What’s a 3D Sketchpad?

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A 3D drawing pad has a stereographic pattern that creates a 3D effect, viewed with red and blue glasses. Only the center of the paper has the pattern, and thick black markers work best.

A three-dimensional (3D) drawing pad is a special pad of paper that allows people to see the drawings made on the pad in 3D. All the 3D effects come from the paper itself, because each sheet is made with a stereographic pattern that allows the drawings to pop off the page. A 3D art pad normally has a white border with no stereographic pattern, and things drawn in this all-white area will not have a 3D effect. To view images on the 3D drawing pad, you need to use 3D glasses. While a thin pen may work, most 3D art pads work best with medium or thick black markers.

The paper in a 3D sketch pad is made with a red and blue grid which is responsible for creating the 3D effect. It doesn’t matter what you draw on paper, whether it’s text, an image or a simple doodle; this template will make anything on the paper appear in 3D. Unlike creating 3D graphics with computers, which can be difficult if you don’t know how to use these programs, drawing on such a block can be done by anyone, regardless of skill.

Most 3D drawing papers have a white border around the edge, while the center of the paper contains the stereographic pattern. While anything in the grid will look 3D, anything drawn in the border area won’t have the same effect. This is because the pattern alone gives the image a 3D effect and plain white paper is unable to replicate it.

Drawing on a 3D art pad is usually not enough to see an image in 3D; typically, 3D glasses are required. Most 3D artpads use traditional red and blue stereography, so the glasses have red and blue filters. These glasses separate what each eye sees based on the color of the lens and the grid, which then gives the design depth.

Many people like to draw with fine pens and different colors, and while this can sometimes happen with a 3D sketch pad, they usually don’t have the same 3D effect. Thin lines are often hard to see on such pads and will not have the same depth as thicker lines. Color is also important in creating the stereographic effect, so drawing in a color other than black could ruin the effect, causing part of the image to appear wrong or not at all. This possibility makes a medium or thick black marker the suggested drawing tool for such blocks.




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