Two point perspective is a bit more complicated than on point so for those who have read The Law of Perspective: One Point Perspective, you should be following along quite well. For Those who haven't, look at my previous post.
Two point perspective is basically the same a one point, except that there are now two vanishing points. I have heard many people say that two point perspective looks a bit strange, and that is because of two reasons. First of all, anything in two point perspective is almost always in a 3/4 view. Second, it is stretched by two vanishing point so that if you cover up one or the other vanishing point, it would still look correct.
Again, the example.
Try covering up the perspective lines on one side of the box, then the other.
By looking at only one perspective, the box seem correct in shape but looking at both
perspectives at the same time makes it kind of distorted.
Try looking at buildings from a street corner. you'll see two point perspective.
Hi Gartha,
ReplyDeleteIjust wonder is there a such ting as a three vanishing point?
Big Fuzz,
ReplyDeleteYes, three point perspective exists. The only differece is that there is now another vanishing point from the bottom.
In fact, the number of vanishing points can go up to six in art, so stay tuned for more posts on perspective!