Perspective
In addition, understanding perspective is not only a valuable artistic tool to have available, but
will also help you when you are taking digital reference images and when you are cleaning and
straightening those images. We will look at the artistic aspects of perspective now; later, in the
chapter on cleaning and storing your assets, we will talk about fixing those images. Quite simply,
perspective is the illusion that something far away from us is smaller. This effect can be
naturally occurring, as in a photo, or a mechanically created illusion in a painting. You can see
samples of this illusion in Figure. In 2D artwork, perspective is a technique used to recreate that
illusion and give the artwork a 3D depth. Perspective uses overlapping objects, horizon lines,
and vanishing points to create a feeling of depth. Several types of perspectives are used to
achieve different effects.