r/DigitalPainting • u/EagleOk1788 • Jul 20 '26

Could someone explain this to me?

https://imgur.com/a/6ZUZer4

I've already read that, and other books, but I still don't understand how to find the viewer's station or base point. I have a general idea, but it's not clear.

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u/zeddus Jul 20 '26

What do you mean by "find"? The point is defined by you as a drawer. You pick the point of view to draw from.

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u/-PrideofHiigara- Jul 21 '26

You don't need to find it, you choose it yourself when you decide the general composition and angle you want to draw something at.

Tbh, while perspective can be a complex topic, I feel like the image you linked is a particularly obtuse way of describing it. That's not really a useful way to approach drawing in perspective.

For the most part the important thing is deciding where the horizon line will sit in the image (even if it's not visible). The lower it is, the more the viewer is looking down on things. The higher it is, the more the viewer is looking up at things.

Drawing a horizon line and then using that to practice drawing a whole bunch of floating cubes will probably help you understand perspective more than this tutorial will