago! I genuinely thought perspective would distort an ellipse. It staying completely symmetrical is surprising to me. Thanks for the explanation.

[UncleRJ]

Wait, so Steve Mould's video on the DVD Logo was completely unjustified this whole time?!

[naly]

Now I understand why whenever I try to draw plates they look weird.

[vyshtora]

This is one of those things that feels like a common knowledge but still blows my mind when I realize

[Aaaaaaarrrpirate]

Thank you for solving a problem you just created in my head for me

[full_recline]

Haha i've had that wrong my whole drawing life 😂 Great example!