by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The Krob Competition just posted the winners for its 2010 competition. If you are looking to find some inspiration for final project rendering styles, This is a good place to start. The competition emphasizes more traditional, hand rendered styles, although it...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 31, 2010 | Styles / Effects |
The night renderings for the Jindu Project posted a couple of weeks ago had a cobble stone street that was Photoshopped to look wet. Adding a reflection such as this adds a bit more excitement to the image compared to leaving it flat. I have always liked...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 25, 2010 | Break Down |
A little off the subject of rendering, but this past weekend, I explored HDR (high dynamic range) photography. While I’m not a professional by any means, a problem I’ve always had with photography was my inability to reproduce through the camera,...
by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 29, 2010 | Break Down |
While these videos aren’t full on tutorials, they still walk through the my work flow of creating this illustration. As you will see, 90% of my time was spent in Photoshop. Part 1 looks at applying textures. I used the Sketchup model...
by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 20, 2010 | Break Down |
Below are a series of screen shots taken last week as I worked towards the final rendered image of the Jindu Pavilion. An interesting challenge with this shot was creating realistic ripples in the pool while still maintaining a high level of reflectiveness....
