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Perspective Made Easy: A Step-by-Step Guide
Understanding perspective is within reach!
With Perspective Made A Step-by-Step Guide, readers of all skill levels can learn how to draw the world around them- everything from cars, rooms, and landscapes to rockets, furniture, and pants- with realistic and convincing depth.
The book starts simple, establishing the basics of perspective with the horizon line and one- and two-point perspective. Then it delves into the trickier stuff, including slopes and tilts, three-point perspective, circles and cylinders, measuring out foreshortened space, and even how to use perspective when drawing people and animals. It also includes a useful flow chart to help artists figure out when to use which perspective system, and tips on how to make your finished drawings look dynamic and convincing.
Each chapter begins with a list of learning objectives, and then delivers useful techniques, the theory behind them, and practical shortcuts whenever possible. There are loads of step-by-step demonstrations, too, including rooms, cars, landscapes, 3-D lettering, and more. Each chapter ends with a review of the essential information to help retention.
A blend of the diagrams and step-by-steps of traditional instruction with a colorful comic book approach, Perspective Made Easy is comprehensive, useful, and fun.
With Perspective Made A Step-by-Step Guide, readers of all skill levels can learn how to draw the world around them- everything from cars, rooms, and landscapes to rockets, furniture, and pants- with realistic and convincing depth.
The book starts simple, establishing the basics of perspective with the horizon line and one- and two-point perspective. Then it delves into the trickier stuff, including slopes and tilts, three-point perspective, circles and cylinders, measuring out foreshortened space, and even how to use perspective when drawing people and animals. It also includes a useful flow chart to help artists figure out when to use which perspective system, and tips on how to make your finished drawings look dynamic and convincing.
Each chapter begins with a list of learning objectives, and then delivers useful techniques, the theory behind them, and practical shortcuts whenever possible. There are loads of step-by-step demonstrations, too, including rooms, cars, landscapes, 3-D lettering, and more. Each chapter ends with a review of the essential information to help retention.
A blend of the diagrams and step-by-steps of traditional instruction with a colorful comic book approach, Perspective Made Easy is comprehensive, useful, and fun.
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128 pages, Paperback
First published July 17, 2015
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November 29, 2017
My Illustration Fundamentals class made perspective torturous. I wish I'd read this book instead. Once again, books are better than school.
January 26, 2022
Amazing book, I've tried many ways to learn perspective, and this one was the best one so far. Hands down the best book about perspective
March 30, 2022
Considering how challenging I find perspective, that I took anything away at all from this book speaks highly of it. I've read several perspective books at this point and this is one of the best.
August 8, 2015
Public library copy.
The cover of the boo I read differs from the one shown on GoodReads. I especially enjoyed the splash panels featuring perspective, but in all the glory of a finished bit of art. The tutorials are nice, good step by step. Based on how quickly my 12 year old dumped this book back into the library bag for returns, I think the book is best intended for older readers because there's a lot of dense data to wallow through compared to, say, How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way. That is to say it's a bit heavy handed with words, maybe, for some.
The cover of the boo I read differs from the one shown on GoodReads. I especially enjoyed the splash panels featuring perspective, but in all the glory of a finished bit of art. The tutorials are nice, good step by step. Based on how quickly my 12 year old dumped this book back into the library bag for returns, I think the book is best intended for older readers because there's a lot of dense data to wallow through compared to, say, How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way. That is to say it's a bit heavy handed with words, maybe, for some.
August 15, 2019
This book is crazy good. “Made easy?” Kind of. It’s a lot of information to comprehend but the author’s illustrations make it a lot easier. I loved the drawing style in the book and all of the shortcuts. I’ve never used perspective before, I’ve always just copied a reference. I know this book will be a very valuable source in my future drawings!
January 10, 2026
I wanted to refresh my knowledge of perspective and this book was the perfect medium for that. The comic book style allowed for simple, bite-sized, explanations and the exercises were effective in learning independently.
July 15, 2019
Not very good
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