by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 2, 2013 | Over Time |
I thought it would be interesting to put together a timelapse video showing the basics on how I built the urban tower seen in the past few posts. A couple of things to note about this video is that I didn’t spend a lot of the time with the finer details...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 13, 2012 | Uncategorized |
I have been spending my free time lately designing and building a new Sketchup model located in a dense urban environment. I thought it would be interesting to do a quick post on the progress of the model before I go into illustrating it. It is probably...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jul 29, 2012 | Portfolio Vol. 3, Styles / Effects |
I have been experimenting with some old-school plan oblique illustrations. This was one of the first 3-dimensional views I learned to draft by hand in school. What is great about these types of illustrations is that they can be used as scaled measured drawings...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 26, 2012 | Over Time |
I tend to use a lot of line work generated by Sketchup models as overlays for architectural illustrations. Because of this, it’s often crucial that the line work in my Sketchup models read clearly and appropriately. Before exporting the line work, there...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 29, 2012 | Fundamentals |
A while ago, I created a tutorial showing how to render a section only using a Sketchup image and Photoshop which can be seen HERE. That tutorial was meant as a last second resort when time was limited and a decent looking image was needed fast. However, there...
