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And here it is...the Sixth (and final?) realm of perspective.

The Sixth Vanishing Point.

To be honest, this is proof that the mightiest foes and troubles are often created in one's own mind. When I first started this tutorial last year, in its early parts, the very idea of SIX VANISHING POINTS seemed to be something I'd never be able to even grasp, let alone draw, even if another ten years went by.

Hoo, boy, was I wrong.

While I am by no means a master at four, five, or six vanishing point perspective, I do at least know how to draw pictures using them, at least in a "typical" way.

And so can you. And that's just the simple truth, not false encouragement.

It was mostly a matter of knowing which lines to replace with curved lines. Once you get that part, you pretty much have it.

4VP allowed you to see more of a scene in one direction or another (vertical or horizontal). The "not 4VP not 3VP" images were similar, except they used a central vanishing point instead of the two a normal 4VP image uses.

5VP combined both vertical and horizontal. This lets you see everything in front of you.

So what's left for the sixth to do?

What you can't see. What is BEHIND you!

Fig. 1 shows the basic idea here. VP5 is in front, while VP6 is behind you. That covers everything else; now all is viewed.

But how do you draw it? What kind of curves, what sort of lens or mirror can do it?

Nothing.

You cannot draw it all in one picture.

Six Vanishing Point images use TWO PICTURES.

Fig.2 shows the room from 5VP. Notice how it IS drawn with 5VP? This is everything in front of you.

Fig. 3 shows the rest; you turned around. This is why the sofa is now on the left and the window is now on the right; this is why I switched VP1 and VP3.

But wait a minute- it too is drawn absolutely the same as the 5VP images!

"So if I know how to draw with 5VP I already have 6VP?! All I have to do is turn around and draw THAT the same way, with 5VP?!"

Yes.

So for 6VP the trick is simply to know what is behind your view from the first picture. A really good way to do this is to sketch the basic scene from overhead, with, say, an "eye" to show where the view is coming from. Everything in front would be for the first picture; everything behind it is for the second one- the "sixth vanishing point."

The only thing that should be mentioned here is that it only counts as a "Sixth Vanishing Point" if the view is literally as if one turns around- eyes as level, the viewer having turned around 180 degrees, no taller or shorter.

And that's it. Now you know the secret, too.

Nifty!

Description
And here it is...the Sixth (and final?) realm of perspective.

The Sixth Vanishing Point.

To be honest, this is proof that the mightiest foes and troubles are often created in one's own mind. When I first started this tutorial last year, in its early parts, the very idea of SIX VANISHING POINTS seemed to be something I'd never be able to even grasp, let alone draw, even if another ten years went by.

Hoo, boy, was I wrong.

While I am by no means a master at four, five, or six vanishing point perspective, I do at least know how to draw pictures using them, at least in a "typical" way.

And so can you. And that's just the simple truth, not false encouragement.

It was mostly a matter of knowing which lines to replace with curved lines. Once you get that part, you pretty much have it.

4VP allowed you to see more of a scene in one direction or another (vertical or horizontal). The "not 4VP not 3VP" images were similar, except they used a central vanishing point instead of the two a normal 4VP image uses.

5VP combined both vertical and horizontal. This lets you see everything in front of you.

So what's left for the sixth to do?

What you can't see. What is BEHIND you!

Fig. 1 shows the basic idea here. VP5 is in front, while VP6 is behind you. That covers everything else; now all is viewed.

But how do you draw it? What kind of curves, what sort of lens or mirror can do it?

Nothing.

You cannot draw it all in one picture.

Six Vanishing Point images use TWO PICTURES.

Fig.2 shows the room from 5VP. Notice how it IS drawn with 5VP? This is everything in front of you.

Fig. 3 shows the rest; you turned around. This is why the sofa is now on the left and the window is now on the right; this is why I switched VP1 and VP3.

But wait a minute- it too is drawn absolutely the same as the 5VP images!

"So if I know how to draw with 5VP I already have 6VP?! All I have to do is turn around and draw THAT the same way, with 5VP?!"

Yes.

So for 6VP the trick is simply to know what is behind your view from the first picture. A really good way to do this is to sketch the basic scene from overhead, with, say, an "eye" to show where the view is coming from. Everything in front would be for the first picture; everything behind it is for the second one- the "sixth vanishing point."

The only thing that should be mentioned here is that it only counts as a "Sixth Vanishing Point" if the view is literally as if one turns around- eyes as level, the viewer having turned around 180 degrees, no taller or shorter.

And that's it. Now you know the secret, too.

Nifty!