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Symbolism - Boxes and Three Dimensional Forms

By Helen South, About.com

balancing boxes

Doodles of Boxes and Perspective Forms:

Perspective drawing is quite an advanced stage in artistic development, and is a very satisfying creative outlet – simple 3-D boxes often hark back to our last experience of artistic training (technical drawing in highschool).

Internal:

3-D boxes indicate an ordered mind and love of routine. Often drawn by people with a good sense of spatial relationships. A stack of balanced boxes might indicate great stress - especially if the stack is at risk of toppling!

External:

Artists, designers, and others who use technical drawing or geometry are often interested in three-dimensional drawing and enjoy experimenting with its forms. Drawing these shapes may be motivated by a requirement to experiment with design, or an experience of interesting three-dimensional illusions, such as in an Escher drawing or video clip.

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