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Summary: Learn how to do the cut through of a 3-D drawing in this free video art lesson.
Craig Browder started drawing at an early age. He has a degree from Kendall College in Industrial Design. He does freelance design work which can be seen on surf boards, boogie boards,...read more
"Alright now from here, let's start doing cut troughs. You're like, man what is going on? Don't worry. This is where we are going to kind of put this guy together. So, let's start doing cut troughs. So basically, we've got a box here that we're using. So, let's; point's going to be here. So, let's do this. Now we can merit on the other side and do all that stuff just like we did here. See, it's kind of like a continuation through here. This is almost like a part; a parting line. So, from here, we'll take another one. And we can draw the box, but it's just going to get more confusing. But basically, see this back thing, I'm doing the same thing just like in through here and I'm just going to eyeball it. And you kind of see it coming together. It's almost looking like a skeletal structure. But, what we're going to do is we're going to merit it on the other side as well. It's got to make sure it's going to come across here and it's got to meet here. So, this is going to be the middle point. We're actually going to make a line; Well, I don't want to make two; across here. Now, if you're confused of drawing on the bottom side, you could just flip it and then you've got yourself; you're top here it's almost like your drawing on the top side and you could just go for it. Okay, so and we'll do one more just so you can get a good idea of what's going on. So, we're going to use this point and this point. And this guys going to come up and we'll draw the cut troughs. Alright, I'll just draw in some shapes here. One, two, do the back wall."
eHow Article: How to Do Cut Throughs in a 3-D Drawing