: Are ellipses/circles in extreme perspective (both rectilinear and curvilinear) still drawn as ellipses? And why? Until recently I was under the impression that whenever people choose to draw circles/ellipses

@Kevin459

Posted in: #Drawing #Perspective

Until recently I was under the impression that whenever people choose to draw circles/ellipses in perspective as perfect ellipses, this is a simplification. I believed that in reality they turn into ovals but it's not observable in low distortion COVs. now I'm starting to observe that I can't find a perspective extreme enough where an ellipse has turned into an oval; the axises shift and the proportions change, but it's still an ellipse! Could somebody explain (or point to some resources as to) why this is happening?

Does this happen in curvilinear,4,5,6-point perspective as well?

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