by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 1, 2017 | Break Down, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
I always look to diagrams to help tease out ideas or to clarify my thoughts as early on in the design process as possible. The diagram being broken down below is working off of a simple model with almost no detail or structural articulation making it easier to update...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 27, 2016 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Styles / Effects |
I have been continuing to develop my research lab concept and specifically I have been focusing on some sectional qualities of the design. Since time is limited these days, I don’t always build elaborate models of each idea. In this case, I cut a section through...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 2, 2015 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 4, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
As you have probably noticed, I have not been posting as often as I normally do. Things have been very busy lately, in a good way. Unfortunately, this means that I have not been able to invest as much time as I would have liked to this website. Instead of not...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 7, 2015 | Break Down, Styles / Effects |
I was in need of some purely right brain thinking so I decided to skip modeling and V-Ray altogether and see what I could turn out with a half baked Sketchup model and some Photoshop. This meant generating a collage style illustration. These types of illustrations are...
by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 26, 2014 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 4, Styles / Effects |
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...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 3, 2014 | Portfolio Vol. 4, Styles / Effects |
We have used this style a couple of times in the office and I am a big fan of it. It is also really simple to implement. The idea is to apply a mask over a full resolution illustration to break up the edges giving the illustration a collage-like feel. The great thing...
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 | Dec 8, 2013 | 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 | 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...
