Three Point Design

1. By Keriann Clinton
THREE POINT PERSPECTIVE

2. TWO POINT VS. THREE POINT
Looking straight towards the Horizon Looking from above (or below)

3. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE THREE POINT
PERSPECTIVE?
Allows the ability to construct form from any
viewpoint (above or below)
Gives the ability to create more dynamic drawings
Most commonly used for buildings
Has three vanishing points (VPs)
(Two along the horizon ,he two point perspective,
and one somewhere above or below where you
want to draw your object)
All lines recede towards one of the 3 VPs

4. Vanishing points are the points on the horizon line where the angular
perspective lines of an object continue past the edges and converge.

5. A) Draw a horizon line close to the top
(want the viewer to be looking
down) or bottom (want the viewer
looking up) of the page.
B) Then draw two VPs as close to the
edge of your page as possible.
C) Then as far away from the horizon
as possible, place a third VP. It can
go anywhere between the horizon
and VPs.
D) Draw connecting lines to the 3 VPs.
HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE THREE POINT SHAPE
STEP 1

6. A) Draw a line anywhere within the
triangle towards VP3, at any
length (can end before reaching
VP3)
B) Keep object inside the triangle
HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE THREE POINT SHAPE
STEP 2

7. A) Draw lines from both ends of this
line towards VP1 & VP2 along the
Horizon Line.
HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE THREE POINT SHAPE
STEP 3

8. A) Determine where your shape will
end in the space of the triangle.
B) Draw lines from the VP3 through
both sets of lines toward the two
horizon VPs
HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE THREE POINT SHAPE
STEP 4

9. A) Draw lines from the back corners
towards the opposite horizon VP
and you will have completed a
simple shape.
B) Erase and construct lines as
needed.
HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE THREE POINT SHAPE
STEP 5

10. NOW WHAT?
From there you can explore
making more complicated
shapes.
Make sure all lines recede
towards one of the three VPs.

11. CHECK OUT THE RESULTS

12. CHECK OUT THE RESULTS

13. RESOURCES
http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/08/three-point-perspective/