Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 1 One-Point Perspective From 2D to 3D We see things in 3 dimensions, but to create that look in 2D artwork, without using a photo, means using perspectives to ‘fake’ the look of 3D. But perspectives require more than just light, shadow and color. To create the effect of 3D depth, you need horizon lines and at least one vanishing point.

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 2 One-Point Perspective Perspectives in Art Renaissance artists turned to the use of perspective to enhance their compositions and heighten the realism of their paintings. Arasse D. (1980) ‘Espace pictoral et image religieuse: le point de vue de Masolino sur la perspective’, in La Prospettiva Rinasciamentale: Codificazioni e transgressioni, Vol. I, M.D. Emiliani, Ed., Centro Di: Firenze. For more examples:

vanishing point Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 3 One-Point Perspective Vocabulary 1 Vanishing Point – the point on the horizon where parallel lines seem to converge. Horizon line – the line that represents your eye level; where the sky meets ground or water. Unity – a quality that occurs when all parts of an artwork combine to create a sense of completion and wholeness. (refer to the art on the previous slide) horizon line

emphasis – smokestack is most important object; it has focal placement Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 4 One-Point Perspective Vocabulary 2 Emphasis – the visual sense of importance given to objects or areas in artwork. This is accomplished with the size, color, shape, or placement of an object or area to create dominance, contrast, or a focal point. Proportion – the size relationship of the parts of an artwork to each other and/or to the whole piece. Example: the size relationship of the nose to the whole face shows proportion. proportion – barrel shown bigger than horse

pattern and rhythm – both represented by the columns and windows of the building Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 5 One-Point Perspective Vocabulary 3 Pattern – repetition of line, shape, color, texture, space, or form in an artwork. A pattern is a model or plan to be followed when making something. Rhythm – a sense of visual movement or motion caused by the repetition of the elements of art in an artwork. In music, rhythm refers to the pattern of the notes.

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 6 One-Point Perspective Vocabulary 4 Form – three-dimensional shapes expressing length, width, and depth. Balls, cylinders, boxes, and pyramids are forms. Space – the area between and around objects. In visual art, when we create the feeling or illusion of depth, we call it space.

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 7 One-Point Perspective Vocabulary 5 Visual Texture – the surface quality that can be seen. As opposed to actual or tactile texture; visual texture fools the eye to make the viewer believe that a two-dimensional surface has three-dimensional characteristics.

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 8 One-Point Perspective There are lots of uses for 3D… Signs t-shirts Illustrations Paintings Images Posters CD covers Recreating objects There are as many uses as there are graphic design projects

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 9 One-Point Perspective …but how do you create it with One-Point Perspective? In this image there is a well defined horizon line and vanishing point. That is how to start. Add the text you wish to use, then draw straight lines from the points and edges of the letters to the vanishing point. *** This image needs correcting, because not all of the straight lines properly point to the vanishing point. vanishingpoint horizon line