i find its not really necessary but it helps due to the fact you model one half of your image in the side view and then mirror this to make the other half but in perspective, its a lot harder to get...

I tried that first but to no avail...

Second attempt I placed the texture map onto the plane whilst in the side viewport and this fixed it.

Thanks for your help!

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I am trying to model a cat using an image on a plane, the problem is I need to model in the side view but the cat is only showing up in the...