by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 22, 2011 | Break Down |
I have just finished a few architectural renderings this past week for a really exciting villa design located in China. I started out the illustration as a daytime scene, but decided to take advantage of all the glass and go with a dusk scene. I put a ton of...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 10, 2011 | Portfolio Vol. 2 |
I take text pretty seriously. I think of it as an opportunity to enhance a portfolio page. The odd thing is that I really only use a few different fonts with arial being used about 75% of the time. However with that one font, it seems that text can be...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 10, 2011 | Portfolio Vol. 2 |
After preparing the study model for the portfolio page, this next video discusses the initial setup of the Photoshop document, as well as some basic techniques used to add illustrations. It is important to note that the image size and dpi used for this...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
If you have not seen this video by Alex Roman and you’re a student of architecture, watch it now. A buddy of mine in grad school showed me this video in the thick of thesis. The video has become a huge source of inspiration and has influenced most, if not...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 13, 2011 | Portfolio Vol. 2 |
There is nothing better than a nice model pic. However, I didn’t always use proper lighting or a good camera when I first started to document my stuff. This study model is a good example of something that I was never expecting to use in my portfolio. The model...
