by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 23, 2020 | Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 09 Porter Square, Uncategorized |
I am revisiting the Porter Square Station project because there was one more very important image that I needed to develop to finish telling this project’s story. It was an image that I had started several times but kept abandoning. The problem was that the...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 6, 2017 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge |
The next two illustrations that I have generated for the Philly Bridge explore the procession across the bridge. The design incorporates different types of program and landscape depending on the path you choose and the activities users plan to partake in. Therefore, I...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 17, 2017 | Fundamentals, Uncategorized |
Whether it is because time is limited or cutout libraries are too small, it often seems like adding entourage into an illustration is treated as an afterthought at the end of most workflows. When it is finally time to insert people, a large portion of time goes to...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 22, 2014 | Fundamentals |
Architecture visualization can consume a lot of resources and time if you’re not careful. With the tediousness of Photoshop and renderings calculating through the night, spending more that 20 minutes searching Google images for a specific texture or image...
by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 10, 2010 | Fundamentals |
I wanted to get in video form, some of the techniques I use to add people into my illustrations. This video outlines 3 situations I run into often including reflective surfaces, typical shadows, and people in motion. The libraries of people don’t always...
