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Moving this sketch off to the side, she then constructed another very loose sketch
on her main artboard with the Bristle Brush tool to help her visualize the
perspective. Next, using her loose sketch as a guide, Gause set up her two-point
perspective grid. Because you can't extract undistorted elements from the grid
once attached, she created the type and graphic elements for her image outside of
the grid and off the artboard (on either side of the color sketch). After creating a
black rectangle the size of her horizontal artboard she began constructing her
cityscape. For each of her elements she activated the desired plane and used the
Perspective Selection tool to Option/Alt drag a copy of it into the grid and position it
within the composition. With her base image complete, and after confirming that the
Lock Station Point toggle was enabled, she shifted the perspective in her grid and
moved the horizon line up, and her artwork within the grid automatically updated
(
Perspective Grid Shift
). (See Gause's files for details on how she created an
outlined text version, which she then reattached to the grid.)
