by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 27, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office |
This latest aerial image was probably my biggest undertaking up to this point in terms of difficulty of Photoshop. I struggled to get started on this illustration because I knew how complex it was going to be to stitch together all of the landscape elements. Because...
by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 6, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office |
Illustrating glass is something I am constantly working on and studying. Glass is such a complex material in the sense that it can be highly reflective in some lighting situations and then completely transparent in other light situations. Finding the right balance of...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 18, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office |
Every now and then, I need to switch things up. Sometimes this means not thinking too much about what the end result will be and just seeing where things go. I needed a break from “realism” and the focus on high res textures, accurate lighting, etc....
by Alex Hogrefe | Jul 19, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office
This has been an image that I started a while back and abandoned and then picked back up again. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to approach it because of the amount of detail involved. This view is all about the activation of the interior space and making it feel...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 10, 2020 | Break Down, Final Moves, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office, Uncategorized |
I don’t often discuss in detail how I tone images because the process ranges so much from image to image. Daytime images use different techniques compared to overcast images or dusky images. On top of that, sometimes I am in the mood to really experiment with color...
by Alex Hogrefe | May 21, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office, Uncategorized |
This was one of my more ambitious undertakings and an image I almost didn’t do. I had a lot of things going against me that made me second guess taking on this type of image. It was going to require a ton of Photoshop, the view is at an angle that tends to feel flat...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 20, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office |
I created this illustration to tease out a few details with this project that I wasn’t too sure about. For one, I had this idea of the meadow and trees flowing in and around the architecture so I wanted to setup an “easy” view angle where I could...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 23, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 09 Porter Square, Uncategorized |
I have been working hard to wrap up the illustrations for the Porter Square project with only a few more illustrations remaining. Life has been getting busier and busier outside of this website. My visualization office and family are demanding more of my time than...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 27, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 09 Porter Square |
I was riding the bus into work last week and as it approached Porter Square, the sun was casting some amazing light accross the area. This experience got me motivated to illustrate the new station design as seen from further down Massachussetts Avenue. I love working...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 5, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 09 Porter Square, Uncategorized |
I started off this image as a much more simplified version with very little texture and detail. Originally, it was going to be used for diagrammatic purposes with some text overlays. However, over time, it evolved into an image with more detail and texture, partly...
