Fish ForeshorteningCartoon a foreshortened object is not easy. Your encephalon must overcome information technology's ability to understand that the shape of an object does non really change as you observe it from dissimilar angles. This object permanence allows y'all to sympathize that a frisbee flying toward yous does not actually change shape every bit the observed angle changes. When we depict a foreshortened object you must undo this essential ascertainment with your mind and draw the object as y'all actually see it, not as you lot know it is shaped. Take the long trunk of a fish. As the fish rotates toward you, information technology goes from a long profile to a shortened three quarter view, to the compressed front view. Features on the body such as fin locations or the edge of the gill plate go closer together every bit the body shortens.

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Start with a circle. The long ovular body is compressed to this shortened shape.

Start with a circle. The long ovular torso is compressed to this shortened shape.

A little hit of the tail is all you will see of the caudal portion of the body.

A little hitting of the tail is all y'all will run across of the caudal portion of the body.

Draw a line down the midline of the face and up over the central dorsal line.

Draw a line down the midline of the confront and upward over the central dorsal line.

Draw parallel guides to align the eyes and the upper and lower edges of the lips.

Draw parallel guides to marshal the eyes and the upper and lower edges of the lips.

One of the hardest parts of drawing this fish is to capture the change on the planes of the surface as features wrap around the front of the face. Block in the plane of the face.

One of the hardest parts of drawing this fish is to capture the change on the planes of the surface equally features wrap around the front of the face. Block in the airplane of the face.

A box frames the portion of the mouth where the lips face the front.

A box frames the portion of the mouth where the lips face the front.

Block in the locations of the major fins (pectoral, dorsal, and caudal).

Block in the locations of the major fins (pectoral, dorsal, and caudal).

Observe how the details of the face wrap around and are aligned with the guides. Pay particular attention to the way the mouth wraps across the box framing the lips.

Observe how the details of the confront wrap around and are aligned with the guides. Pay particular attention to the way the oral cavity wraps across the box framing the lips.