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[sanspoof]

What being a tall artist is like, apparently.

No, actually, it's kind of an awesome idea. I'd rip it off if I knew twenty whole people. And could draw better.

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[swinehund]

Actually all you need is a stool.

[swinehund]

Or you could do the more unflattering version from down below, while you are sitting on the ground.

[poupou]

HELICOPTER SHOT

[mmcirvin]

There's a horribly overused clip-art CD from several years back (and probably hundreds of sequels and imitations by now) that is all people photographed from overhead. I'm afraid it may have ruined pictures drawn from this perspective forever - I look at these and immediately think of countless web ads and mail-order catalogs.

[sanspoof]

Heh, yeah, I think it was cool a little while ago to do stuff from that perspective, which is annoying. But it's been a while, and plus these are actually decently drawn, so it's more enjoyable. Also they feel more like an off-center fisheye than just a relatively short lens; on a couple of the drawings you can see people taller than the artist start to taper off again upward.
(But, really, I don't think I'd adopt the premise THAT slavishly to begin with...)

re: hmm

[vespizzari]

Well, I'm not positive of course, but they sort of look like they were shot with a typical cell phone camera lens held up. Maybe they were then the artist traced them?

Re: hmm

[sanspoof]

Hey! That would be simultaneously neat and sad. Alhough it is a good way to get quick pictures for reference. Let's assume the poor dude did not trace.