by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 19, 2012 | Over Time, Portfolio Vol. 2 |
I received a question on my Facebook page asking what service I used for my website. I liked the question and it made sense to devote a post on the topic. The thing is, there are so many free services available that there is no reason not to put you stuff...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 9, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The 2011 Krob competition winners have been announced and can be seen at www.krobarch.com. I found out about this competition a few years ago and have been visiting the site off and on ever since. The competition encourages unique styles of architectural...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 10, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I grabbed some of my favorite diagrams developed for my thesis project from a few years back. They actually have been living in this site under the “about me” section, but you have to dig a little to get to them. I wanted to post them because they...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 5, 2011 | Fundamentals |
Over the years, I have come across many ways to extract objects out of an image. I still use most of them mainly because each method responds to certain situations where other methods won’t work. There are 7 techniques that will be explained but I’m...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 30, 2011 | Break Down |
I put this illustration together this morning in hopes of showing how crucial landscaping is to an architectural illustration. This is something that always seems to be overlooked by a lot of students, and something I didn’t take seriously until grad...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 11, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It has been way too long since I last made a post. I wrote something on this blog’s Facebook page (join it if you havn’t already HERE), but forgot to post something on the actual blog. I have been off preparing for a wedding, getting married, and...
by Alex Hogrefe | May 17, 2011 | Styles / Effects |
If you haven’t discovered them already, there are a few websites that have been around for a while that let you apply unique “filters” to images. Both are equally easy to use, and provide many parameters to adjust the final outcome. I’ll...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 10, 2011 | Portfolio Vol. 2 |
I take text pretty seriously. I think of it as an opportunity to enhance a portfolio page. The odd thing is that I really only use a few different fonts with arial being used about 75% of the time. However with that one font, it seems that text can be...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
If you have not seen this video by Alex Roman and you’re a student of architecture, watch it now. A buddy of mine in grad school showed me this video in the thick of thesis. The video has become a huge source of inspiration and has influenced most, if not...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 7, 2011 | Portfolio Vol. 2 |
Below is a quick overview of my thoughts and opinions on Architectural portfolio development. I won’t go into the more tactile possibilities of origami portfolios, lasercut plexiglass covers, etc. These are sure-fire ways to make your work stand out. However, I...
