How to draw a perfect cube in 2pt perspective

[@CitrusAndMelons]

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you......this is the only video on the internet to explain this correctly and clearly

[@QRUnoisyreflection]

Finally a clear and precise way of drawing a cube in 2vp perspective. Thank you very much. I have spent hours looking for something more precise than guessing the size of the perspective edges.

[@jimdetry9420]

Gread job with the Distance Line and Measuring Points. Most KZbin videos on 2 point perspective are half-assed and just eyeball things.

[@senizmcmullen484]

Thank you ! Thank you! Thank you! I was so obsessed with finding the correct way of drawing cube in perspective and didn't want to take the suggestion of eyeballing. Now I have an excellent tool! You should make more videos, world needs you!

[@wborogoal]

thank you so much for this video, I have been racking my brain on how this should be done and everyone else uses the "eh this looks about right" method for placing the vertical. Unfortunately I am not smart enough to figure this method out on my own, but thats where people like you come in handy. -Much appreciated

[@yejinkimGen]

It's exactly what I was looking for a whole day. (Using circle to find station point part) Thank you so much.

[@anthonypace5354]

YEJIN KIM You're totally welcome. I'm glad to have helped.

[@guitarmaned5884]

THANK YOU! After consulting various books and videos as to how to draw a CUBE in perspective (as opposed to another box shape) and trying different methods I was still missing a piece of the puzzle and none of my cubes were working. It turned out to be how to properly establish the Station Point! Your video made all the difference where others fell short :)

[@francescawoodcock5679]

This should be a mandatory video that you're made to watch on your first day of art school. Six years I've been unable to get a clear answer, and suddenly... The world make sense for the first time.

[@AltereggoLol1]

Francesca Woodcock God, yes. Seen so many artists who say "just wing it!", and they don't even notice when their depths are totally off.

[@raisedfromash]

Lmao my prof sent this out for us over COVID!

[@anthonypace5354]

@@raisedfromash Wow, I've become required reading/viewing? Kinda cool!

[@oikosu]

This is so satisfying! Easy, and precise! Thank you!!

[@exclamation.]

I've been looking for a video that shows the same method as my teacher! Thanks for this!

[@Alumx]

and things like this make me realize that even the simplest of things, can be more complex than they look...

[@anthonypace5354]

Your welcome. Glad to see someone found it useful.

[@jamieb5281]

I've been looking for a simple video like this about making accurate cubes. Thank you for making it so simple for us! :)

[@liv13soare]

life saver video☺ !!!! I've been looking everywhere for these measuring points!!!God bless you☺👍❤

[@smalldog4559]

thank you! using the circle as a guideline really simplifies this a lot! edit: i also like how you checked if it was all properly in scale at 12:37, what a neat trick!

[@quelquiqi1866]

Thank you so much, man. Really great job of explaining it. I made a killer cube.

[@gnosis8142]

You mean like this one?!!! www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/

[@jimmyrochette7536]

The perfectionist in me is please by this.

[@MichaelHyde]

I echo Francesca's remarks! THANK YOU! Adobe (+ Autodesk) should work with you to offer this process in their tutorials.

[@littleripper312]

Thanks for the video, really helped me out

[@kevwe23]

thanks for posting Anthony Pace. What is the measuring point and where can i read about it?

[@NazZzM33]

This is really helpful. Thanks!

[@PureJustin]

Excellent video!

[@melissasheng24]

Great video, very helpful, thanks!

[@sherlockablity]

great vid! helps me a lot! ur awsome

[@anthonypace5354]

+sherlockablity Thanks!

[@CurtisDensmore1]

Thanks for the video! I bought a book on perspective and it frustratingly did not cover cubes, only boxes. You mentioned creating a time lapse to shorten the video: the crucial part for me (since I was already familiar with 2-point perspective) was the measuring points and using them to determine the length of the horizontal lines. Maybe make a video that emphasizes this and assumes the viewer knows the basic points of perspective. Just a suggestion. Keep making videos!

[@anthonypace5354]

I am totally planning on it, and I have a bunch of content and lessons planned; yet, I am going to OCAD for Illustration right now, and time is tight.

[@CurtisDensmore1]

Also, is there a way to turn the cube to a specific viewing angle?

[@dominicklopez6388]

@@kyfryz6813 id say a box requires all 90 degree angles but a cube requires all 90 degree angles with all sides of the same length

[@anthonypace5354]

Just something I thought was needed.

[@jamieb5281]

Absolutely. I found another one similar to this but the visuals, omg - horrible. You made this look so easy. I'm glad I found this.

[@KingChrif]

+Anthony Pace its just the thing I was looking for thanks a lot

[@anthonypace5354]

+BigBadass Bob You are totally welcome!

[@PimpOfPixels]

Hey, great video. I have some photoshop questions though. when you draw a centered elliplse, how to you get the radius of the ellipse to extend all the way to the cursor. For me, I have to drag the mouse twice as far to draw a circle of the same size. Also, how do you get the shape, vertex, snap? thanks

[@anthonypace5354]

I am actually using Adobe Illustrator in this tutorial. Adobe Photoshop is a great application for many different things, especially bitmap editing; however, with regard to vectors, Illustrator is a better tool.

[@senizmcmullen484]

I have a question: If my second box is the same size but not lined up with the first one, and still on the same table top. Also has different vanishing points. How do I situate it so to get it to be same size but different location? Do I have to set the distance between the vanishing points same and use the same station point? Pair of dice thrown on the table: How do you draw them?

[@el-etguincorrales9983]

Thank You

[@TheJociman]

Wasn't easy to find, I tried to look for answers few months ago but found nothing useful. Now as I was looking for some other drawing tips a recommendation for another 2p perfect cube video popped up and through the comments I found your channel and this video. Better later than never I guess? lol. Awesome job btw, clear and useful.

[@anthonypace5354]

Thank you, it's dreadful news that it's hard to find, but I'm glad it helped you out!

[@Phi1.618]

thanks ! do you know how to do it in 3pt perspective?

[@anthonypace5354]

Blusher ... Thank You. Yes, I've been thinking of doing one.

[@dominicklopez6388]

@@anthonypace5354 please do one

[@Draculaura1090]

thank you a lot

[@sol7967]

YES!

[@Draculaura1090]

where I can find this kind of software ?

[@defonten]

Thanks a lot!!!

[@dominicklopez6388]

Where did you find this online?

[@anthonypace5354]

I didn't find it online unfortunately, and that's why I made the video. Some of it I learned in a tech/draftsmanship class when I was a kid; yet, the understanding of the theory took me doing research.

[@theapexpredator157]

Why does the station point have to be at a 90 degree angle to the VP's?

[@anthonypace5354]

it's not that it has to be 90 degrees to the vanishing point, it is that the connecting lines from the station point to the VPs have to be 90 degrees aka perpendicular to each other. There is tri-gonometry at work under the hood. You rotate your SP on the circle (where the diameter is from lvp to rvp) to maintain this relationship, so there is some predictability in the ratios of the angles around the VPs, making use of the fact all internal angles equal up to 180 degrees, as composed by the created triangle (the one representing the total field of view). If we go down the math rabbit hole it leads to S o/h C a/h T o/a , etc.

[@theapexpredator157]

Why do the connecting lines need to be at a 90 degree angle to one another and why do the combined angles of the VP's and the SP need to create a Right Triangle in order to create a cube?@@anthonypace5354

[@Mirelinin]

1:34 - how did he make the line like that?

[@anthonypace5354]

In Adobe Illustrator there is an option to change the style, for the stroke of the line. You will see it in the top left, usually, when you select the line with the arrow tool.

[@rizzycat1-ViktorG]

The boxes don't appear to be of equal size with the first...was that your intention?

[@anthonypace5354]

The reason the second cube appears smaller than the first cube, is because it is in scale with the first cube, but just further back in space. If you listen to the dialog in the video, you will hear me go over it. I hope that helps.

[@rizzycat1-ViktorG]

Anthony Pace Hi Anthony! Irrespective of that I mean. I understand perspective gradation. The second box is correctly proportioned but I referring to the third one which you began highlighted after having skipped over the second one. I believe its just half there ... if you connect the mid points to confirm, etc.. Not complaining any more than simply wondering :D I think your tutorials are awesome !

[@anthonypace5354]

Viktor Golubic What time were you looking at? If you let me know, I can give you a better explanation.

[@Rizzycat1]

Anthony Pace 12:23

[@anthonypace5354]

LeonardosAttic The Red "X"?...If you follow along, you will see that I was intending to indicate the half way mark as an extra means of double checking, because I then find the midway pt for the back too, and check to see if everything lines up. You can ignore that extra step of check if it confuses you.

[@anthonypace5354]

For the purposes of this demo, I used Adobe Illustrator. You can download a trial from Adobe.com ; however, you don't need the software. You can do this with a pencil, paper, compass, a ruler, and, although it's not absolutely necessary, a set squares Triangle/Ruler.

[@thomaseulogy7206]

Thank you. It is still hard to find.