by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 21, 2018 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa, Styles / Effects |
I decided to go abstract with this latest post. With this set of illustrations, I have been studying the interior spaces of the Desert House. I tend to prefer interiors with minimal color and material, so I generated these studies as a way to force me out of that way...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 25, 2018 | Break Down, Over Time, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa |
Part 2 of this tutorial will break down the Photoshop side of this illustration. In terms of Photoshop complexity, this image is relatively simple and minimal in layers. However, I think it is a good example of how a compelling image can be generated with just a few...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 4, 2018 | Fundamentals, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa |
I have had a ton of people asking me to create a more thorough breakdown of one of my images and it seems the desert house dusk shot would be a good candidate. I like this image because not a ton of Photoshop is needed for the illustration, but the little Photoshop...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 11, 2018 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa, Styles / Effects |
This week, I got back into the Trench House project by generating some exterior vignettes. I wanted to use these images to emphasize the vastness of the context and also to explore some color combinations. Since this project sits in the middle of a desert in Nevada,...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 9, 2018 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa |
After a few more weeks of studying, iterating, and modeling, the design of the desert house has been more or less finalized. I have now begun thinking about the visuals and how I want to present this project. This has been difficult at times because the...
