Three-Point Perspective Diagram
This diagram illustrates basic three-point perspective from a high vantage point.
Three-point perspective is employed when the viewer is looking either up or down at a subject. Whereas one- and two-point perspective involve horizontal lines, three-point perspective involves vertical lines that converge at a third vanishing point. If the viewer is looking up, the vertical lines will converge above eye level; if looking down, they will converge below eye level.
Think of gazing up at a very tall building. The verticals of the long rectangular forms will converge upwards. If, on the other hand, you are gazing down from the top of that tall building, those same verticals will converge downward.
Three-Point Perspective Diagram
This diagram illustrates basic three-point perspective from a high vantage point.