Understanding Perspective Drawing in Illustrator
In this series of lessons we'll be focusing on Understanding Perspective Drawing in Illustrator. Software required: Illustrator CS5.
What you'll learn
In this series of lessons we'll be focusing on Understanding Perspective Drawing in Illustrator. We'll begin this process by taking some time to learn how to enable and configure our perspective grid. Next we'll learn some basic workflows for creating artwork with perspective and transforming objects in perspective. Once we are familiar with this process, we'll dive in and begin drawing our skyscraper concept based on a simple orthographic drawing. Throughout this process we'll learn how to precisely control the placement of perspective objects. We'll learn how to apply perspective to objects that don't fit on a perspective plane and we'll learn how to use several time saving features such as automatic plane positioning. After working through this series of lesson, you will have a good understanding of how perspective drawing in Illustrator works. Software required: Illustrator CS5.
Table of contents
- Enabling and Defining the Perspective Grid 9m
- Manipulating the Perspective Grid 11m
- Perspective Workflows and Object Transformations 14m
- Precision Object Placement and Duplication 11m
- Automatic Plane Positioning 11m
- Beginning to Create Objects that don't Fit on a Plane 12m
- Continuing to Create Objects that don't Fit on a Plane 9m
- Creating the Window of the Front of Our Skyscraper 9m
- Creating Objects on the Back Side of Our Skyscraper 10m
- Creating Additional Details for the Skyscraper 14m
- Working with Text and Symbols in Perspective 10m
- Beginning to Add Color to Our Artwork 11m
- Continuing to Add Color to Our Artwork 10m
- Finishing the Color for Our Artwork 13m
About the author
Eddie began teaching creative professionals over ten years ago for Digital Tutors. In 2014 Digital Tutors was acquired by Pluralsight and he continued his focus on creating high quality training for artists in both the film and games industries. With a background in graphic design and illustration Eddie has always been focused on visual appeal. This can be seen through his courses in which he shares secrets for achieving production level quality for concept art, illustrations, textures, mater... more