From the blog "Photoshop Disasters"

Test your perspective smarts. What's wrong with these pictures?  They are from the amusing and eye-opening photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com

JH

Examples of the One-Point Street

Hi, Class.
I found the examples of this assignment I have are all from ILL625, the graduate course "Drawing from the Imagination." So bear in mind that these are the work of graduate students.

The first example won an A, I think, not for being free of error, which it isn't, but for being so well-planned, thorough and logical with the shadows.
So what's where's the error? For starters he put the sun too close to the VP, which made the shadows very long across the faces of the buildings and caused him a couple problems. For a detailed analysis of this one, see my blog for ILL625. It will help you a lot with our current assignment.

The second examples was by a fellow named Chad, the finest artist ever to come through my online sections. There was one subtle thing wrong, and a lot of pluses. The pluses were the addition of four extra vanishing points(!!), atmospheric perspective (the way the farther things are lighter and less contrasty, especially closer to the dusty street, to give an added sense or air and depth). The wrong thing? There should really be soft, faint "puddles" of shadow under big things like the coach and horses, made by the scattered light coming down, not directly from the sun, but from the sky.

If you look closely, you can see that he subtly used some digitally set type on a couple of the signs on the left side of the street. My hat's off...

JH

The Batman Boarding Assignment!

Here it is, y'all. Thanks for your patience.

Remember, you're the director on this one. You cut as often, and to the type of shot, that you think fits the moment. It's not too soon to break down the dialog, deciding where in a sentence you'll...
...cut to the next frame.

The sequence you are illustrating starts in the comic book pages. You must illustrate the part of the script that begins "THEN the discussion continues."

JH

Check your Reflection

Here's how to make sure there's no spinach between your teeth. The image takes a few seconds to change (thrice), to give you a chance to immerse yourself in the revealed truth.

JH

Contest

Roughneck's nightmare: Lighting, plus a tornado, near an oil rig, with the comforting presence of Sarah Palin nowhere in sight!
I am utterly convinced that this photo is bogus, a composite.
I am going to give two books, one on perspective for comic-book artists, one by popular artist Barnaby Ward, to the person who can list the most legitimate clues to its fakiosity.
You'll need to click above and study the large version.
Good luck! Please email the answers to me, rather than commenting here.

(CONTEST OVER AND WON! CONGRATULATIONS, ALIYAH!)


JH

Reality Check

Some artist-allied groups say the worries about the Orphan Works bill are unfounded. For now it doesn't seems to be going anywhere, so I'm not gonna worry about it.
JH

Time to Act!

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