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Perspective Drawing
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If you are not familiar with perspective drawing, read our
article on 3d drawing
first.
Here is another view of the multilink structure discussed in
3D Drawing
.
Draw it in
two-point linear perspective
.
Which properties of the original structure are preserved in your drawings, which are not? You should think about:
the relationship between the lengths of the edges of the cubes
the angles between them
parallel and perpendicular lines
What do you think the advantages of linear perspective drawing are? What disadvantages are there with this method of representing 3D objects in 2D?