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Autumn Bird’s Eye View: Cranbrook Illustration

Autumn Bird’s Eye View: Cranbrook Illustration

by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 10, 2013 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 3 | 12 comments

  I have taken several trips up to Maine over the past month and experienced some beautiful landscapes with stunning fall foliage. This has inspired the latest illustration for my Cranbrook project. Autumn scenes are not that much different from your standard...
Rendering Breakdown: Radial Blur

Rendering Breakdown: Radial Blur

by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 17, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3, Styles / Effects | 10 comments

    I don’t use blurring techniques that often but every once and a while, I come across an illustration that needs a little extra kick. This was the case with the interior illustration introduced in the last post. The shot was looking down a long and...
Cranbrook Project: Building Section

Cranbrook Project: Building Section

by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 24, 2013 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 3 | 12 comments

    When I originally designed this project back in undergrad, I put a lot of time into the design of the section. It’s an important illustration and I therefore wanted to move away from the abstract illustrations described in the previous posts and...
Cranbrook Project: Site Analysis Diagrams

Cranbrook Project: Site Analysis Diagrams

by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 8, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 | 15 comments

    This week, I put together some diagrams that build off of the language of the first illustration created last week. As mentioned in the last post, the intro page illustration was designed to be a “teaser” for the pages to follow and get the...
Cranbrook Project: Intro Spread Illustration

Cranbrook Project: Intro Spread Illustration

by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 26, 2013 | Portfolio Vol. 3 | 21 comments

    The summer is coming to a close and I am making a final push to wrap up “Project Portfolio Upgrade”. I have spent the last two weeks developing a new 3D model for one of my old projects from undergraduate school. Some of you may recognize the design as...
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