# How to draw a Box (DrTzy)

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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">How to draw the </span>**perfect Box**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>**every time**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

</details>#### **KeyWords:**

- <span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">Dimension</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> : A </span>***direction***<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> within Space</span>
- <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">Vanishing Points</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> : The </span>***point***<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> at which parallel lines meet (Only applies perspective)</span>
- <span style="color: rgb(241, 196, 15);">Perspective</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> : A </span>***Point of View***
- <span style="color: rgb(45, 194, 107);">Convergence</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> : The </span>***coming together***<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> of parallel lines </span>

#### **Formula:**

2D = Length + Width

3D = Length + Width + Height

## How to draw a Box

A Box is a 3D shape

[![nana practice 407.4.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/iUJnana-practice-407-4.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/iUJnana-practice-407-4.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">To make a </span><span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">3D</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Shape, </span>**connect**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> 2 or more </span><span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45); white-space: pre-wrap;">2D </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Shapes through a </span><span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">3rd Dimension</span>

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">For Boxes, just connect </span>**2 squares**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> through </span>**height -**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span>**height**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> is the 3rd Dimension btw)</span>

[![nana practice 407.8.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-407-8.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-407-8.png)

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### Actually Drawing it

Now you know the principles, I'll show you how I execute it

#### <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Draw a </span>**2D version**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> of your shape</span>

[![nana practice 379.1.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-379-1.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-379-1.png)

- Make sure this 2D-version is front-facing - (It needs to be flat with no tilting)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span>**purpose** of this step is to keep your future proportions consistent

#### <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">2. </span>**Rotate**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> that 2D version with your imagination</span>

[![nana practice 379.1 copy.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-379-1-copy.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-379-1-copy.png)

- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">At this point, start imagining what the final shape will look like - a rough draft in your mind </span>

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span>**purpose** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">of this step is to choose the </span>**angle**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span>**position**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> of your shape</span>

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#### <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Draw </span>**perpendicular**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> lines from your 2D shape </span>

[![nana practice 379.1 copy 3.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-379-1-copy-3.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-379-1-copy-3.png)

- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Make sure every set of lines facing the </span>**same direction**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> are parallel</span>
- Depend on imagination and memory to know what "90°" is supposed to look like

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span>**purpose** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">of this step is to give the 2D shape a </span>**3rd Dimension**

#### <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Draw the last </span>**parallel lines**

[![nana practice 379.1 copy 2.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-379-1-copy-2.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-379-1-copy-2.png)

### Vanishing Points

"Just connect 2 squares and a box will appear"..

That is not enough!!

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You need </span><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">Vanishing Points</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> too!</span>

[![Make-Scenes-Cinematic.jpg](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/make-scenes-cinematic.jpg)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/make-scenes-cinematic.jpg)

[![Screenshot 2025-09-10 at 12.07.18.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/screenshot-2025-09-10-at-12-07-18.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/screenshot-2025-09-10-at-12-07-18.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">When drawing a Box, </span>**Parallel Lines**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> should </span><span style="color: rgb(45, 194, 107);">converge</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> into the same </span><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">Vanishing Point</span>

(This makes it look real)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">But 90% of the time, the vanishing point will be off-screen and you'll have to </span>**imagine**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> the vanishing point</span>

[![nana practice 407.3.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-407-3.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-407-3.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">But don't focus on the </span><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">Vanishing Point</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>**itself**

Rather, spend your attention on the \[<span style="color: rgb(45, 194, 107);">Convergence</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> of Lines\] instead</span>

#### **Principles:**

- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Severe convergence = Vanishing Point is close to Subject (From audience's </span><span style="color: rgb(241, 196, 15);">Perspective</span>)
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Mild convergence = Vanishing Point is far from Subject (From audience's </span><span style="color: rgb(241, 196, 15);">Perspective</span>)

- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The parallel line that's closest to you is always a little wider </span>
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The parallel line that's furthest to you is always a closest wider </span>

[![nana practice 407.1.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-407-1.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-407-1.png)

- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Vanishing Point </span>**above**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> the shape = You're looking at the </span>**bottom**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the shape</span>
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Vanishing Point </span>**below**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> the shape = You're looking at the </span>**top**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the shape </span>

[![nana practice 407.9.png](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-407-9.png)](https://www.anatomyarchive.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/nana-practice-407-9.png)

**(The logic that applies to* **above** *and* **below** *also apply to* **left** *and* **right***)**