There are multiple ways our brain infers three dimensions. One is stereo. But if you close one eye and move around, you can still infer three dimensions. I will be posting on just this subject within the next month or two.
But that answer is really irrelevant because these artists are seeing in 2D and reproducing 2D! After reading "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", I took a line drawing of Stravinsky by Pablo Picasso tried to duplicate it. It looked like shit. Then I turned the drawing upside-down and tried again. It looked like a Picasso! I could reproduce the drawing faithfully because, upside down, I was not drawing noses and ears (and introducing my own biases of what noses and ears look like) but I saw only lines and shapes. Some autistics are incredible at drawing lifelike renderings because they are unincumbered by symbolic representations.
My question: How do all those artists paint in 3D when they only see in 2D? Excellent article, well worth a subscription.
There are multiple ways our brain infers three dimensions. One is stereo. But if you close one eye and move around, you can still infer three dimensions. I will be posting on just this subject within the next month or two.
But that answer is really irrelevant because these artists are seeing in 2D and reproducing 2D! After reading "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", I took a line drawing of Stravinsky by Pablo Picasso tried to duplicate it. It looked like shit. Then I turned the drawing upside-down and tried again. It looked like a Picasso! I could reproduce the drawing faithfully because, upside down, I was not drawing noses and ears (and introducing my own biases of what noses and ears look like) but I saw only lines and shapes. Some autistics are incredible at drawing lifelike renderings because they are unincumbered by symbolic representations.