It's not always the case, but composition often goes hand in hand with perspective. Many artists struggle with this (both beginners and more advanced), but a basic knowledge of perspective can really take your work to the next level. It's an essential tool for drawing credible backgrounds and landscapes.
The basics for these two skills seem easy, but more advanced composition and perspective can be real brain-breakers. I've collected tutorials here to help you get started. Read, learn, practice, and be amazed by your own work!
DeviantArt
Tutorials and quick tips to get you started
Composition
A quick guide to compositionTutorial: Composition, part I
HtTA: Thumbnails
Golden Ratio vs Rule of Thirds (1st draft)
Composition Tutorial - Layout, Lighting and Tips!
Know your Basics - Composition (the manip way)
Perspective
Perspective SketchingPerspective for Dummies 1
Color-Tips-Depth_Perspective
Drawing Cities 1 - Corridor Streets
Drawing Cities 2 - Academic Perspective
The BASICS : Perspective
Perspective Tutorial
How to place people in a city
More advanced tutorials
Composition
The Secret to CompositionHunt-a=, Hunt-b=
Perspective + Composition Pt.2, P+C Pt.3 - For What its Worth
Proportion and Scale
HtTA: Atmospheric Perspective Composition
HtTA: Reads Intro, HtTA: Thumbnails
Story Angles version 2
Tutorial: Camera Angles
Perspective
The Perspective TutorialComprehensive Perspective Tutorial
The Basics: Point Perspective
Nsio explains: Perspective
Nsio Explains: Distortion in Perspective
Nsio explains: The way I see the world part
Nsio explains: Understanding 3D
Nsio explains: Foreshortening
Foreshortening: How to Go DEEEEEEP!
Mon 4: Foreshortening Basics
Cw01 2013
CW02 Two Point Perspective
CW03 Equal Space in Persp
3-Point Perspective Study 36CW
Perspective Study 37CW part2
The Right Scale CW52
Tutorial Tuesdays: Perspective
A special thanks to betsyillustration for their HUGE collection of tutorials on perspective:
01 Here's the Thing About 1 Pt Perspective (part 1 of 14!)
1 Point Grid Things
Here's the thing About 1 Pt Ellipses
2 Point Perspective Intro
1 + 2 Point Perspective
Pokemon Perspective Comic Intro (intro to 1-6!)
HtTA: Atmospheric Perspective Composition
HtTA: 3 Point Perspective
Some other helpful resources:
How to Make an Easy Perspective Grid on PhotoshopAwesome FREE Perspective Tool For Photoshop
Pixelstains Perspective Grid Brushes
Perspective Angle Finder 1 - customizable
Perspective poses reference sheet, Perspective reference sheet 2
Clip Studio Paint perspective tool - videotutorial
TOW-1: Photoshop Motion Lines Tutorial
Rule of Thirds Reference Sheet
Tutorial: Magic Perspective Guidelines
DELICIOUS PERSPECTIVE GRIDS, DELICIOUS PERSPECTIVE GRIDS 02
WorldWideWeb
There are a LOT of websites for this. This is only a small selection. Most are for photography, but of course these rules can be applied to drawings as well.drawsketch.about.com/od/perspe…
photography.tutsplus.com/artic…
www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnC…
www.techradar.com/how-to/photo…
www.digital-photo-secrets.com/…
www.wikihow.com/Draw-Perspecti…
willkempartschool.com/perspect…
www.how-to-draw-and-paint.com/…
drawsketch.about.com/od/perspe…
Books
There are so many books on this topic ^^ I don't know which are good, and which aren't. If you know any books that MUST be added to this list, please let me know!Drawing: www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=…
Photography: www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=…
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- This is a continuous W.I.P. If you know any resources that you think should be on here, please feel free to link me to them.
- On the other hand, if you see any resources on the list that are posting work that does not belong to them, please let me know and they will be removed.
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