Illustration #50 (Patreon)
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I hope you guys like this illustration! Your reward packs will be sent out in about a week from now. :)
This was one where I at first didn't really have a good idea of what sort of environment I wanted to make, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out! It was fun doing a little bit of architecture again after the outdoor nature scenes I've been doing recently. Variety is nice!
A few years ago I dreaded doing architecture, but I'm really enjoying it now. Taking the time to properly learn perspective drawing and finding tools to help with it made all the difference. If you want to learn it, and you're struggling to find a good way to approach it, I recommend checking out tutorials on doing 360 degree panorama paintings. This article in particular has an excellent grid you can grab and use to set up a rotatable spherical perspective grid in Photoshop, and a video explaining a bit about how you can use it. In addition to helping with architectural drawing in particular, having a spherical grid like this also often helps me get a sense of room and depth in my scenes when I start drawing them. It makes it easier to visualize ideas than a blank canvas does. Give it a try!