by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 21, 2016 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 05 Research Lab, Uncategorized |
I had been going back and forth on building materials and realized that I needed to create an illustration that would allow me to visually compare options within the contextual setting. The form is more or less finalized, but I have had trouble envisioning exactly...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 7, 2016 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 01 Long Wharf, Uncategorized |
One of the final images that my upcoming Portfolio Vol. 4 was lacking was a view of the Boston harbor for my Long Wharf redevelopment project. This view was crucial because it showed how one of the most important parts of the design, the tiered seating, framed the...
by Alex Hogrefe | May 15, 2016 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 02 Cultural Center |
As I rework some of the spreads for my upcoming Portfolio Volume 4, I find myself needing to develop several new illustrations to fill in some missing information or to help better tell the story. However, due to time limitations and the amount of images I need to...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 24, 2016 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 04 Cliff Retreat |
For the past few weeks, I have been producing section illustrations of my cliff retreat design. As is often the case, the final result took a complete detour from what I originally set out to produce. I began the spreads rendering out two large detail perspectives...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 3, 2016 | Break Down, Fundamentals, Project 04 Cliff Retreat |
In part one, I discussed some quick study vignettes of the cliff retreat design. For part two, I want to go into more depth about how I used a Material ID render channel to speed up my material selections and generate these illustrations in a relatively short...
