What is your assignment/project? What are your goals? How are you going to succeed?
In this project, I am supposed to create a 2-point perspective drawing of a hallway. It is supposed to be drawn using the 2-point perspective method, in which two vanishing points are chosen on opposite sides of the paper, and lines on the drawing are aligned with those points to create the appearance of a 3rd dimension, or of depth. The drawing is supposed to be of a corner, since corners are the easiest thing to create with this 2-point perspective method, of a hallway somewhere in the school, and it was supposed to be drawn to extreme accuracy. I aimed to be very accurate with this drawing, including into it very specific details to get it to the highest degree of accuracy possible. Since it was supposed to be drawn to accuracy, I also intended to create an image to the proper scale, so I decided to use the scaling technique where you align items to the tip of your pencil and use it as a point of reference. In order for this drawing to be successful, I also planned to shade the drawing, so that it would add to the depth of the drawing, and help with the perspective. Shading the drawing would give it more accuracy as well, so I planned to do that as well.
In this project, I am supposed to create a 2-point perspective drawing of a hallway. It is supposed to be drawn using the 2-point perspective method, in which two vanishing points are chosen on opposite sides of the paper, and lines on the drawing are aligned with those points to create the appearance of a 3rd dimension, or of depth. The drawing is supposed to be of a corner, since corners are the easiest thing to create with this 2-point perspective method, of a hallway somewhere in the school, and it was supposed to be drawn to extreme accuracy. I aimed to be very accurate with this drawing, including into it very specific details to get it to the highest degree of accuracy possible. Since it was supposed to be drawn to accuracy, I also intended to create an image to the proper scale, so I decided to use the scaling technique where you align items to the tip of your pencil and use it as a point of reference. In order for this drawing to be successful, I also planned to shade the drawing, so that it would add to the depth of the drawing, and help with the perspective. Shading the drawing would give it more accuracy as well, so I planned to do that as well.
First Drafts – How did you come up with this sketch? What were you trying to accomplish? How do you plan to improve upon this?
This first sketch is a first drawing that I did in order to get acquainted with the new 2-point perspective technique. It is of a different corner than the final, so it was really only intended to get used to the new technique. All the lines in it are very carefully drawn with a ruler to insure that they line up with the vanishing points, and it was all very sharp and pointy. All the corners are extremely distinct and sharp, and all the lines are drawn as straight as possible for practice. In this element, the drawing lacks some accuracy. In reality, the lines aren’t that sharp and they don’t intersect that perfectly straight. There is more curvature to many of the lines, and they look more natural. So in future drawings, I intended to try and emulate that better, making it a little less sharp and overly-precise. Additionally, this drawing was not shaded. With shading, there would have been much more depth in the drawing, and it would have looked much more three dimensional and real than it ended up. I decided to add some shading in future drawings to add that realistic depth to the drawing. I wanted to make the future drawings more realistic by changing these elements.
This first sketch is a first drawing that I did in order to get acquainted with the new 2-point perspective technique. It is of a different corner than the final, so it was really only intended to get used to the new technique. All the lines in it are very carefully drawn with a ruler to insure that they line up with the vanishing points, and it was all very sharp and pointy. All the corners are extremely distinct and sharp, and all the lines are drawn as straight as possible for practice. In this element, the drawing lacks some accuracy. In reality, the lines aren’t that sharp and they don’t intersect that perfectly straight. There is more curvature to many of the lines, and they look more natural. So in future drawings, I intended to try and emulate that better, making it a little less sharp and overly-precise. Additionally, this drawing was not shaded. With shading, there would have been much more depth in the drawing, and it would have looked much more three dimensional and real than it ended up. I decided to add some shading in future drawings to add that realistic depth to the drawing. I wanted to make the future drawings more realistic by changing these elements.
Second and Third Drafts – How did you arrive here from your initial sketch? How is this design better, more successful? How can you improve upon this?
These second and third drafts were drawings of the actual corner that I intended to draw in the final. Their purpose was to practice drawing the final space, allowing me to get used to it, and so I could work out any kinks so that the final drawing would be as accurate and mistake free as possible. This drawing was more helpful to me for the final than the original was, as it was the right corner this time around, and since it would let me figure out exactly which pieces worked best, and which pieces needed to be changed. In these drawings, I tried to put more of a focus on the elements that I had looked at in the previous drawing. I attempted to dull down the sharpness a little, and to make it look more accurate to the actual location, rather than making it look as symmetrical and sharp as possible, which I think gave the drawing more depth and a little more realism. However, some of the lines lacked the proper crispness, and got too dull, which took away from the drawing as a whole. I realized that in the final, I would have to find more of a middle ground, not too sharp, but also not to dull. I shaded these as well, to give them more depth. The shading helped more than I thought it would, really adding to the depth of the drawing. Shading made it look far more three dimensional and less flat and also made it more accurate as it conveyed the feeling of the corner better.
These second and third drafts were drawings of the actual corner that I intended to draw in the final. Their purpose was to practice drawing the final space, allowing me to get used to it, and so I could work out any kinks so that the final drawing would be as accurate and mistake free as possible. This drawing was more helpful to me for the final than the original was, as it was the right corner this time around, and since it would let me figure out exactly which pieces worked best, and which pieces needed to be changed. In these drawings, I tried to put more of a focus on the elements that I had looked at in the previous drawing. I attempted to dull down the sharpness a little, and to make it look more accurate to the actual location, rather than making it look as symmetrical and sharp as possible, which I think gave the drawing more depth and a little more realism. However, some of the lines lacked the proper crispness, and got too dull, which took away from the drawing as a whole. I realized that in the final, I would have to find more of a middle ground, not too sharp, but also not to dull. I shaded these as well, to give them more depth. The shading helped more than I thought it would, really adding to the depth of the drawing. Shading made it look far more three dimensional and less flat and also made it more accurate as it conveyed the feeling of the corner better.
Final Draft – How does this final accomplish the goals given in the assignment/project? How do you know this is a successful design?
My final drawing was overall a successful piece. It successfully employed the 2-point perspective technique, which gave it the third dimension of depth that it was intended to, and was a goal of the project. It is very accurate as well. It included all sorts of small details that made it accurate to the location at which it was drawn. Everything that was at the location ended up on the drawing, from the number of ceiling tiles to the posters on the wall. It was accurate, and perhaps more importantly, clean. It was a very clean, well finished project. There aren’t mistakes and blemishes on the drawing, and it is a very cleanly finished image very much accurate to the real thing. The drawing is properly to scale, being drawn accurately using proper methods. The shading lend to the drawing as well, giving it more depth, and creating space by contrasting the shadows and highlights. The drawing had a depth to it, the third dimension, which is created by a combination of elements, but the shading really helped it to achieve that. It overall looked professional and clean, and looked like a finished piece, unlike the drafts. Each of the drafts was an improvement on the next, and the final turned out to be a successful culmination of the successful elements of each.
My final drawing was overall a successful piece. It successfully employed the 2-point perspective technique, which gave it the third dimension of depth that it was intended to, and was a goal of the project. It is very accurate as well. It included all sorts of small details that made it accurate to the location at which it was drawn. Everything that was at the location ended up on the drawing, from the number of ceiling tiles to the posters on the wall. It was accurate, and perhaps more importantly, clean. It was a very clean, well finished project. There aren’t mistakes and blemishes on the drawing, and it is a very cleanly finished image very much accurate to the real thing. The drawing is properly to scale, being drawn accurately using proper methods. The shading lend to the drawing as well, giving it more depth, and creating space by contrasting the shadows and highlights. The drawing had a depth to it, the third dimension, which is created by a combination of elements, but the shading really helped it to achieve that. It overall looked professional and clean, and looked like a finished piece, unlike the drafts. Each of the drafts was an improvement on the next, and the final turned out to be a successful culmination of the successful elements of each.
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