Mastering realism in your drawings by using the right proportions and perspectives can be quite a challenge for both budding and seasoned artists alike. With numerous potential settings and scenery through which to create a masterpiece, there’s endless scope for your imagination— but there’s equal room for error. 

However, with the right guidance, you can experiment with a diversity of landscapes without intimidation. Perspective grids and similar perspective tools are invaluable components in the learning process, and they can make it faster and easier than ever to achieve the believable results you’re looking for. Today’s blog introduces you to 7 invaluable assets you need to begin developing these integral skills.

360° Perspective Grid

If you’re a Photoshop artist, this 360° perspective grid is perfect for helping you achieve better accuracy when representing a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface. Not only does the grid help you to maintain consistent proportions throughout your work, but it also assists you in creating a natural sense of depth by using horizon lines and vanishing points. You can expect to reduce your mistakes and frustrations while saving plenty of time with this simple-to-use functional tool.

With this purchase, you’ll receive:

• 1 16000px by 8000px resolution 360° perspective grid

Characters in Perspective

This asset enables concept artists, photoshop illustrators, game developers, and digital artists to design characters in perspective for three-dimensional space. When creating in this style, artists need to consider keeping consistent proportions across all angles of their models. 

They also need to address foreshortening, in which limbs or objects at closer or more distant ranges appear compressed or shrunken, as well as the model’s seamless interaction with their environment to make the overall appearance realistic. Using the techniques offered in this beginner-friendly video tutorial, you’ll be guided through the process of mastering a uniform design with the additional consideration of depth. 

This asset pack includes:

• 1 video tutorial

Perspective and Backgrounds for Comics

This video series delivered to you by artist Ed Foychuck tackles the struggle of designing authentic-feeling comic backgrounds and compositions by simplifying a complex process. Whether you’re a comic book artist, animator, concept designer, or illustrator, this 6.5-hour course spanning 22 lessons will equip you with an in-depth understanding of the foundational principles, as well as nuanced methods of composition design. 

From image saturation to object spacing and line weight, this comprehensive course will have you mastering this highly coveted skill in no time.

This product consists of:

• 22 video tutorials + bonus material

Ultimate Bundle Perspective Brushes

Included in this resource are a staggering 1050 anatomical perspective brushes to begin utilizing during your creative process. It features a variety of male and female head and torso studies from various viewpoints and includes prominent surface guidelines. Complete with a knowledge-packed three-page guide to help you navigate the software effortlessly, these brushes were designed to improve the accuracy of common complex anatomical forms as well as speed up the production process. 

If you’re a Photoshop artist who’s often hindered by the technical burden of perspective drawing, these brushes would be a perfect tool to have in your arsenal. 

This exciting bundle contains:

• 1050+ male and female anatomical perspective brushes

Practical Perspective

Specially curated for the beginner artist, this video course lays the foundation of basic perspective building to help you hone this useful skill for your concept, digital, and Photoshop art. Pushing scale, the rapid construction of grids, and 1-, 2-, and 3-point perspective are just some of the invaluable components explored in this masterful video guide. 

With this purchase, you’ll get:

• 1 24-minute video tutorial

Perspective Grid Mega Pack

To truly cover all your bases, this exhaustive 600+ perspective bundle mega pack is the solution to all of your background-building dilemmas. Simply import the perspective grid of your choice to your preferred software, resize or invert to your desired size, layer it over your canvas, and adjust the opacity to begin creating with just a few clicks.

No more getting overwhelmed with scale, spacing, and angles! For a fast and efficient foundation for every new masterpiece, these grids provide a clear initial framework to follow while reducing errors and the need for alterations in the future. 

With this purchase, you’ll get:

• 600+ ready-made perspective grids

Composition & Perspective Basics

This introductory lecture is aimed at the novice Photoshop artist to help them build realistic compositions and perspectives within their designs. This information-packed lesson shares several foundational creative principles, rules, and procedures that are essential for understanding how to design beautiful perspective-based compositions. It uses a simple 3-step process, covering leading lines, surface detail, and shadows to make sure your designs always feel natural and proportional. 

With this purchase, you’ll get:

• 1 30-minute composition and perspective lecture
• 15 minutes of composition tips and tricks

Oops, We Grid it Again!

Whether you want to reduce the time spent on the tedious, practical elements of your craft, expand your artistic repertoire, or branch out into different art mediums such as digital animation, Cubebrush gives you the perspective you need to keep improving. 

Visit the Cubebrush Marketplace today and start discovering our library of resources created by artists from around the world. Whether it’s a perspective grid, reference pics, or just some inspiration for your next project, we’ve got everything you need to bring it to life. 

Keep your grid-life crisis at bay, and visit our archives of assets today!