Extreme Perspective! For Artists: Learn the Secrets of Curvilinear, Cylindrical, Fisheye, Isometric, and Other Amazing Drawing Systems that Will Make Your Drawings Pop Off the Page

For the longest time I've struggled with perspective. Mostly the issue is that I understood it intellectually but my drawing hand couldn't 'get it'. And the biggest stumbling block, as a cartoonist - is this : in real life things simply are almost NEVER lined up in perfect parallel lines! So if I draw the desk in perspective, how do I draw the book that is on the desk in perspective when it's not parallel? - and how do I draw the person sitting at the desk in a chair that's a wee bit to the side - both the book and the chair CANNOT use the vanishing point of the desk itself - what do I do?And it is this question almost every introduction to perspective fails to address. I'd try! And I'd get it so wrong - I'd just freehand everything and while it was off, it looked BETTER!Really, this is the ONLY book to answer that question - how to draw desk, book and chair all at different angles, all in perfect perspective with appropriate vanishing points!The book covers a lot more, but that one thing I feel is worth the price of admission.The two books by David Chelsea, the first being 'Perspective for Artists', and the second being this book, Extreme Perspective for Artists - are the BEST books I have ever read on the subject. And because it is done as a graphic novel - it teaches better than any other book on perspective, teaches in a way you can SEE and not just understand intellectually!The only caveat I have regarding this book is that it covers what you can do with Smith Micro's Manga Studio Pro digital perspective drawing tools, and this book may make you covet that modestly priced (for what it does) software badly (I went and bought it, and yes, it delivers! and is also a better drawing program than photoshop for comics (which is saying a LOT!)

Excellent product. David Chelsea teaches us the perspective knowledge of top-notch illustrators. For the price of a book.

Jammed packed fulla tips and tricks and has some free downloadable scaled grids in the dvd that came with my book, which was in not great contition [but that is the way I ordered it for the cheap price I paid for the book].

There is a massive amount of information in this book, but the author's language, and process / steps of achieving different appearances was too complex for my taste. I have found simpler methodologies in books such as Framed Perspective - though it did not cover as much information as this book.Go for it if you're looking for super technical accuracy in your drawing and are willing to put the time in to achieve it

Introduction:If you already have to technical background in perspectives, this will help you make them better.The Good:Very thorough job of explaining perspectives, but not for the faint of heart, because it will challenge you even with its simplified.The bad:I wish the art was a little more appealing to look at.the drawings are basic of basics. You get information throught a comic strip like narration. Almost like reading along a picture book.Verdict:YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED IF INFORMATION IS WHAT YOU SEEK.If Inspiration is what you are after however, this is not the most visually appealing, but still a strong addition to any artists library. a 4/5

If you an artist or want to be an artist for graphic novels, this is an excellent resource. I was looking for a more fine art approach and the graphic novel style of the information makes it a bit harder to follow (for me). I was interested in the cylindrical perspective with is more portraying changing perspectives (great for animators!) than where I thought it was going (to create images that use a cylinder to view them. I was just looking for something different, but to young graphic novelists, illustrators and animators, it will be a valuable resource to add to their skill-set to set them apart from others.

This is a more advanced book, so it helps to have a bit of perspective drawing under your belt before you purchase this. It will take your drawing to the next level, but it covers many ways to acomplish different perspectives. I went to the section I needed, read up on that type of perspective first then worked on finishing the rest of the book. The drawings are essential and helpful.

This guy is a master of perspective. He knows his stuff. Love the illustrations and the sense of humor. I ordered it to help me learn to actually do some of these extreme perspectives, but I found that it wasn’t very easy to follow even when there were instances of directions. I would recommend this for a good overview of weird types of advanced perspectives but not really as a how to.

I bought this not as an artist but as someone working in photogrammetry and interested in wide angle lenses - it's a fantastic guide, great fun, and written (drawn?) with a simple authority that tells us Mr Chelsea is a very smart guy indeed!

I am quite surprised by the excellent quality of this book.

Muy buen libro, repleto de información. Única pega que el formato en que está es muy incómodo para leerlo en la aplicación gratuita en el móvil.

La perspective est indispensable en dessin, faisant partie des bases que tout étudiant doit acquérir. Ce livre vient compléter les deux autres de l'auteur qui s'est rendu maître en la matière et excellent pédagogue, communiquant à merveille les techniques que chacun aura à cœur de faire siennes.

I passaggi per disegnare le prospettive curvilinee non sono né chiari né agevoli.Alcune illustrazioni sono troppo piccole; alcune figure poi sono inserite solo come esempio, ma non viene spiegato esattamente come riuscire a disegnarle.