Happy to hear that! If you're really interested in getting a head start on your career, check out the Udemy courses. www.udemy.com/course/introduction-to-automotive-design/?referralCode=17C40D3D6D40C2E8CBCB www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?referralCode=7487EEFD9C778A22A1BE Much more comprehensive and in depth than the TH-cam vids.
S- You're welcome. I am glad they are helpful. You might also enjoy a more structured way to learn even more about auto design here - www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?couponCode=LEVEL2-15B
Well your videos r great helpful in learning these... Actually I m just a 13 year old boy and I m learning architecture and automobile designing So thanks
Cool and clear video! But we should keep in mind that elipses are always perpendicular to the cilinders(the wheel) axis. so the elipse axis being straight square to the ground is not aplyable in perspective.
I agree but... many of the subscribers to this channel and those who watch are not as advanced as you. They are just starting to put together the understanding of how to draw cars. In my tutoring and teaching experience, many new students draw the wheels off axis to the ground. They will never be able to have the understanding of how to draw the ellipse as you described if they first do not understand that the wheels themselves must be square to the ground. Everyone is at a different point in their development. These early videos are designed to provide a foundation to build the more advanced skills. Thanks for your feedback!
Yan- I cover how to draw the tip up view here - www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?couponCode=LEVEL2-15 You can see it in the trailer for the course.
Excellent video not to be found elsewhere. The only thing that would have made it better (more beginner-friendly) is if simple outlines of the cars had been included with the sketches of the wheels. It's hard for beginners like me to imagine the rest of the car.
One step at a time M.R.,, one step at a time. :-) Most beginners that so much trouble drawing circles and ellipses freehand that adding more complexity too soon will only make a hard thing even harder. Master drawing the circles and ellipses and then let me know when you're ready to move on to the structure of the car. Thanks for watching.
First of all very informative video for the ones who like to learn car sketching. Thank you for your effort and willingness to share knowledge 🙏🏻 Now I need help... I am not finding part2 of how to draw wheels which you mentioned at the end of this video .. can you help me to find it
Sorry about the confusion. After reviewing the footage, the part that was going to become part two was included to make one video instead of breaking it into 2 parts. The narrative was not edited to reflect this. You have everything you need in this video to improve your wheels for your car design drawings.
THANKS so much for reading your comments and making videos out of that it REALLY REALLY DOES HELP ,you have helped me so much to improve my car design game as i was very pushed away to draw cars as the wheels were my biggest weakpoint like you said just practising really helps and it does(although i didn't know the best techniques to practise drawing the wheels)this also means that there is literally a tiny chance of improvement for me or anyone else if they don't practise!!!!
Yes you must practice! Please share this video on other platforms like Instagram if you are on there. I am not and everyone says I should post on there too. Part 2 of the video should be done next week and it will cover wheel design and the 3 basic types. Keep practicing and watching!
Yes. After the next wheel video which should be out next week, I will do another one on speed forms. Is there anything in particular you want to see or learn about in a speed form video?
great video sir.. please keep dropping these kind of videos.. they really help a lot. and can you show, how to design any car's front view and 3/4 view. i am doing this to prepare my portfolio.that would be great help and thanks in advance sir.
Part two o the wheel vid is coming next week. Front view creation is on the agenda. Glad they are helping you! You might want to think about having your portfolio reviewed before submission. We are working with many students applying for admission to schools like NID in India. You want to make sure your work is as best as it can be. Getting some solid feedback from a professional designer will help.
If you really want to make a big leap in your skills, check out my courses on Udemy. It's much more structured than the random vids on the channel. If you like the teaching methodology here, my udemy courses are next level! www.udemy.com/course/introduction-to-automotive-design/?referralCode=17C40D3D6D40C2E8CBCB www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?referralCode=7487EEFD9C778A22A1BE
What do you think about angled drawing tables? I bought one the other day and i feel like it is stopping me from drawing ellipses and circles. Note: love your videos btw. I definitely learned more from you than my teachers even though im studying product design.
Where are you studying product design? I am working on a "drawing for product design" course for udemy. Let me know what you'd like to see as part of the course. Regarding the drawing table, the first thing you have to remember is that you need to give yourself a "grace" period whenever you start using a new tool. Tables can be indispensable when trying to create complex perspective drawings. How to you feel the table is "stopping" you?
Hello, thank you for the response! Im studying in Turkey/Istanbul. Im actually thinking about the udemy course... Im currently trying to improve my skills based on your tutorials on youtube. After I master them I will proceed to the next step which is the course. I think ive been feeling a little bit better with the angled table after sketching for 8 hours. On non-angled tables my arm have a motion that is parallel to the tables surface where on an angled table i cannot keep my arm parallel to the angled surface and its almost like im learning to draw ellipses again.
In a way, you are. But your overall skills are getting better. That is what is important. I find that most people are not really interested in getting better. They just want to do the things they are comfortable with. Real growth comes from admitting you have something to improve upon, which is generally uncomfortable for most people. It's good to hear you are working so hard to improve. The udemy courses are more in depth than what is here on YT but some of the YT vids are actually more advanced. If you want some feedback on your work, you can send some samples to michael@howtodrawcars.net
Sam - Yes, at some point we will do videos on color and rendering. It's a much more advanced part of drawing cars so it is important to get the basics of what your drawing down first. Putting color over a poorly drawn form just gives you a bad drawings with color on it. If you want to get help with rendering, I would suggest signing up for tutoring on our site - www.howtodrawcars.net You can have a session tailored to your specific needs. Many fans of this channel have done this and their skills are improving so fast.
You should hold the pen in a way that is comfortable for you. The only "wrong" way to hold the pen or pencil would be in a way that would not allow you to maximize your control. I have seen some people hold their pen or pencil at a very shallow angle to the page. This prevented them from getting better at being able to draw a light line when the wanted to and a heavier line when they needed to.
P- Check out this course. It has everything to need to get started - www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?couponCode=LEVEL2-15B The link will get you a good discount as well.
Not so much the wheels, but I see a lot of people drawing cars and using the circles as a means to measure out the length of the car and the scale, I was always curious how that worked out, I might just snap pictures of cars and figure out how they determine the scale based on that, with my old architect mentality, but I sought out that “Idrawcars” stuff and it seems sketchy as hell since there’s no update on their website, no feedback after I reached out via email, etc. I am not spending money to learn something and burn cash and it seems like not many people have any lessons on that method either.
V- I cannot speak to what others are doing. I state repeatedly in the videos throughout my channel that most cars have 3 wheels between their wheels. If you use this as a point of departure, you should be fine. You can add half a wheel for something like a pickup truck and reduce by half a wheel for a city car. If you're interested in seeing what a difference using this method can make to your designs, I would watch the "Improve My Car Sketch" series. There is a specific playlist for these videos here on the channel. Thanks for the comment.
There is a whole video on the channel about what materials car designers use. I would suggest checking it out - th-cam.com/video/iB2U3q06SzM/w-d-xo.html
Eric - It can provide stability. Holding the pencil is like a fingerprint. Everyone does it in a slightly different way. You have to find what works for you and not be concerned about a "right" or "wrong" way.
Start with the sound plane so you can constantly check all your line work is in the correct perspective. Then you can add the wheels and start the body. Add the details last.
You have to be very careful with camber. If doing an F1 concept it's more appropriate. But for a road car showing camber can look like you don't know what you are doing if the rest of your sketch is not at a very high level. If you look at most pro car design drawings, the wheels are square to the road. If not in the right context, adding camber will just look very amateurish.
@@howtodrawcars. Well, my question is wrong. What i want to ask is how to make small circle, i think in this video you don't say nothing about it, but maybe your technic is applicable to make small circle its just that i'm to dum
Once you learn the technique you can draw any size circle or pretty much anything else. Practice as much as you can. Don;'t worry about drawing cars for a while.
This is way to much complicated... just use one rule: The ellipse just needs to be right angled to the direction of the axis it belongs to... When you do that its always right
I agree with you but it's not always right if the ellipse is not drawn at a right angle to the ground plane. I look at hundreds of drawings a month from aspiring car designers and students and the biggest problem is the wheels drawn off axis to the ground plane. Students need to understand the value of drawing the wheel at a right angle to the ground plane first. Then they can be exposed to the more advanced way of looking at it per your suggestion.
You're assuming the person watching knows of or understands (the rules of) perspective in any way. It's very hard to get someone to understand the concept you eloquently explained in your first comment if they don't understand perspective in the first place. Even if I show them in a video or during class, the wheels are still drawn off axis. If I can get them to get them to understand that the vertical axis of the wheel needs to be at a right angle to the ground plane, then I can introduce the more advanced concept you spoke about in your first comment. Think about how you would teach someone to draw wheels and tires if they didn't understand perspective.
@@howtodrawcars. the first comment was not by me, I didn't explain anything. I just said, that it is wrong, because it clearly is. An ellipse is defined by TWO axises(?! Sorry don't know the plural). One axis (the one identical to the actual wheel's center axis) intersects with the ellipse in the ellipse's most narrow points. The other axis (which is perpendicular to the first axis) intersects with the ellipse in the ellipse's most wide points. That's it! This is how you construct an ellipse. How wide the ellipse is, is another topic and basically unnecessary for drawing purposes. The axis vertical to the ground is not vertical or perpendicular to anything as soon as you draw from perspective, so that is useless.
but, your explanation of ellipses is absolutely and utterly wrong. Major axis shouldn't be perpendicular to the ground plane and has nothing to do with drawing wheels. The minor axis acts as the axle and needs to go to the vanishing point. sorry
The majority of the students I work with do not draw their wheels squarely to the ground plane or draw their wheels to look as if they are actually connected to the cars bodies sitting above them. This is a major problem if you are trying to create a believable drawing of a new car design. Many students do not fully understand perspective. My goal is to present this information in the most basic way possible so that a passionate 14, 15 or 16 year old with no formal training in any artistic discipline can improve their drawings. Nothing is worse than a nice car design drawing ruined by wheels drawn off-axis and wobbly. The purpose of the video is to correct this by reminding the viewer that wheels and tires are in fact, perpendicular to the ground plane and should be represented as such. If you have proof otherwise, please email me at michael@howtodrawcars.net. I agree on the minor axis and axles going to the vanishing points. I believe this is covered in my perspective video.
How To Draw Cars so, you're saying that nothing is worse than drawing the wheels off- axis and you're teaching exactly that. Don't want to argue, I just felt obligated to point out that the absurdity of your way of teaching can't be justified by saying how students don't understand the perspective basics. You just cannot teach something that is utterly wrong.
I appreciate your passion for the subject. I’m not asking you to show me how to draw wheels. I’m asking you to share your method for drawing wheels. I know the other method where the minor axis is perpendicular to the axles and the vertical off the ground plane has nothing to do with setting up the wheel, if this is what you are on about. Do you know how many students draw their wheels correctly after showing them this method? Less than 5%. It works if you are more advanced and have had some formal training. If not, It can cause more confusion and the student can loose confidence, quickly creating a big setback. I am sure there are plenty of vids on youtube showing this alternative method. I encourage everyone that watches this video to go and watch them too. The problem is, it does not solve the problem of young designers drawing wobbly wheels. I was as frustrated with their lack of progress as you are with me inventing a new way to try and correct it. And if it takes inventing a new way to get young designers from point A to point B and that flies in the face of conventional thinking, so be it. My question to you is, would it possible for a student with a every limited understanding of perspective, who is having trouble drawing wheels and keeping them square to the ground plane, learn to draw wheels that are square to the ground plane using the method that I outline in the video? Not whether it’s the "correct" way. Just, is it possible? Thanks again for raising the issue.
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hey sir i am a young designer (12yrs) i followed a bit of your course and omg it is amazing.
thank you so much for this ur the best.
You are most welcome
Am planning to do a career in exterior car designs... Your videos just gives me a whole new level of ideas
Happy to hear that! If you're really interested in getting a head start on your career, check out the Udemy courses.
www.udemy.com/course/introduction-to-automotive-design/?referralCode=17C40D3D6D40C2E8CBCB
www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?referralCode=7487EEFD9C778A22A1BE
Much more comprehensive and in depth than the TH-cam vids.
This is helpful
I really want to be a car designer but no one to teach or mentor me
This video is a good tool for me to practice more
Thanks sir
I'm glad to hear the video was helpful. If you're looking to work with someone one-on-one, check my site for tutoring options - www.howtodrawcars.net
I am starting to learn designing and your videos are really help full, thanks a lot for making these vids.
S- You're welcome. I am glad they are helpful. You might also enjoy a more structured way to learn even more about auto design here - www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?couponCode=LEVEL2-15B
U very helpful and are learning more
this is very helpful, informative and straight to the point with draw along examples.
God bless!
Glad you found it helpful. Please check the other videos on the channel for similar content.
im 18 I just got out of high school and i want to become a car designer so you inspire me
Send me a sketch to two and I'll give you some feedback. michael@howtodrawcars.net
very nice explanation . this basic could help us. thanks
Well your videos r great helpful in learning these...
Actually I m just a 13 year old boy and I m learning architecture and automobile designing
So thanks
Glad to hear that! Keep practicing and having fun.
thank you very much for your videos. you made a lot of things clear to me.
Cool and clear video!
But we should keep in mind that elipses are always perpendicular to the cilinders(the wheel) axis. so the elipse axis being straight square to the ground is not aplyable in perspective.
I agree but... many of the subscribers to this channel and those who watch are not as advanced as you. They are just starting to put together the understanding of how to draw cars. In my tutoring and teaching experience, many new students draw the wheels off axis to the ground. They will never be able to have the understanding of how to draw the ellipse as you described if they first do not understand that the wheels themselves must be square to the ground. Everyone is at a different point in their development. These early videos are designed to provide a foundation to build the more advanced skills. Thanks for your feedback!
yeah really it's awesome..... I too Want some tip up tutorial in car designing
Yan- I cover how to draw the tip up view here -
www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?couponCode=LEVEL2-15
You can see it in the trailer for the course.
Excellent video not to be found elsewhere. The only thing that would have made it better (more beginner-friendly) is if simple outlines of the cars had been included with the sketches of the wheels. It's hard for beginners like me to imagine the rest of the car.
One step at a time M.R.,, one step at a time. :-) Most beginners that so much trouble drawing circles and ellipses freehand that adding more complexity too soon will only make a hard thing even harder. Master drawing the circles and ellipses and then let me know when you're ready to move on to the structure of the car. Thanks for watching.
First of all very informative video for the ones who like to learn car sketching. Thank you for your effort and willingness to share knowledge 🙏🏻
Now I need help...
I am not finding part2 of how to draw wheels which you mentioned at the end of this video ..
can you help me to find it
Sorry about the confusion. After reviewing the footage, the part that was going to become part two was included to make one video instead of breaking it into 2 parts. The narrative was not edited to reflect this. You have everything you need in this video to improve your wheels for your car design drawings.
THANKS so much for reading your comments and making videos out of that it REALLY REALLY DOES HELP ,you have helped me so much to improve my car design game as i was very pushed away to draw cars as the wheels were my biggest weakpoint like you said just practising really helps and it does(although i didn't know the best techniques to practise drawing the wheels)this also means that there is literally a tiny chance of improvement for me or anyone else if they don't practise!!!!
Yes you must practice! Please share this video on other platforms like Instagram if you are on there. I am not and everyone says I should post on there too. Part 2 of the video should be done next week and it will cover wheel design and the 3 basic types. Keep practicing and watching!
How To Draw Cars can you upload a video about the various types of speed forms?.Thank you very much
Yes. After the next wheel video which should be out next week, I will do another one on speed forms. Is there anything in particular you want to see or learn about in a speed form video?
How To Draw Cars yes like the transformation from a particular shape to a vehicle (the process)
How To Draw Cars thank you so much, your videos are really helpful
great video sir.. please keep dropping these kind of videos.. they really help a lot. and can you show, how to design any car's front view and 3/4 view. i am doing this to prepare my portfolio.that would be great help and thanks in advance sir.
Part two o the wheel vid is coming next week. Front view creation is on the agenda. Glad they are helping you!
You might want to think about having your portfolio reviewed before submission. We are working with many students applying for admission to schools like NID in India. You want to make sure your work is as best as it can be. Getting some solid feedback from a professional designer will help.
Oh my, you teach so good!!! Thanks!!!!!
If you really want to make a big leap in your skills, check out my courses on Udemy. It's much more structured than the random vids on the channel. If you like the teaching methodology here, my udemy courses are next level!
www.udemy.com/course/introduction-to-automotive-design/?referralCode=17C40D3D6D40C2E8CBCB
www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?referralCode=7487EEFD9C778A22A1BE
What do you think about angled drawing tables? I bought one the other day and i feel like it is stopping me from drawing ellipses and circles. Note: love your videos btw. I definitely learned more from you than my teachers even though im studying product design.
Where are you studying product design? I am working on a "drawing for product design" course for udemy. Let me know what you'd like to see as part of the course.
Regarding the drawing table, the first thing you have to remember is that you need to give yourself a "grace" period whenever you start using a new tool. Tables can be indispensable when trying to create complex perspective drawings. How to you feel the table is "stopping" you?
Hello, thank you for the response! Im studying in Turkey/Istanbul. Im actually thinking about the udemy course... Im currently trying to improve my skills based on your tutorials on youtube. After I master them I will proceed to the next step which is the course.
I think ive been feeling a little bit better with the angled table after sketching for 8 hours. On non-angled tables my arm have a motion that is parallel to the tables surface where on an angled table i cannot keep my arm parallel to the angled surface and its almost like im learning to draw ellipses again.
In a way, you are. But your overall skills are getting better. That is what is important. I find that most people are not really interested in getting better. They just want to do the things they are comfortable with. Real growth comes from admitting you have something to improve upon, which is generally uncomfortable for most people.
It's good to hear you are working so hard to improve. The udemy courses are more in depth than what is here on YT but some of the YT vids are actually more advanced. If you want some feedback on your work, you can send some samples to michael@howtodrawcars.net
Could you do a video on rendering your designs? Very helpful to make my designs look more 3D
Sam - Yes, at some point we will do videos on color and rendering. It's a much more advanced part of drawing cars so it is important to get the basics of what your drawing down first. Putting color over a poorly drawn form just gives you a bad drawings with color on it. If you want to get help with rendering, I would suggest signing up for tutoring on our site - www.howtodrawcars.net
You can have a session tailored to your specific needs. Many fans of this channel have done this and their skills are improving so fast.
your videos really help full, thanks a lot for making these videos.
♥💔
You're welcome. God you like them.
great ! it's very helpful video. can you please make tutorial on tip up view?
Tip up view of wheels or tip up view of the whole car?
How To Draw Cars tip up view of whole car ! ☺
The way you hold the pen . Does it affect your control ? . Yours is so diffrent than mine.
You should hold the pen in a way that is comfortable for you. The only "wrong" way to hold the pen or pencil would be in a way that would not allow you to maximize your control. I have seen some people hold their pen or pencil at a very shallow angle to the page. This prevented them from getting better at being able to draw a light line when the wanted to and a heavier line when they needed to.
I See now, thanks for replying and the video is sooo helpful
Thank you Jordon Peterson!
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i subscribed and turned on notifications in order to know more
I want to learn from basics of drawing a car in a prespective way, is their any way like books or other ways.If it is way please help me .
P- Check out this course. It has everything to need to get started -
www.udemy.com/course/automotive-design-level-2/?couponCode=LEVEL2-15B
The link will get you a good discount as well.
Any tip to keep hands more steady ??😬
Reply plz
Yes, don't draw from your hand. Problem solved.
Watch the videos on improving your line quality to see what I mean.
@@howtodrawcars. thnx buddy
Great tuto :)
Thank. I'm glad you find it valuable. Any other aspects of car design drawings you'd like to see?
Hello, Yes proportion car that would be good :)
Thank you sir
Thank you so much
You're welcome!
Not so much the wheels, but I see a lot of people drawing cars and using the circles as a means to measure out the length of the car and the scale, I was always curious how that worked out, I might just snap pictures of cars and figure out how they determine the scale based on that, with my old architect mentality, but I sought out that “Idrawcars” stuff and it seems sketchy as hell since there’s no update on their website, no feedback after I reached out via email, etc. I am not spending money to learn something and burn cash and it seems like not many people have any lessons on that method either.
V- I cannot speak to what others are doing. I state repeatedly in the videos throughout my channel that most cars have 3 wheels between their wheels. If you use this as a point of departure, you should be fine. You can add half a wheel for something like a pickup truck and reduce by half a wheel for a city car. If you're interested in seeing what a difference using this method can make to your designs, I would watch the "Improve My Car Sketch" series. There is a specific playlist for these videos here on the channel. Thanks for the comment.
Can you suggest some specific tye of pencil ?
There is a whole video on the channel about what materials car designers use. I would suggest checking it out - th-cam.com/video/iB2U3q06SzM/w-d-xo.html
@@howtodrawcars. ok thanks
How to draw using shoulder
what is the significance of holding out the pinkie when drawing
Eric - It can provide stability. Holding the pencil is like a fingerprint. Everyone does it in a slightly different way. You have to find what works for you and not be concerned about a "right" or "wrong" way.
where do i start sketching,the wheels?the body or the headlights?
Start with the sound plane so you can constantly check all your line work is in the correct perspective. Then you can add the wheels and start the body. Add the details last.
thanks,micheal.i need to work real hard on this
more or less how much distance has to be in between the wheels?
3 wheels between the wheels. Watch some of the videos that cover the side and perspective views. They go over the proportion of the wheelbase.
6:15 What if the wheels were tilted to show camber??
You have to be very careful with camber. If doing an F1 concept it's more appropriate. But for a road car showing camber can look like you don't know what you are doing if the rest of your sketch is not at a very high level. If you look at most pro car design drawings, the wheels are square to the road. If not in the right context, adding camber will just look very amateurish.
is it okay if my wrist is touched with paper? ( not resting just touched)
Yes, your wrist can touch the paper. The goal should always we to move from your shoulder.
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But you should draw a lune
ow to draw rims
What is a small circle
Is it mentioned in the video? It's been a while since I've watched this tutorial. Please enlighten me.
@@howtodrawcars. Well, my question is wrong. What i want to ask is how to make small circle, i think in this video you don't say nothing about it, but maybe your technic is applicable to make small circle its just that i'm to dum
Once you learn the technique you can draw any size circle or pretty much anything else. Practice as much as you can. Don;'t worry about drawing cars for a while.
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This is way to much complicated... just use one rule:
The ellipse just needs to be right angled to the direction of the axis it belongs to...
When you do that its always right
lol yes, what the video explains is just plain wrong...
I agree with you but it's not always right if the ellipse is not drawn at a right angle to the ground plane. I look at hundreds of drawings a month from aspiring car designers and students and the biggest problem is the wheels drawn off axis to the ground plane. Students need to understand the value of drawing the wheel at a right angle to the ground plane first. Then they can be exposed to the more advanced way of looking at it per your suggestion.
@@howtodrawcars. i think i know what you mean. But rules of perspective can be stretched, not broken...
You're assuming the person watching knows of or understands (the rules of) perspective in any way. It's very hard to get someone to understand the concept you eloquently explained in your first comment if they don't understand perspective in the first place. Even if I show them in a video or during class, the wheels are still drawn off axis. If I can get them to get them to understand that the vertical axis of the wheel needs to be at a right angle to the ground plane, then I can introduce the more advanced concept you spoke about in your first comment. Think about how you would teach someone to draw wheels and tires if they didn't understand perspective.
@@howtodrawcars. the first comment was not by me, I didn't explain anything. I just said, that it is wrong, because it clearly is. An ellipse is defined by TWO axises(?! Sorry don't know the plural). One axis (the one identical to the actual wheel's center axis) intersects with the ellipse in the ellipse's most narrow points. The other axis (which is perpendicular to the first axis) intersects with the ellipse in the ellipse's most wide points. That's it! This is how you construct an ellipse. How wide the ellipse is, is another topic and basically unnecessary for drawing purposes. The axis vertical to the ground is not vertical or perpendicular to anything as soon as you draw from perspective, so that is useless.
but, your explanation of ellipses is absolutely and utterly wrong. Major axis shouldn't be perpendicular to the ground plane and has nothing to do with drawing wheels. The minor axis acts as the axle and needs to go to the vanishing point. sorry
The majority of the students I work with do not draw their wheels squarely to the ground plane or draw their wheels to look as if they are actually connected to the cars bodies sitting above them. This is a major problem if you are trying to create a believable drawing of a new car design. Many students do not fully understand perspective. My goal is to present this information in the most basic way possible so that a passionate 14, 15 or 16 year old with no formal training in any artistic discipline can improve their drawings. Nothing is worse than a nice car design drawing ruined by wheels drawn off-axis and wobbly. The purpose of the video is to correct this by reminding the viewer that wheels and tires are in fact, perpendicular to the ground plane and should be represented as such. If you have proof otherwise, please email me at michael@howtodrawcars.net. I agree on the minor axis and axles going to the vanishing points. I believe this is covered in my perspective video.
How To Draw Cars so, you're saying that nothing is worse than drawing the wheels off- axis and you're teaching exactly that. Don't want to argue, I just felt obligated to point out that the absurdity of your way of teaching can't be justified by saying how students don't understand the perspective basics. You just cannot teach something that is utterly wrong.
I appreciate your feedback. Please send what you are trying to show me to the email above and we can continue to discuss it. Thanks.
There is nothing to discuss. I'm not going to teach you how to draw wheels. Sorry to bother you. Good luck to your students.
I appreciate your passion for the subject.
I’m not asking you to show me how to draw wheels. I’m asking you to share
your method for drawing wheels. I know the other method where the minor axis
is perpendicular to the axles and the vertical off the ground plane has nothing to
do with setting up the wheel, if this is what you are on about.
Do you know how many students draw their wheels correctly after showing them this method?
Less than 5%. It works if you are more advanced and have had some formal training. If not, It can
cause more confusion and the student can loose confidence, quickly creating a big setback.
I am sure there are plenty of vids on youtube showing this alternative method. I encourage
everyone that watches this video to go and watch them too.
The problem is, it does not solve the problem of young designers drawing wobbly wheels.
I was as frustrated with their lack of progress as you are with me inventing a new way to try and correct it.
And if it takes inventing a new way to get young designers from point A to point B and that flies in the face of conventional thinking, so be it.
My question to you is, would it possible for a student with a every limited understanding of perspective, who is having trouble drawing wheels and keeping them square to the ground plane, learn to
draw wheels that are square to the ground plane using the method that I outline in the video?
Not whether it’s the "correct" way.
Just, is it possible?
Thanks again for raising the issue.
thank you very much for your videos. you made a lot of things clear to me.
Glad they were helpful.
Thank you sir
You are welcome.