Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?

Someone has probably already asked you this but do you have any tips on studying/understanding perspective? I keep trying to find resources to learn but none of them really stick or are actually useful

so I'm hoping that your issue isn't just figuring out the difference between 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective and how it works, because there are tons and tons of resources available for that, and I'm guessing what people tend to get tripped up on is what you're supposed to be doing with your grid.

I'm definitely far from being an expert on understanding perspective, but I'll share some of the things that helped ME finally Get It.

Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?
Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?
Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?

Things like eye level and different camera angles can be a GREAT tool to use when doing a comic or storyboard between multiple characters of different heights!! I actually drew an example of this exact thing for a friend about a month ago (I used adventure time characters bc they're easy to draw and have a good height variety):

Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?
Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?
Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?
Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?
Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?
Someone Has Probably Already Asked You This But Do You Have Any Tips On Studying/understanding Perspective?

You can use camera angles like this to add variety to your shots, and even use it to help convey something emotional (using a down-shot on a character to show that they FEEL small, use an up-shot on a character to make them look more intimidating, etc etc)

hope this helps!

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Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

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SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

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Thank you! He's such a a neat little guy. Im going to draw him later.

I really like Doom teller, #2. But I've never done adopts before. Can you explain it to me?

Sure. Adopts are where someone draws a design/makes an oc and then offers them up to other people. A lot of times people sell adopts but this case, they're free.

When you adopt a character the design is yours and it's your own oc to do whatever you please with.

Nobody's claimed Doomteller so you can have them if you want.

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What's your opinion on Chameleon? (I'm still confused how he learned to read and write when rainwings don't have literature from what I remember, but apparently his handwriting is also horrible.)

A scene in an urban desert environment. Chameleon the Rainwing is walking along a sand path that is flanked by rows of white brick buildings. Windows are covered with blinds and curtains adorn a nearby door, offering privacy to whoever is inside. Chameleon is shown from the side, looking back at something off-panel. His wings are dragging on the floor and he is carrying travel supplies on his back. A sign in the shape of a snake hangs from the wall of the building behind him.

Rainwings do indeed not have literature, or a concept of currency or wealth for that matter. But keep in mind that Chameleon was banished from his tribe and spent a significant portion of his life outside the rain forest. Presumably he picked up a rudimentary understanding of how to read while having to live within these new environments.

We don't really know where he went, if I recall correctly--outside of the fact that he eventually wound up in the Sky Kingdom, presumably after Scarlet found him and made him her newest toy.

While thinking about this question, I settled on a personal headcanon that, after he was exiled from the Rain Kingdom, he ended up in the desert at first. Either at the Scorpion Den, or some outlier Sandwing town that went unmentioned in the books (I like to imagine the continent bigger, with a lot of smaller dragon settlements dotted around in every territory in addition to the big ones).

In the desert, unsure of how to subsist in this unfamiliar climate, Chameleon temporarily got roped into the service of some Sandwing merchant who owned the dragon equivalent of a pawn shop/curiosity store. There he was taught enough to be able to read labels and sort merchandise correctly, and figured out the very basics of literacy from that.

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DaBuffChickenMan

I like Wings of Fire and Cult of The Lamb. I like to animate and I'm still struggling to find my own art style

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