Dereck Lizana2D animator & developer

Design Fundamentals

Perspective, light and shadow, geometric construction and texture.

Foundation exercises: constructing characters from geometric forms, one- to three-point perspective, chiaroscuro and the rendering of surfaces. Layout, backgrounds and lighting in animation all start here.

Role: Student — fundamentals
Year: 2026
Context: Nemo Academy study
Disciplines: Drawing
Tools: Pencil & paper · Ruler · Charcoal

Perspective drawing with vanishing points

Crowded street in one-point perspective

Corridor in one-point and building in two-point perspective

Tower seen from below in three-point perspective

Head study, first shading pass

Head study, side light

Head study, full chiaroscuro

Lion constructed from geometric forms in blue pencil

Dachshund constructed from geometric forms

Hatching swatches and portraits rendered with different textures

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