New Project: Train Pavillion
The last few weeks have been spent designing a new project that will allow me to experiment with some new rendering styles that I have in mind. The past few projects were located in a dense urban setting so I am switching things up and going rural. I decided on an...
Culture Center Spreads
It has now been several months of working on this latest project from which lots of imagery has been created. I'm ready to start compiling all of this information into portfolio spreads similar to what I did for the wharf project. Anyone that reads this blog knows...
Winter Special #4
For this winter special #4, it was all about the lighting and atmosphere. Going into this, I knew the illustration was going to be heavily post processed so I spent little time preparing the 3d model and just kicked out a quick V-ray base rendering...
Some Thoughts on Texture
A thought that is often running through my head when working on architectural illustrations is how can I bring more of a human touch to the image. The answer is almost always through texturing in Photoshop. I have spent the last week illustrating an aerial perspective...
Day to Night: All Photoshop
One of the very first tutorials I created for this site described a workflow that generated a night scene only using Photoshop. That tutorial used a very simple base image exported right out of Sketchup. The workflow is easy to implement and is especially...
Photoshop Layer Management
Architecture visualization is notorious for producing complex and messy PSD files. Sometimes, it's the little things that can make a big difference and in my opinion, layer management is one of those little things that many people don't put enough emphasis on....
Boston Greenway Museum: Building Diagrams
As the 3d model progresses, I find myself spending a lot of time defining and organizing the way different elements are grouped in the model. I posted a video a while back showing a time lapse of the construction of one of my models. I rarely use layers but instead...
New Model Underway
These past two weeks have been crazy and if any of you follow my Facebook page, you know what I am talking about. However, with all of the change, I figured it would also be a good time to start a new project as well. The wharf design was a fun project to...
Welcome to the New Site
I have not significantly changed the design of my site or its functionality since its inception, so the time has come to switch things up. The first thing I did was move from Squarespace to Wordpress. Squarespace was a great platform but Wordpress offers a huge amount...
KROB 2014
The 40th Annual Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition is now accepting your submissions. This is one of my favorite competitions because of the wide range of styles and techniques that win each year. It is open to students and professionals and can be either a...
New Project: Train Pavillion
The last few weeks have been spent designing a new project that will allow me to experiment with some new rendering styles that I have in mind. The past few projects were located in a dense urban setting so I am switching things up and going rural. I decided on an...
Culture Center Spreads
It has now been several months of working on this latest project from which lots of imagery has been created. I'm ready to start compiling all of this information into portfolio spreads similar to what I did for the wharf project. Anyone that reads this blog knows...
Winter Special #4
For this winter special #4, it was all about the lighting and atmosphere. Going into this, I knew the illustration was going to be heavily post processed so I spent little time preparing the 3d model and just kicked out a quick V-ray base rendering...
Some Thoughts on Texture
A thought that is often running through my head when working on architectural illustrations is how can I bring more of a human touch to the image. The answer is almost always through texturing in Photoshop. I have spent the last week illustrating an aerial perspective...
Day to Night: All Photoshop
One of the very first tutorials I created for this site described a workflow that generated a night scene only using Photoshop. That tutorial used a very simple base image exported right out of Sketchup. The workflow is easy to implement and is especially...
Photoshop Layer Management
Architecture visualization is notorious for producing complex and messy PSD files. Sometimes, it's the little things that can make a big difference and in my opinion, layer management is one of those little things that many people don't put enough emphasis on....
Boston Greenway Museum: Building Diagrams
As the 3d model progresses, I find myself spending a lot of time defining and organizing the way different elements are grouped in the model. I posted a video a while back showing a time lapse of the construction of one of my models. I rarely use layers but instead...
New Model Underway
These past two weeks have been crazy and if any of you follow my Facebook page, you know what I am talking about. However, with all of the change, I figured it would also be a good time to start a new project as well. The wharf design was a fun project to...
Welcome to the New Site
I have not significantly changed the design of my site or its functionality since its inception, so the time has come to switch things up. The first thing I did was move from Squarespace to Wordpress. Squarespace was a great platform but Wordpress offers a huge amount...
KROB 2014
The 40th Annual Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition is now accepting your submissions. This is one of my favorite competitions because of the wide range of styles and techniques that win each year. It is open to students and professionals and can be either a...