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I want to add more interesting backgrounds to my animal drawings. This week I decided to jump in the deep end and add those backgrounds in five-point perspective.

Five-point perspective, also called curvilinear perspective and fisheye perspective, has five vanishing points, one on the left and right edges of the horizon, ones on the upper and lower edges of the drawing, and one at the crossing point of the imaginary lines connecting these 4 other vanishing points.

In the above sketch I get the hang of the new geometry. The curved vertical lines represent straight up and down. The curved horizontal lines represent straight left and right. And the the straight lines radiating from the center are depth, heading straight back away from the viewer.

Once I have my bearings, I decide to go for a full drawing, giving myself 30 minutes to do so.

I am impressed with my results! I capture my living room and all of the junk therein. The spacing is off in many places, and I curve the closet door in the back of the room the wrong way (it should be smaller up top and bow outward). But the feel is there.

Encouraged by this success, I give myself a full hour for another sketch.

In my 1 hour sketch I actually get to render a bit and add some hatching and shading. I exclude some items, but I focus on getting dimensions of the present items right. Despite some issues with the ceiling lines, I am overall satisfied with this drawing.