You may use 3D block letters for birthday cards, posters, and headers. Learning to draw them yourself is not too difficult. Make rectangle outlines around normal letters to create block lettering. To make your letters really stand out, apply shadows after creating perspective using diagonal lines to make them appear three-dimens.
Drawing Block letters
Use a pencil to write big, capital letters in the centre of your paper. While it is possible to create 3D letters in lower case as well, it is much simpler to create letters in upper case because there are more straight lines in them. Since the letters will serve as guidelines, write them in pencil. Later on, you'll delete them! Graph paper might make practice easier. Creating neat, equal lines for your letters might be facilitated by adhering to the lines drawn on the graph paper. To ensure you have enough room to outline the letters, make sure you leave more space between them than you normally would.
2 .Draw pencil sketch block outlines surrounding each letter. Simply trace the graph paper in rectangular blocks around your letters if you're drawing on it. Verify that each letter is around the same width. To ensure that all of your letters are the same size when drawing freehand, it could be helpful to lightly draw guidelines above and below your letters.When drawing curved letters, such as the letter "C," attempt to create a smooth curve with the same width as the straight-edged letters. Remember to fill in the spaces inside letters like "R" and "A."
3. To finish off your block outlines, go over them with a pen or marker. Just draw over the outlines of your blocks; do not trace over the letters you initially wrote. Strive for crisp, clean lines as opposed to thin, fluffy ones. Straight, smooth lines will appear lot more organised! Try using a straight edge ruler if that helps. To avoid smudging the ink, give your pencil marks some time to dry before erasing them.
4 .Take out all of the pencil annotations. To remove all of the stray pencil marks and drawn lines, use a large, soft rubber. All that will be left on your paper at this point are the letters' final block outlines.Make sure the rubber shavings are removed to avoid obstructions.
Adding 3D Perspective
1.Select an angle to give your letters a three-dimensional appearance. Choose the orientation of your block letters: left or right, and whether you want them to be seen from above or below. You have to tilt them to make them appear three-dimensional because if you were to look at them directly from the front, they would just appear like regular block letters.The direction in which you draw your diagonal lines in the following phase will depend on your point of view.
2 .Using pencil, make tiny, diagonal lines starting from the corners of your letters. Make sure that every line is drawn with the same direction of tilt. Select a background vanishing point if that may help. Next, before drawing each line, align it with the vanishing point using a straight edge. The lines in your letters should lean upward if you are viewing them from above. They should lean down if you are looking at them from below. If you want your letter to face left, draw the lines to the right; if you want it to face right, draw the lines to the right.Once you find something you like, try drawing these lines in other directions. Most block letters are drawn with an eye towards the top.
3. Join the diagonal lines' ends together. To join the ends of the diagonal lines, use curved, vertical, and horizontal lines. Drawing the letters' reverse side will be done with this. Imagine drawing a cube, where you draw a square first, then tiny diagonal lines, then finally join the lines to form another square. It's exactly the same, but instead of squares, the shapes are letters.
Filling in the shadows
1. Consider that a light source is your point of view. In order to shade your letters consistently, this will let you see how light and shadow will fall across them. It makes things easier if your hypothetical light source is located where your perspective point is, but you are free to set it somewhere else.To assist you remember, you could find it helpful to softly sketch a small, brilliant sun in one of the page's upper corners. Later on, you can remove it. That will appear the most typical because the majority of light sources, such as the sun, moon, and overhead lights, are located above. However, if you'd like, you can position the light source at the bottom.
2 .Dim the surfaces in the direction of the light source. Apply a black pencil, pen, or marker to the letter's surfaces that face away from the light source so that they are shaded. Remain with a lighter colour on the surfaces that face the light source. All of the right hand surfaces of your letters will be dark if the light source is located in the upper left corner of your page.
3 .If you'd like, add cast shadows to the lettering. Once more, note the location of the light source and sketch the letter's shape as it falls onto the made-up floor. This step is optional because it can be difficult to make the cast shadow's shape to seem realistic. Make sure to include cast shadows in the letter holes if you're adding them. For instance, in the letter "R," one portion of the upper portion would cast a shadow over the lower portion.
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