Senior!!! 😭😭😭This incompetent junior has been struggling so hard with comprehending the dao of the box!!! Thank you for sharing your insights, with this surely I will be able to break through this bottleneck and further advance my art path attainment😭🙏🙇
I made this year to follow your 2025 art study plan. At first, i thought it’s not gonna work just by drawing boxes (bc it’s too easy) but guess what? I’m struggling to draw boxes and my gesture drawings kinda suck. So I’m grateful you have made it easier in the first month. I’ll be continuing my art journey with this method
I watched your previous video, I watched this video. Now I'm going to practice the boxes, and in the meantime you make a video for the next step. I think this is what we all need.
Fun fact: 1-point, 2-point and 3-point perspectives are simplifications. Just like isometric perspective they're distortions of reality. In reality, the number of vanishing points is constant and it corresponds to the number of "points at infinity" of your base vectors. Hence, it is six. At all times, there are always six vanishing points. Why is there no 6-point perspective then (outside of some freaky Esher drawing)? Simple: the sixth vanishing point is always opposite of the central vanishing point in 5-point perspective, i.e., it's behind you. And it will always be: no matter how you turn, at least one vanishing point will always be behind your X-Y-plane.
Been drawing for what will be 3 years in February. I've improved, but I'm getting serious about studying efficiently this year. Using your 2025 plan, I went back to drawabox after abandoning it for a minute, this video will be a great tool to practice drawing boxes in a new way. Thanks 👍
You make some of the best art content! Everything is to the point and well explained. It's short and sweet but also a great lesson. I'm following the 2025 art plan from your other video and your teaching style makes this so easy!
So, new comment for folks checking this video out: One point perspective is important for drawing characters in different positions even if there's not background. 2 and 3 point perspectives more relevant when backgrounds become involved. Just in case you were like me and had no idea when to, you know, generally use the different perspectives outside of boxes. Also, there is more context to one point then just the usual center vanishing point business. You can put the VP completely outside of a picture for a long hallway scene, for example.
One more tip I recommend as well would be if you are new at this draw through your shapes. Because it will build your understanding of 3D a lot better because for living objects like people and animals you will need to know what's going on with both sides of the body and how they connect otherwise it's going to look weird and it's really noticible if someone doesn't fully understand 3D space
oh i thought i would struggle to watch videos for every subject of the art program but you're gonna do the videos ?!! yay :D can't wait for the figure construction drawing video !!
I didnt know about 4 and 5 points perspective! Maybe as a beginner I don't have to learn those just yet but I think trying after I fully grasped 3 pp will help me improve. Also thx for showing these exercises! I never thought of drawing cubes aligned, I will try that tomorrow
great vid thom, watching your Art Plan vid got me really motivated on learning art again. It would be great if you did a video like this with Cylinders and Triangles :)
This is such a huge help! I've been drawing boxes for a couple days now (according to the art plan video you made earlier), but I didn't really understand why and how to utilize them in the long run. Thanks for clarifying the whole thingy :)
100k definitely. If you keep consistent i see you getting there. Beginner artist btw, W video, i hope you make more videos relevant to the 2025 art program.😊
I'll admit, I also haven't gotten one point perspective down yet despite a year into my drawing journey, and I find the mentality of switching from boxes to drawing actual people in perspective in general to be... mentally confounding, but I just have to keep at it.
Also, one point that is not mentionned there is that usually, perspective out of a circumference of 60 to 90° is distorted and should be avoided. Source: scott robertson How to Draw book.
Bro 3 days in and it feels already like hell lol, yeah 3 days and im already thinking "bro i am so stupid i can even draw a box ima quit" is prob the week mentality, gotta work on that too, it hurts to be bad lol but i wont give up, im just putting out my frustration
9:17 i don't get 4 point at all. If 2 side points had straight lines coming from them i would understand how it works. But they are curved?? How can there be no sharp angle change where the lines cross the edge facing you? In your example boxes you sometimes aimed lines towards a hypothetical 5th point.. but sometimes they just point in a seemingly arbitrary direction
Question .. with the 4 point perspective are all the lines supposed to be curved or just the vertical lines because I’m following the steps and I’m so confused 😭😭 Because on google the horizontal lines are straight and the vertical ones are curved
The thumbnail made me wonder if it was not wrong perspective used for the box that the most in the foreground. I'm sure that the content of the video is great, but I really can't wrap my head around how the inside is made.
Okay but can I ask WHY i would choose one perspective grid over another? I understand that the more you have the more of a fish-eye lense effect you get -- but does this mean that the more vanishing points you have the closer the object is? But that can't be right because then if you have something like a cityscape where theres many objects at very different distances using a different perspective grid for them wouldnt work out... How would these things work in real life?
Yes! Actually there is a 6 point perspective, where the last vanishing point is behind the viewer, so you can't see it, but that's something that is really hard to grasp and I felt I couldn't explain it well myself yet. Maybe I'll touch on it in a later video!
Hey ! great video but i'm not 100% how to practice drawing boxes ...should i just randomly draw a bunch of boxes or i have steps to follow ?? I'm lost !!! (Maybe you said it in your video and i'm just dumb)
Wanna hear a a fact? You can actually go too deep into drawing boxes to the point where you need a compass, a protractor and a right angle ruler. that box will be accurate af
Senior!!! 😭😭😭This incompetent junior has been struggling so hard with comprehending the dao of the box!!! Thank you for sharing your insights, with this surely I will be able to break through this bottleneck and further advance my art path attainment😭🙏🙇
a journey of a thousand paintings begins with a single box
I made this year to follow your 2025 art study plan. At first, i thought it’s not gonna work just by drawing boxes (bc it’s too easy) but guess what? I’m struggling to draw boxes and my gesture drawings kinda suck. So I’m grateful you have made it easier in the first month. I’ll be continuing my art journey with this method
the opening gave me ptsd, every video ever that included boxes in it just flooded my brain i understand the use of boxes now, great video!
I am actually in the process of learning how to draw boxes. So, i am so glad to have this video now!
I watched your previous video, I watched this video. Now I'm going to practice the boxes, and in the meantime you make a video for the next step. I think this is what we all need.
I found out about you from the video about the drawing plan for 2025 and how beautifully you draw bro.
Fun fact: 1-point, 2-point and 3-point perspectives are simplifications. Just like isometric perspective they're distortions of reality. In reality, the number of vanishing points is constant and it corresponds to the number of "points at infinity" of your base vectors. Hence, it is six. At all times, there are always six vanishing points.
Why is there no 6-point perspective then (outside of some freaky Esher drawing)? Simple: the sixth vanishing point is always opposite of the central vanishing point in 5-point perspective, i.e., it's behind you. And it will always be: no matter how you turn, at least one vanishing point will always be behind your X-Y-plane.
God this was so hard to understand when to use one or another grid -- THANK YOU THIS MAKES LOGICAL SENSE!! ❤❤
instructions wasn't clear,I drew minecraft steve
Been drawing for what will be 3 years in February. I've improved, but I'm getting serious about studying efficiently this year. Using your 2025 plan, I went back to drawabox after abandoning it for a minute, this video will be a great tool to practice drawing boxes in a new way. Thanks 👍
Great video! (haven't seen even 2 seconds yet)
Perfect for January, thanks a load!
You make some of the best art content! Everything is to the point and well explained. It's short and sweet but also a great lesson. I'm following the 2025 art plan from your other video and your teaching style makes this so easy!
So, new comment for folks checking this video out: One point perspective is important for drawing characters in different positions even if there's not background. 2 and 3 point perspectives more relevant when backgrounds become involved. Just in case you were like me and had no idea when to, you know, generally use the different perspectives outside of boxes. Also, there is more context to one point then just the usual center vanishing point business. You can put the VP completely outside of a picture for a long hallway scene, for example.
One more tip I recommend as well would be if you are new at this draw through your shapes. Because it will build your understanding of 3D a lot better because for living objects like people and animals you will need to know what's going on with both sides of the body and how they connect otherwise it's going to look weird and it's really noticible if someone doesn't fully understand 3D space
your video structure is getting better each upload man
oh i thought i would struggle to watch videos for every subject of the art program but you're gonna do the videos ?!! yay :D can't wait for the figure construction drawing video !!
Thanks. I need to practice boxes in perspective 😊
I didnt know about 4 and 5 points perspective!
Maybe as a beginner I don't have to learn those just yet but I think trying after I fully grasped 3 pp will help me improve.
Also thx for showing these exercises! I never thought of drawing cubes aligned, I will try that tomorrow
Much appreciated video. I've been considering perspective for ages and never even started going towards boxes. Might try this today!
great vid thom, watching your Art Plan vid got me really motivated on learning art again. It would be great if you did a video like this with Cylinders and Triangles :)
I was always wondering how 5 point and 4 point worked! Thank you, now I enter the training arc cave.
Very helpful video, especially since a few days ago i watched your month by month art guide. This stuff is like witchcraft to me but in a cool way!!
This is such a huge help! I've been drawing boxes for a couple days now (according to the art plan video you made earlier), but I didn't really understand why and how to utilize them in the long run. Thanks for clarifying the whole thingy :)
Really useful video, I like how you explain each perspective in such an easy way. This really helps, thanks!
100k definitely.
If you keep consistent i see you getting there.
Beginner artist btw, W video, i hope you make more videos relevant to the 2025 art program.😊
omggg this video really helped me to understand boxess
thank you for doing this, is really helpful
Boxes are super fun to draw! I usually do them for warm ups. 💪🏻
Boxes 🔛🔝
I'll admit, I also haven't gotten one point perspective down yet despite a year into my drawing journey, and I find the mentality of switching from boxes to drawing actual people in perspective in general to be... mentally confounding, but I just have to keep at it.
I got jumpscared by that very tiny small kumon poster at 3:36 💀
and the way it just pops too 😭😭😭
( trauma flashbacks intensifies )
i have been enlightened
its so easy after watching this video and also because im curently in that 2 week minecraft phase
😂 😂 😂 😂
lmao
goddamn this is awesome
I was literally just thinking about you…. Youre reading my mind…. Admit it…
My goat 🐐🐐🐐
I’m actually drawing them right now. How convenient
boxes 4 life
Boxes 5 life
Very helpful video and bonus points for the Cult Of The Lamb soundtrack. ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Also, one point that is not mentionned there is that usually, perspective out of a circumference of 60 to 90° is distorted and should be avoided.
Source: scott robertson How to Draw book.
Bro 3 days in and it feels already like hell lol, yeah 3 days and im already thinking "bro i am so stupid i can even draw a box ima quit" is prob the week mentality, gotta work on that too, it hurts to be bad lol
but i wont give up, im just putting out my frustration
I NEED MASTERING CYLINDER NEXT 🙏
fire
9:17 i don't get 4 point at all.
If 2 side points had straight lines coming from them i would understand how it works. But they are curved?? How can there be no sharp angle change where the lines cross the edge facing you?
In your example boxes you sometimes aimed lines towards a hypothetical 5th point.. but sometimes they just point in a seemingly arbitrary direction
Dude pls cover everything u can that u mentioned to practice in ur one year video
thx u
pro tip download blender (the 3d modeling software) and you can make boxes and stuff as referance
Question .. with the 4 point perspective are all the lines supposed to be curved or just the vertical lines because I’m following the steps and I’m so confused 😭😭
Because on google the horizontal lines are straight and the vertical ones are curved
The thumbnail made me wonder if it was not wrong perspective used for the box that the most in the foreground.
I'm sure that the content of the video is great, but I really can't wrap my head around how the inside is made.
HAHAHA YOU SAID "BLOCK IN"
Okay but can I ask WHY i would choose one perspective grid over another? I understand that the more you have the more of a fish-eye lense effect you get -- but does this mean that the more vanishing points you have the closer the object is?
But that can't be right because then if you have something like a cityscape where theres many objects at very different distances using a different perspective grid for them wouldnt work out...
How would these things work in real life?
Can you make 6 vanishing points?
Yes! Actually there is a 6 point perspective, where the last vanishing point is behind the viewer, so you can't see it, but that's something that is really hard to grasp and I felt I couldn't explain it well myself yet. Maybe I'll touch on it in a later video!
I am on my 75th box in the 250 box challenge….my arm hurts
Omgggg thanks because they kept on telling draw the boxes AND OKAY SIR BUT HOW? CAN U EXPLAIN IN DETAILS XD
Are you going to be uploading videos every month that match your 2025 art study plan? (by the way, I’m following your art plan!)
Hey ! great video but i'm not 100% how to practice drawing boxes ...should i just randomly draw a bunch of boxes or i have steps to follow ?? I'm lost !!! (Maybe you said it in your video and i'm just dumb)
8:12 lol
So glad i had a minecraft fase.
Thought of getting a Discord?
Wanna hear a a fact? You can actually go too deep into drawing boxes to the point where you need a compass, a protractor and a right angle ruler. that box will be accurate af
Still don't know how to draw boxes
Same here :(
Frust
these boxes made me quit XD
L
Thank you!!! This video is my reminder to practice boxes more often, I neglected that🥲