

This is one of the factors that give isometrics their specific look. If you are going to be working in isometric there is a certain amount of distortion that comes with the territory. This is more noticeable when an isometric cube is sitting next to a perspective cube. Often the first impression of an isometric is that it looks off. Typically an orthographic will have the top, side and front views of an object drawn together with some kind of scale. 3D modelers often use orthographics to accurately create an object in a 3D application.Īn orthographic is one way to describe a three dimensional object in two-dimensional space. Using a set of orthographics an Illustrator can easily draw the three-dimensional object from any angle and in perspective, isometric or any number of other drawing systems. Orthographics are also called engineering drawings or plan views. Orthographic projections are a way of describing what an object looks like from several different views. Short on time? Create awesome graphics fast using Isometric Generators from Envato Market. I'm going to begin by talking about a system that is commonly used with isometrics.

I will go into more depth about isometrics later in this tutorial.

Isometric projections are a system of drawing that allows an artist to quickly and accurately draw an object without using perspective. This is the first part in a series of tutorials about Isometrics. This tutorial by Cody Walker was first published on November 25th 2008. A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+.
