Architectural Illustration: Bring Design Concepts to Life

Perspective Drawing and 2D Composition

A course by JJ Zanetta , Architectural Illustrator

100% positive reviews (40)

2,948 students

Audio: English, Spanish

· · · · · · ·

About the video: Perspective Drawing and 2D Composition

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn how to draw in perspective, specifically how it applies to drawing over a photograph as an underlay. You will also study 2D composition techniques that will engage the audience in your renderings. ”

In this video lesson JJ Zanetta addresses the topic: Perspective Drawing and 2D Composition , which is part of the Domestika online course: Architectural Illustration: Bring Design Concepts to Life. Explore the fundamentals of architectural illustration, from perspective drawing to 2D composition, and use them to render engaging design solutions in Procreate or by hand.

Partial transcription of the video

“Perspective Drawing and 2D Composition Now that we understand some of the basics of Procreate, in this lesson, we will review how to use perspective drawing to create your 2D composition. A few steps back, we had established our vanishing point in our composition. From that vanishing point comes how we will scale all of the elements in our composition. That's important to nail down and get as accurate as possible. There are a few ways that we use the horizon line to measure things in our composition. We'll start with the basics of drawing people. The vanishing point is at your eye level. I'...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.

Course summary for: Architectural Illustration: Bring Design Concepts to Life

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (40)
2948 students
5 units
18 lessons (3h 49m)
16 downloads

Category
Architecture & Spaces, Illustration
Software
Procreate
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Architecture, Digital Architecture, Drawing, Spatial Design, Traditional illustration

JJ Zanetta

A course by JJ Zanetta

Teacher Plus

Architectural Illustrator

JJ Zanetta is an architectural illustrator. He grew up in Pittsburgh and began drawing from a young age, recreating the illustrations he saw in books. In high school, JJ began pursuing his love for architecture by creating drawings inspired by his city. He later went on to study art education at Mercyhurst University and began his career as an architectural illustrator at Urban Design Associates in 2007 before going on to establish his own studio, Zanetta Illustration.

Since then, he has spent more than 10 years working for clients including architects, urban designers, landscape architects, developers, and municipalities. JJ has also won multiple awards from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, among other organizations.