The Horizon Line & Vanishing Points EXPLAINED - In Depth Beginner Guide

Wow, guess I know where I'm gonna be headed to understand perspective. You can really see his firm grasp and understanding of the subject

Great video! Thank you for covering this with fantastic visuals to show what is going on with each of the perspectives

this is the ONLY video that made lots of things CLICK for me.

Amazing!! Thank you

This is really great and eye openning vid, thanks!

Really admire your video quality and your drawings.
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Hi Dan, thank you for your video on perspective using horizon lines and vanishing points. I actually understood it clearly (surprised myself) and plan on using it in my art works every time. You are a natural teacher, well done.

I turn 30 this year and it's so much harder to retain and learn new skills, I've watched loads of videos about perspective & horizon lines n my brain would just not get it. But this is the first time someone has explained it in a way I can comprehend and understand, even if I still need 100% brain power but you made it finally make sense for my way of learning. Thank you 😁

This really helped me understand the relationship these aspects have with one another.

thank you so much for this! have been looking everywhere for proper instruction, and have finally found it in your teaching and videos! cheers 🙏

just curious... do you believe in flat earth?

Very well done Dan. My hat goes of to you in explaining it very well. I will go through with video's that you have done. Thanks Man.

Thank you, this video helped me. Well done!

When a ship moves away from you on the water it disappears due to perspective

Vanishing point over a body of water is why ships “seem” to go over the curve. They don’t. They reach vanishing point.

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Love all your vids Dan. Just wondering why you say the horizon line is always horizontal? Your "viewer" character simply has to tilt his head and the horizon line is no longer horizontal, right?

Thanks for the video Dan. Really well explained subject, the software also helped clarify things. More power to your drawing sir.

thanks man. It's amazing

Thanks 🙏

What the 😮 wow thanks

Does anyone watching this know how it relates to the fact that we live on a Flat Earth Plane?

I am very grateful if you sending my an really number which show the distance between you and the the horizontal line which you see, from exemplary : wen you are on the beach and looking to the line were the ocean touch the sky, l am very interested and grateful

Great video! Thank you for the explanation

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Okay I am very frustrated and confused and I know this is an old video but I am just gonna rant anyway because this is the latest in a great many perspective videos I have watched

There is a process for making a perfect square in perspective, and I get that, it makes sense. You have your two vanishing points and they converge at the station point with a 90 degree angle, then you identify the 45 degree vanishing point and use that to establish the fourth side of your perfect square.

But then you have to identify the height of a perfect CUBE which you do by first projecting a new vanishing point from the station point to the horizon, typically using a compass, producing an isosceles triangle. Then you project from that point to the far corner of the square, and from the bottom of the square to this line, which gives you the perfect height of the cube which you then rotate 90 degrees - again, typically with a compass - and then project to the existing vanishing points.

I don't understand WHY this is the perfect height of the cube. I can draw it out and follow the directions and it works. I can see that it works. That is in fact the proper height.

But WHY is it the proper height? What rules and principles MAKE it the proper height? I have been watching videos on this all week from a dozen or more instructors, through hours of playlists, and I just don't get it. Why does this isosceles triangle thing work? How did anyone know it would work? Is there a book I can get or something?

I don't expect anyone to answer this but if anyone does I literally don't care who you are, if you have anything even halfway resembling an answer to this please tell me, I am going crazy over here.

Thank you,, this is a great explanation, one of the best I've come across so far.

Bro this is explained in such a easy way and way brain still cant understanding

This is excellent. This is exactly what I was wracking my brain trying to figure out. Thank you! <3

how about a skyline,lets take the chicago skyline,why is it the further away you are the bottom seems to vanish from sight ?

well don Dan. very clear. i learned alot.

Hi Dan, thanks for the vids. Would you mind making a video showing us how you use the modeling software to demo the horizon line and vanishing points and what modeling software you use. I think this would be a great visual learning tool. A response will be greatly appreciated. Once again, thanks!

Thank you very much

Thank you thank you so much!!

Wonderful video. Thank you ❤

I don't quite get it, but I will subscribe and watch more, you clearly know what you're talking about.

but eye level and horizon line are the not the same things. especially in the first example where the person is elevated/below.

Very lucid. Perspective is something I always struggled with and could not grasp how a vanishing point is created. Really appreciate your great tutorial . Bless you.

I wish to draw an abstract perspective from both human eye and objects perspective 🤔 good video , hope you still respond to old videos 😊

Thanks for explaining how the sun “sets” 🙏

Thank you, Dan.

This is incredible knowledge. Thak u Dan!

thank you so much. you explained this so well, its easy to understand.