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Drawing in Perspective

VizThink Staff

5/21/08

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A few months ago, we wrote a post with a few videos from Karl Gude on a few key drawing skills.  The one on drawing in perspective was particularly interesting.  While Karl later pointed out that it had a few errors (like the telephone polls not being in perspective), but in any case many people found the introduction of perspective very helpful. 

While I was in Germany last week planning for VizThink Europe ’08 (October 12 -14), I transferred through the Frankfurt am Main train station.  The lobby area had a very nice display of a variety of hands on scientific expiraments.  One that caught my eye was this one about perspective.  It’s a very simple example demonstrating the concept of a vanishing point.  When viewed from the side, the train tracks look parallel:

The closer you move toward center:

The more the parallel lines appear to merge at the vanishing point in the distance:

…a beautifully simple, visual example.  For tips on how to draw in perspective, check out Karl’s video at  our earlier blog post. 

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