by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 17, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
A lot of energy has been going into project portfolio upgrade with a couple of projects in a good place. As I revisit some some of my older projects, there was one in particular that I have been wanting to study further. This project was started...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 2, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
A few weeks ago, I created a post on “going minimal” and this week I am adding two more spreads to the project. I mentioned in the first post how difficult it is for me to leave white space on the page and I think the above two spreads show...
by Alex Hogrefe | May 25, 2013 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 3 |
This past post received a lot of feedback from you asking for a more detailed breakdown of the illustrations. The interior illustration in particular got a lot of attention so I am going to start with that one. Since several different parts of the...
by Alex Hogrefe | May 12, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
Life has been busy lately. However, I have managed to squeeze in a little time to create two new spreads. I have moved to a different project in the portfolio and I wanted to change up the style a little. Much of this portfolio so far has been very graphically...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 28, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
Last week I briefly posted some images that I had developed for the “rendering” spread of this particular project. I didn’t post the spread itself which is shown above. I thought I would spend this week breaking down how I got to this...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 22, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
So much has happened in the past few weeks and I was amazed that it has been so long since I last posted. The past week in particular has been especially difficult to focus on the site. What I am posting this week is more or less a filler for a more in...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 3, 2013 | Fundamentals, Portfolio Vol. 3 |
I put some more time into project portfolio upgrade continuing to develop the visitor center pages. The above sheets are a first pass at the layout and will serve as an introduction to the design and concept. Since the relationship to the landscape is...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 24, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 |
The last portfolio I created was in 2010 midway through my last year of grad school. It’s been a long time and I have a lot more content now. You may have noticed that I have revisited many of my old projects and have continued to develop and...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 17, 2013 | Styles / Effects |
A few weeks back I posted an x-ray illustration of one of my old projects as sort of a last minute idea. This was the first time I had ever done an “x-ray” illustration and I immediately became excited about the possibilities. I’m really drawn...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I spent most of the day designing and developing the above model that I didn’t leave much room to do an illustration or even a post. However, this is what several hours got me. I’ve done a few illustrations with this model in the past looking at...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 24, 2013 | Fundamentals |
Not everyone has the capabilities to render huge models with a ton of lights. I am one of those people where more times than not I have to manually add light to my illustrations because I don’t have the computing power. At first, this method can seem...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 18, 2013 | Styles / Effects |
I came across the concept of “quilling” a few weeks back and instantly began thinking how could I translate this digitally to generate a unique architectural illustration for marketing or portfolio purposes. The style had a great look to it and I...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
With close to 180,000 visitors a month, this site has seen a lot of growth in the past few years. Because of this growth, there were a couple of features and updates that have needed some attention to help improve navigation and accessibility. I’m...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 27, 2013 | Styles / Effects |
The past week was a busy one at the office, hence I needed to play catch-up with a lot of non-website related things this weekend. I did find time to put together this illustration of the urban tower model as seen in the past few posts. The urban model lends...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 20, 2013 | Styles / Effects |
I have been using this technique to create frosted glass for as long as I can remember. The workflow is incredibly simple. Most rendering programs can generate frosted glass, but the setup can often be tricky. In the case of Kerkythea, these settings...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 14, 2013 | Break Down |
I’ve been wanting to do this illustration ever since I first built the Sketchup model a month ago. A couple of areas that I focused on was the semi-transparent glass in the tower and activating the streets down below. I set up the model last night and let it...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 2, 2013 | Over Time |
I thought it would be interesting to put together a timelapse video showing the basics on how I built the urban tower seen in the past few posts. A couple of things to note about this video is that I didn’t spend a lot of the time with the finer details...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 19, 2012 | Break Down |
Those of you who have followed my site for a while may remember that I created a winter scene post last year right around this this time describing how to turn any rendering into a snow scene. It was one of the few snow scenes that I had ever created. Since...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 13, 2012 | Uncategorized |
I have been spending my free time lately designing and building a new Sketchup model located in a dense urban environment. I thought it would be interesting to do a quick post on the progress of the model before I go into illustrating it. It is probably...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized |
I have been in New York the past few weekends just to get a little change of scenery and to spend some much needed time with family. The posts have been a little light lately but I hope to get back into the groove here soon. Until then, I thought I would fill...
