Phtoshop and the Perspective Grid

3-Dimensional Thinking

In able to create better and more convincing depth in one's artwork, 3-dimensional thinking is a core aspect to study and improve upon. Below Rene Aigner showcases some of his artwork and how he uses line work to convey this 3-dimensionality.

Image by Rene Aigner

Vanishing Point

I also discovered the "Vanishing Point" tool recently which is available in newer Photoshop versions. It can be found under the filters menu and it is without a doubt a very useful tool for future projects. For the following painting I however created my own perspective grid in an extra layer to correct my pencil sketch.

Creating the Perspective
Firstly I set the horizon line of the painting and then chose a vanishing point on this line. It is also fairly easy and quick to create and the advantage is that one can easily add further vanishing points for a two point perspective for example.

I then started to correct the perspective of the image before filling in the value. The art piece was now solid and the values could be applied on top of the line work as described in the previous post "Painting on top of Line Work".

Reflection

The final artefact depicts a mountain village with some ice cold water flowing through it and the yellowish background/horizon soothes the image with some warmth. Overall there is only little colour contrast and the highest value contrast is on the horizon, guiding the viewers eye towards this ridge and letting thoughts form on what could be behind it.

Depth

In able to create more depth most of the strong outlining in the distance was removed and painted over while the harsh borders remained visible in the foreground of the image. The perspective grid clearly helped achieve a convincing perspective for this project and was not very time consuming.