Illusion of Space

Illusion of Space

Foreshortening- to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained

Demon Hunter. 2012. Blizzard. Web. 2 Nov. 2012.
 <http://us.battle.net/d3/en/media/artwork/?keywords=&view#/artwork-class-demonhunter05>.

As you can see in the image above. The female's arm, the one behind the head, looks smaller than the other arm that is coming towards the viewer.

Overlapping- Placing an object in-front of another to give it the illusion of depth.

Arias, Gonzalo O. Warcraft X Diablo. 2012. DeviantArt. Web. 2 Nov. 2012.
<http://genzoman.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5j0pbf>.

As you can see, the character in the front is overlapping the character in the back. Giving the illusion of depth.

One-Point Perspective- Everything in the image goes back to one point on the horizon line.

Morning. 2012. DeviantArt. Web. 2 Nov. 2012.
<http://alectorfencer.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5j2m5s>.

If you look closely, you can see where the horizon is, everything in this image is point to the middle of the image in which happens to be the sun.