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 | May 21, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 10 Prairie Office, Uncategorized |
This was one of my more ambitious undertakings and an image I almost didn’t do. I had a lot of things going against me that made me second guess taking on this type of image. It was going to require a ton of Photoshop, the view is at an angle that tends to feel flat...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 4, 2019 | Graphic Design, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 09 Porter Square, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
Porter Square Station is a place I pass through nearly every day and is the site I have decided to take on as my next design/illustration project. Since the station is nearby my office, it is how I get to and from my home, and how I get in and out of the city for...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 20, 2018 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 08 Mountain Lodge |
I have been working up some drafts for a few diagrams and elevations for the mountain lodge project. I am testing out some graphically minimal styles that contrast the highly textured and atmospheric perspective illustrations seen here and here. I don’t normally...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 9, 2018 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa |
After a few more weeks of studying, iterating, and modeling, the design of the desert house has been more or less finalized. I have now begun thinking about the visuals and how I want to present this project. This has been difficult at times because the...