by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 27, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office |
This latest aerial image was probably my biggest undertaking up to this point in terms of difficulty of Photoshop. I struggled to get started on this illustration because I knew how complex it was going to be to stitch together all of the landscape elements. Because...
by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 6, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office |
Illustrating glass is something I am constantly working on and studying. Glass is such a complex material in the sense that it can be highly reflective in some lighting situations and then completely transparent in other light situations. Finding the right balance of...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 18, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office |
Every now and then, I need to switch things up. Sometimes this means not thinking too much about what the end result will be and just seeing where things go. I needed a break from “realism” and the focus on high res textures, accurate lighting, etc....
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
The 46th Krob Competition has put out a call for entries. Categories include Digital/Hybrid Media, Hand Delineation, Physical Delineation, Travel Sketch, and Animation. Anybody who reads this blog knows how much of a fan I am of the unique architectural images and...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jul 19, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office
This has been an image that I started a while back and abandoned and then picked back up again. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to approach it because of the amount of detail involved. This view is all about the activation of the interior space and making it feel...
