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[SonicReboot]

I'm making a game that plays like a 3D game but is 100% sprited. It uses perspective art, where all the objects appear from one point in the horizon-- hence, one-point perspective art.

I know how to draw in perspective, but it takes forever to do the simplest stuff. Does anyone know of a method to speed up drawing boxes in perspective? For now, I only have to draw each object once, and then the object scales larger as it leaves the vanishing point and comes closer to the player.

If it means anything, I have Photoshop, but I don't know how to use the perspective tools, and very few people seem interested in using them enough to put out a decent tutorial on the net...

[jarrod-brotherton]

I'm making a game that plays like a 3D game but is 100% sprited. It uses perspective art, where all the objects appear from one point in the horizon-- hence, one-point perspective art.

I know how to draw in perspective, but it takes forever to do the simplest stuff. Does anyone know of a method to speed up drawing boxes in perspective? For now, I only have to draw each object once, and then the object scales larger as it leaves the vanishing point and comes closer to the player.

If it means anything, I have Photoshop, but I don't know how to use the perspective tools, and very few people seem interested in using them enough to put out a decent tutorial on the net...

I'm not 100% sure this is what you're looking for but it might be worth looking up some isometric examples.

[SonicReboot]

I'm not 100% sure this is what you're looking for but it might be worth looking up some isometric examples.

There isn't any such thing. This is not isometric and no one has done anything like this in a game from what I've seen. Heck, as basic and necessary as perspective drawing is, nobody ever seems to feel like it's important to share any resources or tips, or create any software for the purpose...

Edited by SonicReboot, 19 April 2011 - 08:26 PM.