Eye Level - An Essential Perspective Tip for Artists

[@walterhundt]

I don't think I've seen/read anything on perspective that is as clear and concise as this video. Thank you and well done!

[@elloingo]

Check out Perspective Made Easy by ER Norling, you should be able to find a PDF with a google search, probably the most concise yet thorough perspective book I've read and covers a lot of these ideas

[@nabihafaiz1030]

And i cant believe i have the same thing to say while being just 10s into the video.

[@CASH-TO-THE-MERE101]

👑👑👑👑👑👑

[@zondwhomlovesjesus8444]

Jesus loves you :)

[@yyg4632]

same. its extremely necessary to make good backgrounds as well

[@Musashi246]

8 years of drawing and no one ever told me about 5:05. Thanks so much! >

[@spag5296]

That's what you call a vanishing trace! It is always directly 90 degrees to the horizon line

[@sampokemppainen3041]

Yes. Really useful.

[@zondwhomlovesjesus8444]

Jesus loves you :)

[@igorka9354]

If that wouldn't happen, every line included in a horizontal plane (imaging your notebook been filled up with random lines) would lead to the vanishing point. Observation, obstervation...

[@tender0828]

you're right tbh the entire video opened up a new world to me lol the eye level thing is such a basic concept to understand but I've never really made the connection until this video. wow

[@SlurryNoises]

I don't think i've ever been as shook as when I saw the eye level-line part and how the eyes stayed on the horizon line as you got closer to the camera... Huge moment of revelation for me, thank you so much!!!! Same with all the packages' lines converging at the horizon line despite not being parallel!!

[@lovelifedrawing]

that's great Jaime i'm glad it was useful!

[@rafaelfae7839]

Yeeees, I never fully understood that and when I saw it I was like woooooooooooooooooooooooow 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@vovabelikov232]

Walking around the streets became unimaginably interesting for me. It’s like I have ignored all of these peculiarities and now I can see and enjoy them. Thanks, Kenzo!

[@censoredby_yt3925]

Your method of teaching makes difficult topics easy to understand. This is the most easy-to-digest perspective teaching I've come across yet! Thanks Kenzo.

[@dinaraaisautova864]

I don't feel so terrified about perspective now! Thank you so much! ❤️✨

[@charlesz8531]

A great teacher is also a great learner. And vice versa. Thanks a lot for the video!

[@LegendaryGlasses]

You can't possibly imagine how grateful I am for your videos. They're changing my life for the better!

[@Sky-de7oy]

Ohhh the box lid thing! No one ever told that to me and it always confused me cuz I couldn't spot how perspective worked with those. Thank you so much!

[@renealbrechtsen9743]

Not even paid courses taught me this.

[@AmeleeBasham]

This is a huge blessing. Thank you for compiling all these examples together! To understand something effectively, getting "perspective" to tackle a topic from multiple angles with simplicity is priceless to me!

[@malum4.440]

So glad I clicked on this video. Finally someone explains these.

[@ArtofMillion]

this is the best explanation of the fluctuations in perspective drawing that I have ever watched, read or heard. I wish this had been around 20 years ago. Would have saved me a ton of headaches.

[@andrewzanas9387]

This really hit home for me. My entire life I've considered myself perspective savvy and aware. As you stated in one of your videos, there's a huge difference between being trained to be architecturally aware and life aware, but what a difference it made from the artist's eye level and point of perspective... a cold glass of water right in the kisser it was...as the subject disappeared below the midpoint of the canvas! In 78 yrs I've never once thought about it. The picture instantly became real for me psychologically and emotionally..

[@ofibao8212]

EXTREMELY valuable video. Congrats, this opened my eyes

[@julia3983able]

Thank you so much for making this! I'm teaching myself perspective and so have been trying to observe things more intentionally in everyday life. And today while walking up stairs, I realized that there was a vanishing point above my eye level/the horizon. This confused the heck out of me, having learned that the vanishing point always falls on the horizon line. Now the mystery is all cleared up :) Really appreciate you teaching perspective with real-life objects as opposed to drawings. Hope you can do more of these perspective videos. Cheers! 😊

[@carrieearl2605]

Oh my gosh! I have been teaching high school Drawing for 26 years, and have never found such a clear and perfectly visual video as this and your other videos. Adding them to my lectures starting today! Well done. Thank you!!

[@Pikachugecko]

The trick for finding the lines for the tilted sides of the box is blowing my mind in the best way. Wow.

[@judylange5302]

OMG, I'm almost 70 years old and I learned a lot of new stuff watching this video. See, you can teach an old dog new tricks. Thank you for this eye-opening information.

[@japaniamanga3191]

These too videos on persective are so helpful and so clear. You don't just talk about boxes, you make us understand it with real life. Best videos i've seen to undestand perspective so far. Keep doing them and thank you so much! Can't wait for the ones about lights and shadows! :)

[@sarah.lynn71]

i’m watching this for homework and it is really educational thank you so much!

[@christmascorpse]

Man, finally!!!! It's easier to determine eye level with shots of buildings, outdoors, etc. But with close-ups and plain backgrounds I found it impossible. With the arm you showed at the end, finally understood. Thank you!

[@rocklight4111]

Thanks Kenzo. This is very enlightening

[@VividPagan]

I had three different professors at art school attempt to explain this over the course of three years, and none of them ever explained it so simply, so succinctly and so concretely as you did. Thank you.

[@keihinjin]

It feels good when a guy meets another one who also understand the CHAOS when he diving into the perspective world. It feels like I need to like this great video to see.

[@sterlingfink2810]

Kenzo, you're such a natural teacher! I get sucked into every video because I never feel lectured to. I feel like a friend has had an epiphany and can't wait to share their new knowledge with me so that we can both be excited about it.

[@lovelifedrawing]

thanks Sterling that is awesome! half the time this is stuff i'm just figuring out and am super excited about so that makes sense :)

[@peterbrannning7155]

exactly the way I feel about his teaching. he is so honest with his own challenges. he is such a natural!

[@sketchbooksarahh]

Oh my god never in my life have I understood perspective more. Thank you so much!

[@justinmarkose9720]

The gem of perspective videos

[@littlehungrywarrior]

this video finally helping me understand why I've always struggled w/eye level... I'm very much someone who learns from walking around real life and observing the world, as is recommended here. eye level never connected with me. watching 1:22... yeah that's what I always hear. then i get to 2:16. and I get it now. i get why eye level never clicked. i am small.

[@rafaelfae7839]

OMG, I thought I KIND OF understood eye level, I was wrong. NOW I understand eye level. Thank you.

[@pip4700]

The explanation that tilted objects in perspective either converge directly above or below where they would normally fall on the horizon line was super useful

[@SpiderPudding]

I've just had my mind blown. Honestly, thank you for this video because I've never learned of this or at least not so in depth.

[@rosannebloompereira536]

This is the first video that I have seen that explains the horizon or eye level in an easy to understand way. Thank you very much!

[@Bruno-ed1yv]

everything is clearer now and much easier to understand and interpret thank you very much for these simple but effective explanations

[@tipsytrips]

Man just I wanna thank you that you are exist in this world

[@Tako40404]

2:02 That's one happy dogo :)

[@nishi704]

I'm legit crying when u showed me this... Like thank you so much you have no idea how much you've helped me in my journey as an aspiring artist, all the books and videos I've seen NEVER gave an explanation as clear and concise as yours. Thank you so much

[@SilverhairedSketchers]

I teach perspective and have never seen a better demonstration or explanation thanks

[@sameehakhaliq8327]

Thank you Kenzo. You are my savior and always come on time with he right content I needed most

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

I know this is 5 years old, but I really found the thing about the eye level staying the same as a subject moves closer/further away a revelation. I’ve always found perspective a bit tricky, so thank you for that! Subbed!

[@lovelifedrawing]

glad it helped!

[@IxcoyDennis]

thank you so much, the eye level part where you explained how every item parallel with the ground has a vanishing point to the horizon line was soooo helpful, it was such an eye opener, thank you so much and i cant wait for you to post the light and shadows video!

[@DaeJM88]

Thanks and keep doing this. Best tutorial I ever saw on YT, that explains important things about perspective, that everyone else usually ignores in there's videos.

[@drakenhwa]

i never understood how to place the horizon line before and it was the one thing that always confused me about drawing in perspective (especially looking up from the ground because the POV would have to be the height of a person). im literally stunned. this helped so much. this video is 4 yrs old but thank you lollllll!!!

[@arunchandran4841]

Superb...explanation is great ..and simple to understand....thanks...

[@Webby_Abadeer]

This is the best perspective video I’ve seen yet. Bless you

[@lifeisfun_28]

Wow! Amazing teaching!! Who knew there was so much to how our brain naturally interprets what we are looking at! ...and to be able to capture the same effect on a canvas we have to know how the brain calculates what we are looking at in order to correctly paint for the same effect.

[@tomlfy4497]

Finally, a tutorial who explains what happens when an object is inclined in vertical

[@candacetroystudios]

Perfect examples for how to see and use perspective in daily life. This is beyond textbook information that most artists use in their description and explanation. You make it easier to understand. Thank you.

[@MiguelSilva-li4qc]

Thank you for not repeating the same explanations found elsewhere! This was truly useful :)

[@QuiverWasTaken]

Viewing eye level not as a line but as a plane/level of elavation along with how rotation kinda offsets vanishing points brought me from being basically clueless about perspective to being able to point out eye level in almost any photo regardless of subject. Thx

[@distractedpixie4429]

Wow. I feel like all other videos were telling me what to do, and you're the only one who has told me the how or why. This is the first time I understood. Thank you.

[@damiangacic6136]

This is pure Gold. More of this very detailed everyday life perception/observation stuff for artists pls. It should be its own series. Its super helpful and i dont see noone else doing it.

[@lovelifedrawing]

Thanks Damian :)

[@spulgaciite]

This is the sweetest tutorial! You and your dog, I can't stop smiling. Fantastic information as well, thank you so much

[@yussufabukar32]

This is a golden video talking about something hard to find any where else. Thank you for sharing!

[@justchill8175]

I have watched sooo many videos going over perspective and vanishing points, etc and yours was the most helpful video so far. You really have a talent for teaching these things . Thank you so much for this video!

[@amiroelamerio2526]

I spent a lot of time learning perspective and searching for answers for my questions until I found this precious video which worth more than like or share Thanks alot

[@Rikasuuart]

Thank you Kenzo :) Another great lesson !!!

[@TechnoShamanism]

The BEST video on perspective I‘ve seen so far! fantastic job, wonderful way to conceptualise and explain some of the bits that seemingly never get discussed. Thank you!!

[@TheSoProArtist]

I’ve been doing comics for over 2 decades and you are the first person to explain perspective this well. The open lid on the box I had never noticed and up until this point I just guessed. This is perfection

[@hakamsoufan]

the hand at the end explain every thing clear..thank you

[@loidawhee2772]

Never understood perspective until now. Thank you so much!

[@janecochrane3843]

Thank goodness - a terrific presenter that explains things in a clear and friendly way without trying to inflict his personality on us. Excellent.

[@lovelifedrawing]

Thanks Jane!

[@dreamyshiki]

You don't know how grateful I am to have seen that video 🙏💖 I finally understand perspective way better than I did 10 minutes before watching your video QwQ

[@oldhorseshoe1776]

Yeah, I mean, yeah. I just read some of these comments and we are all in agreement - this video is SUPER HELPFUL and CONCISE. Thanks again, Kenzo.

[@dnddmdb642]

I come back to this video from time to time just to get my mind blown all over again. Very clear and enlightening.

[@lovelifedrawing]

Thanks Dan!

[@victoriachanst]

Best explanation of the horizon and perspective that I have heard. Love how you always manage to explain things from the learner's point of view (and here literally!). It is great that you remember how things were for you when you were learning this. Someone has probably said it that the best teachers are the best learners. Thank you, Kenzo!

[@jackspring7709]

Thank you for clarifying this: when I googled questions about the horizon line/eye level relationship I was amazed at the amount of 'experts' who said they are different and I couldn't make sense out of that. Your video clarifies everything there.

[@emmanueldoublin8428]

Very smart way of demonstrating perspective.

[@davidmarsh4702]

Grand slam! Super concise, .clear and of immediate use

[@drawgonanimation8778]

I just LOVE this kind of videos you make! It’s beyond helpful and I have never seen anyone teach it this way on KZbin before. Again incredibly useful. Thank you for your hard work making them.

[@henrique88t]

This is awesome, probably the first lesson on perspective that touches on ACTUAL issues and struggles beyond those two-points basic things that hardly will be enough for many situation involving perspective drawing.

[@CurryNearMe]

i have watched a ton of art tutorials online and you are one of the best if not the best!

[@morganlak4337]

Some of this I knew intuitively, but it's so helpful to have a clear explanation for it. The stuff I didn't know intuitively we're things I was drawing incorrectly also! Important to learn

[@andresantosid]

finally someone talking about it in a way I can understand! thank you very very much!

[@gumonman4411]

This video makes something as daunting as perspective very easy to understand. Man! I wish this video was available when I just started learning! Keep up the good work sir, you're doing the art community a huge solid. 👍

[@aidanmurphy7240]

this video literally opened my eyes to perspective. i can see the 3D space on the 2D paper so much clearer because of this. appreciate you sir

[@lanaistheneworange3013]

Photography is not as easy as many people think to be. This video is very helpful. Thank you.

[@xsmoke1980]

Awesome video. Tilted objects caused much confusion for me, but you cleared it up. Thank you!

[@moyrahewlett]

This was so clearly explained! I'll be forever staring at lamp posts. Thank you!

[@wemusthavechannelstocommen619]

I'd always get confused about which way cross contours curve. This is so helpful!

[@TheWarriorSolution]

I've watched a ton of videos on perspective and vanishing points, but this is by FAR the best video out of everything else on KZbin. It's so simple and easy to follow, and your practical examples were exceptional for getting the light bulb to finally switch on. THANK YOU for not just drawing more boxes on a piece of paper!

[@lovelifedrawing]

Really pleased you liked the video. Of course I am at an advantage over most people on YT as I have Maggie as my trusted perspective assistant, haha! Thanks!

[@MrAnimatronicJesus]

Really helpful. Best lesson on perspective I've received yet.

[@vova_rn]

Best tutorial on perspective, period! Simple and brilliant! Thank you very much!

[@lovelifedrawing]

Appreciate that thanks!

[@Golfcentric]

This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you for the gift of awareness. It really has changed the way I go about life.

[@volatiledawn5888]

OHMYGOSH! Love that you did another video in this series. I love how you referenced and expanded upon the examples from the last video. Again you addressed my common confusions! THANK YOU!!!!

[@flareguard]

Awesome explanation, It has never been more clear to me! Keep it up.

[@etherealintoxicatedcanary9296]

Your videos are amazing and really calm me down

[@abdulmudhir4042]

holy moly dudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. this is by far the most useful perspective explanation wtf. how does this only have 54k views.

[@trotterhorsewatsonjr.6668]

Growing up art teachers did not spend much time teaching the importance of eye level, not to mention the importance of its function in this depth! Thank you! Even though it's 4 years old😅😅😁✌🏽

[@midnightcat6116]

Thank you for 5:19 !! I’m a beginner, learning perspective and this part really confused me until now. Much 💗

[@lienhoaa12]

4:46 it's only the lines of things that are parallel to the ground that are going to converge to the horizon line.

[@poppopopp-k3j]

Beautifully explained. Thank you so much!

[@cogwun]

Best perspective vid I've seen. Very clear and well explained and it clears up a few questions that are pretty hard to find answers to

[@DementionalMephista]

Dude this video is pure awesomeness

[@P3rformula]

i found this very enlightening, thanks Kenzo!

[@timrobin4780]

Your video is so underrated. Super useful, I had just started trying to grasp the eye-level thing right before I looked this up, now I'm a little closer.

[@Odious_illustration]

just wanted to say ive never found such a concise and easily legible tutorial on perspective as this. love your videos, a constant source of inspiration and knowledge :)

[@judithpool8177]

This is brilliant how you explaned in such a simple way. Thank you.

[@mariaandreaduenas3479]

this helped so many things click in my head that had never clicked in years ☺️ you really gave a gift for teaching, thanks so much for sharing with us!

[@Urban_King1]

Super useful info! but i had to watch the video 3x because i was distracted by that cute dog! 🤣

[@PatriciaPanico-Howe]

Thank you for the incredible & understanding way of explaining perspective. I will have to read several times in order to retain. Awesome!