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MARIC
Establishing Perspective
Aligning Grids & Planes to an Architectural Sketch
Advanced Technique
Overview: Import a sketch with a visible horizon line; set up and align a perspective grid;
construct the rendering using the perspective grid.
Creating architectural renderings in Illustrator got a whole lot easier with the
addition of the Perspective Grid tool. For traditional illustrators like Pete Maric, who
learned how to create architectural renderings by hand, this tool is similar to setting
up vanishing points on a drafting board. Upon constructing the perspective grid, all
lines and forms drawn snap to the grid for a faster workflow and provide perspective
accuracy. The perspective grid can be repositioned for adjacent walls or turned off to
create “out-of-perspective” elements.
1 Creating a reference image. Maric relied on a hand-drawn sketch as reference for the
illustration, making certain that there is a strong visible horizon line to later help him
establish the vanishing points. In Illustrator, using File> Place, he enabled the Tem-
plate option to import the sketch into a locked template layer.
1
Horizon line shown in red
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