A New Understanding of Perspective for Artists

Tearing down and reconstructing perspective from scratch, A New Perspective contains breakthroughs that redefine what perspective is, and how it truly works. Going beyond creating illusions of depth on a flat surface, its majority consists of new material that has never been available before and contains answers only hinted at over the centuries.

The most complete perspective book ever written, included are many topics not conventionally covered such as motion, color depth, setting up shots, camera lenses, perspectives of people, distortion, zoom, depth perception, focus, shade and shadow, reflections, shot types (close-ups, wide shots, etc.), monocular (one eye) and binocular (two eyes) vision, forced perspective, audio, and even why "the camera adds ten pounds."

This is perspective taken 500 years out of the past and pushed 1,000 years into the future.

The First Perspective Book for Every Type of Visual Artist

In addition to artists who draw and paint, perspective is a subject nearly all professionals in the visual arts must deal with, from film directors to bridge builders, or anyone else presenting imagery to audiences, customers or clients. Yet, until now, few or no learning materials have been available to artists in:

• Photography
• Filmmaking (directing, camerawork, visual effects, and set design)
• Video game design
• Animation and motion graphics
• Virtual reality.

Also includes an optional perspective drawing section covering one, two and three-point perspectives, along with newly developed techniques based on new perspective discoveries.

Finally Reveals Perspective's Many Flaws

A New Perspective takes a frank and honest look at the subject as it was taught, correcting and updating many falsehoods, omissions, and misconceptions perpetuated for centuries, having made it the most difficult subject in all of art. Fundamental flaws are revealed in centuries-old perspective foundations such as the picture plane, vanishing point, horizon line, cone of vision, as well as the true meaning of perspective itself.