#Foreshortening

Foreshortening is the visual prank of shaming depth itself into appearing unnaturally compressed. On the canvas, the foreground bulges out while the background collapses, forcing viewers to do a double take. Practitioners call it the 'secret of perspective', though in truth it's just the art of making things shorter than they really are. Mastering it demands training both your sense of depth and your capacity for absurdity, a combination that drives many novices to draw their subjects with stubby limbs in despair. The resulting image doesn't aim for accuracy but rather throws down an artistic dare: "Can you handle reality squashed this far?"