# Proko - Drawing Basics ## Metadata **Status**:: #now **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Created**:: [[2026-01-19]] **Topic**:: [[♯ Painting]] **URL**:: [proko.com](https://www.proko.com/course/drawing-basics) ## Lines - CSI: decompose lines into C-curves, S-curves, and I-straights. - We tend to make details too large. #caveat - Light weight: - Thick for important, near, dark lines - Thin for trivial, far, light lines ## Shapes - Emotional impact: - Circle: soft - Square: strong - Triangle: aggressive like a dagger, dynamic - High/wide rectangles - Leave more spaces on the direction where the protagonist looks at. ## Perspective - One-point perspective only works for objects facing you. - Two-point perspective allows rotation around the y axis. The angle determines the position of diminishing points. - Scale by portion for diminishing points far away. - Three-point perspective is usually for looking up/down. - Short axis of the oval align with the center.