Overview:

Drawing the illusion of round objects in space tricky for a number of reasons.

  • Round objects are depicted as ellipses, and drawing ellipses is tricky.
  • Ellipses are symmetrical along both major and minor axes.
  • The major and minor axes of an ellipse are NOT the same as the visual center of the ellipse. Because things look smaller the further they are to us, the ellipse axes are closer to us than is the visual center of the round object.
  • The angles of these axes must align with the whole object.
  • Ellipses are completely curved, with no sharp points.

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