by Matt Uminski | Jan 7, 2019 | Graphic Design, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
If you read my first post, you understand that Alex and I chose to start his Portfolio design process by selecting fonts. Anytime I begin any kind of design project I always start with type. Others may tell you they start with a grid, color palette, forms, and shapes,...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 21, 2018 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Styles / Effects |
I decided to go abstract with this latest post. With this set of illustrations, I have been studying the interior spaces of the Desert House. I tend to prefer interiors with minimal color and material, so I generated these studies as a way to force me out of that way...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 11, 2018 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Styles / Effects |
This week, I got back into the Trench House project by generating some exterior vignettes. I wanted to use these images to emphasize the vastness of the context and also to explore some color combinations. Since this project sits in the middle of a desert in Nevada,...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 19, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
Even though I have started the new desert house project, I jumped back to the Philly Bridge project to generate this year’s winter special. This was a view that I had planned on illustrating months ago but ran out of time. Luckily, it works perfectly for...
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...
