by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 23, 2014 | Over Time, Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 01 Long Wharf |
I have been experimenting with some site diagrams of the existing conditions of Long Wharf in Boston. I am mostly interested in introducing texture and depth to diagrams that are typically presented in a more simplified manner using solid colors...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 10, 2014 | Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 01 Long Wharf, Uncategorized |
I let a few weeks slip by on this website without a post but it hasn’t been for nothing. I have been hard at work on many things behind the scenes, one of them being working with Blurb to re-release Portfolio Vol 3 at a new lower price. I have also been...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 16, 2014 | Fundamentals |
Adding trees to a perspective can be a daunting task, especially if there are a lot of them. Often what happens is the same tree gets copied over and over again. Everyone does it. It saves a ton of time compared to spending time cutting out several trees that...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 31, 2014 | Styles / Effects |
Ever since I rebuilt this model a few months back, I have been wanting to generate an x-ray image of the Cranbrook project. I was having trouble getting the image to read properly because the design doesn’t lend itself well to the x-ray style that I have...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 5, 2014 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
I have been really excited to do this post because it has been a long time since I have printed a portfolio and I have always been curious to see the quality that print-on-demand companies could produce. As much as I enjoy to work digitally, nothing beats...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 30, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
I have talked about portfolio setup in the past but not specifically the workflow. I don’t hide the fact that I prefer to build my layouts in Photoshop. It’s what I’m most comfortable with but also what gives me the most flexibility to blend images into...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 8, 2013 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 3, Styles / Effects |
Every year around this time, I have made it a tradition to illustrate a winter scene. With the holidays around the corner, this weekend seemed like a good time to try out some different ideas and techniques related to snow scenes. Sitting down this morning, I...
by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 24, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
All weekend has been spent working on the cover design for the Project Portfolio Upgrade and it is turning out to be extremely challenging. There is a lot of pressure that rides on the cover. It’s the first thing the audience sees. It’s the...
by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 10, 2013 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 3 |
I have taken several trips up to Maine over the past month and experienced some beautiful landscapes with stunning fall foliage. This has inspired the latest illustration for my Cranbrook project. Autumn scenes are not that much different from your standard...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 24, 2013 | Uncategorized |
This is a friendly reminder that the KRob competition entry deadline is quickly approaching on Monday, Oct. 28th. The competition is one of my favorites because of the fact that it encourages unique and expressive illustrations with a wide range of...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 17, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3, Styles / Effects |
I don’t use blurring techniques that often but every once and a while, I come across an illustration that needs a little extra kick. This was the case with the interior illustration introduced in the last post. The shot was looking down a long and...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 7, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3, Styles / Effects |
The Cranbrook project spreads are starting to come together. I spent some time composing the section and floor plan spreads which meant moving away from the abstract diagrams and into more traditional architectural drawings. I also developed an interior...
by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 24, 2013 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 3 |
When I originally designed this project back in undergrad, I put a lot of time into the design of the section. It’s an important illustration and I therefore wanted to move away from the abstract illustrations described in the previous posts and...
by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 8, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
This week, I put together some diagrams that build off of the language of the first illustration created last week. As mentioned in the last post, the intro page illustration was designed to be a “teaser” for the pages to follow and get the...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 26, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
The summer is coming to a close and I am making a final push to wrap up “Project Portfolio Upgrade”. I have spent the last two weeks developing a new 3D model for one of my old projects from undergraduate school. Some of you may recognize the design as...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 11, 2013 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 3 |
I was able to develop a couple of illustrations this weekend to help illustrate some of the exterior spatial qualities of the theater design. The number of pages for this project are really starting to add up and I don’t want to add...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 1, 2013 | Uncategorized |
A couple of years ago, I posted this video by Alex Roman. It has been a while and I figured it was time to revisit it. A lot of people ask me where I get my inspiration from and this is one place I constantly go back too. It never disappoints. More than...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jul 21, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
Progress is being made on the theater section of project portfolio upgrade. I put together some floor plans and sections/elevations of the design as well as compiled some of my past process work into another spread. I decided to group the plans,...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jul 7, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
The long weekend has given me a chance to catch up on some things, one of them being project portfolio upgrade. I have been spending time developing a new 3D model from scratch and it still is nowhere close to being completed. However, I wanted to get...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 23, 2013 | Over Time, Portfolio Vol. 3 |
I received a lot of comments asking for an explanation of how I made the model and more specifically the curved geometry. Sketchup by itself is not well suited for “organic” modeling. You need the right plugins to get the “rhino-esk” functionality....
