by Alex Hogrefe | May 6, 2012 | Over Time |
Presentation boards are something I haven’t really talked about on this site and they seem like a good thing to transition into. I was looking through some of my old boards and couldn’t stop noticing really stupid mistakes that I kept making. The below...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 29, 2012 | Break Down |
I woke up this morning with an idea for a rendering using the villa I designed back in undergrad (same one used in the sketches post). I also wanted to use this time to experiment with some different lighting conditions. Primarily, how to get the back lit...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 15, 2012 | Fundamentals |
As promised, I put together a video tutorial explaining the workflow that I use to create colored interior elevations using only Photoshop. There was a lot to go over, and I’m surprised I was able to fit it all in one 15 minute video. The steps are not difficult...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 9, 2012 | Uncategorized |
I spent some time this weekend developing some Photoshopped interior elevations in hopes of extracting a tutorial out of them for next week. We often create these types of elevations at the office for many of our clients, and the clients can’t seem...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 1, 2012 | Styles / Effects |
A student in Chicago emailed me a while back asking how I created the back cover of my undergraduate portfolio. The image was a collage of all of my projects Photoshopped together into a single composition. As time consuming as it may look, I probably only...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 4, 2012 | Styles / Effects |
I used to draw a lot when I was younger and all but stopped sometime in college. I’m not sure why, but I always find myself trying to recreate hand drawings through Photoshop. I’ve noticed that the workflow that I use to recreate drawings follows a...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 26, 2012 | Over Time |
I tend to use a lot of line work generated by Sketchup models as overlays for architectural illustrations. Because of this, it’s often crucial that the line work in my Sketchup models read clearly and appropriately. Before exporting the line work, there...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 19, 2012 | Over Time, Portfolio Vol. 2 |
I received a question on my Facebook page asking what service I used for my website. I liked the question and it made sense to devote a post on the topic. The thing is, there are so many free services available that there is no reason not to put you stuff...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 12, 2012 | Break Down |
There is something really nice about the simplicity and clarity of an architectural line drawing. A friend of mine was showing me some old school drawings by guys like Bernard Tschum and Lebbeus Woods. It’s amazing how fast drawings like these are being...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 29, 2012 | Fundamentals |
A while ago, I created a tutorial showing how to render a section only using a Sketchup image and Photoshop which can be seen HERE. That tutorial was meant as a last second resort when time was limited and a decent looking image was needed fast. However, there...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 21, 2012 | Fundamentals |
Taking inspiration right out of the Bob Ross playbook, I put together this little tutorial showing a really easy and fast way to Photoshop a water reflection into an architectural illustration. You may notice some correlation to my “Wet Street”...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 17, 2012 | Break Down |
I watched Bob Ross a lot as a kid. He was a master at simplifying painting techniques. One technique in particular was how he created reflections in water. He seemed to be able to create them with just a few brush strokes which got me thinking if I could apply...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 9, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The 2011 Krob competition winners have been announced and can be seen at www.krobarch.com. I found out about this competition a few years ago and have been visiting the site off and on ever since. The competition encourages unique styles of architectural...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 1, 2012 | Styles / Effects |
I’m always looking for ways to take renderings that just aren’t working and turn them into something that can be used for portfolios or cover pages. This tutorial is about as simple as it gets in terms of difficulty and speed. In the example below,...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 18, 2011 | Styles / Effects |
I don’t know if I’m just in the holiday spirit, but I thought I would write a post about winterizing an illustration. In essence, this tutorial takes your typical daytime rendering and turns it into a snowy winter scene, which is easier than you...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 10, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I grabbed some of my favorite diagrams developed for my thesis project from a few years back. They actually have been living in this site under the “about me” section, but you have to dig a little to get to them. I wanted to post them because they...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 5, 2011 | Fundamentals |
Over the years, I have come across many ways to extract objects out of an image. I still use most of them mainly because each method responds to certain situations where other methods won’t work. There are 7 techniques that will be explained but I’m...
by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 29, 2011 | Final Moves |
I posted a landscape video tutorial a few weeks back, however the video did not cover some final post processing steps used for the final look. I received some comments asking for an explanation so I thought I would put something together quickly. The steps are...
by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 6, 2011 | Fundamentals |
This video builds off of the post from last week explaining the workflow I used to add landscaping elements via Photoshop. There was a lot of information to cover in a short amount of time, so the video slows down at important stages of the process and speeds...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 30, 2011 | Break Down |
I put this illustration together this morning in hopes of showing how crucial landscaping is to an architectural illustration. This is something that always seems to be overlooked by a lot of students, and something I didn’t take seriously until grad...
