Anime Art Academy Teacher's Advice to Students - Tips for Drawing Backgrounds with Perspective
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Hello Reader, Today, we’re sharing some handy perspective drawing tips, along with expert advice straight from one of our professional Japanese instructors, given in response to a real student’s artwork. It’s packed with practical techniques you can start using right away to improve your anime and manga illustrations—so let’s level up your art together!” https://animeartacademy.com/ Tips for Drawing Backgrounds with Perspective Student Teacher First, let’s go over some visual feedback—please read this while looking at the attached image. In perspective drawing, the sides of objects closer to the viewer tend to appear larger, while those farther away appear smaller and less visible. This is something that can’t be perfectly solved with a ruler—you’ll need to adjust it by eye, which can be very challenging. If you notice something feeling “off,” try working from photos or real-life references while doing your linework. In your drawing, reducing the width of the far-side surfaces (marked in blue) will make the scene look more natural. Next, make sure patterns like the wooden grid of the shoji are evenly spaced. This can also help you spot perspective inconsistencies. In this room, the shoji would typically be made up of three to four panels. Additionally, for the areas marked in red, you could add another hanging scroll for more balance, and don’t forget to draw the legs of the table. Now, regarding your question about vertical lines: in two-point perspective, vertical lines can generally be drawn as perfectly vertical. However, it’s perfectly natural that you felt they might need to be slightly slanted—this happens because of the difference between how objects appear in our field of vision and their actual shape. This can get a bit technical, so for now, when working with two-point perspective, I recommend keeping verticals perfectly vertical. Once you’ve mastered three-point perspective, you’ll be able to draw those verticals as angled lines when needed. Keep up the great work! Taking the advice of real students will surely improve your drawing skills! Let's start drawing! Anime Art Academy Summer Sale !Sale ends August 18,2025 At Anime Art Academy, we offer a range of courses and course styles to fit all of our students' needs! How do our pro illustrators help students?The following are just a couple of examples of the feedback our lecturers give in the comments section of our lectures! Of course the corrections are accompanied with written explanations, helping students to understand how to improve their work. This feedback is included in all of our paid courses! See you at the Academy!Anime Art Academy Team |