Basic Rendering Techniques, Continued
Arrangement
A good foundation in perspective drawing is necessary to draw convincing
illustrations. Each form occupies space and space surrounds each form.
Drawing through objects helps to place them correctly in relation to the other
forms in the drawing. Thumbnail sketches allow you to manipulate objects in
illustrations before committing yourself to a finished drawing.
Figure 3-24 shows how some arrangements of objects make illustrations
effective while other arrangements of the same objects make them ineffective.
Figure 3-24.—Effective and ineffective arrangements of objects.
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