Ever since I first sketched a spherical panorama in the Procreate app, people have been asking for a tutorial, so I've finally put together the steps for how I did it. I had seen illustrations that you can pan around before and I wanted to figure out a way to do one on site, rather than make it in my studio from photo references. I will start by saying that panoramic urban sketches done on location are nothing new. The brilliant G é rard Michel and Arno Hartmann have been doing them for some time, and Arno had already been taking his analog images done on site and turning them into scrollable panos with computer software years before I set out to try this. Most of the time when I draw in curved perspective I draw "intuitively," meaning I don't set up any vanishing points or use any rulers or grids. In researching this process I knew that to do a 360 degree drawing accurately I would need an equirectangular grid with 2:1 proportions. I found one, along with a ton of
This is great! Done during a lunchtime break you say? Wow! Excellent!
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ReplyDeleteNice quick sketch, Paul. I especially like your self-portraits on the previous post, btw.
ReplyDeleteSimply astonished! Great work!
ReplyDeleteDuring your lunchbreak? Wow! So this didn't take you long at all. Really like detail you found in the cars and your hatch work is a class act. Tell me, since you primarily use pen and ink for your drawings and sketches, how do you correct errors?
ReplyDeleteHey Joe. Thanks again! The short answer is I don't correct errors. I just live with them. Since I don't have time to sketch in pencil beforehand I've gotten used to making decisions quickly and making confident marks without a lot of deliberation. But seemingly for every sketch that works there's ten that fail...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reality check. That at least gives me some hope. I'm getting back into drawing. I began shooting street photography prior to trying to draw it because it just took too long. But now I plan to draw/sketch some of it via the photos I've already taken. You've given me a viable option. LOL. Again your work reeks of brilliance. Hats off to you.
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