by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 18, 2021 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 11 MIT Hub, Styles / Effects |
The past several weeks have been sort of a right-brain focus on image making. I wanted to play around with colors and textures and iterate on style a bit and not get lost in the technical and detailed side of things. However, before I started with the graphic studies,...
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...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 16, 2019 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 09 Porter Square, Uncategorized |
I recently stumbled across an article about an architecture photographer named Sajin Sasidharan and his black and white photos of Dubai. The images are extremely dramatic and he is very strategic about how he uses light to create clear focal points and manage visual...
by Alex Hogrefe | Apr 3, 2019 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge |
One of the images not initially generated for the Philly Bridge Project was the south side of the pedestrian bridge. Here, the bridge turns into a park-like setting with lots of trees, vegetation, and a grand stair connecting down to the street level. This was an...
