by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 23, 2020 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 6, Project 11 MIT Hub |
I was getting a little nervous there thinking I would run out of time but luckily I was able to squeeze this in before the holidays. This courtyard view represents the 9th Winter special image that I have created for this website. It is also the first highly detailed...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 19, 2018 | Break Down, Project 08 Mountain Lodge |
For this year’s Winter Special illustration, I decided to create a series of images partly because I couldn’t decide on one view, but also to experiment with the effects of thick snow at different view angles. I was less interested in the architectural...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 19, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
Even though I have started the new desert house project, I jumped back to the Philly Bridge project to generate this year’s winter special. This was a view that I had planned on illustrating months ago but ran out of time. Luckily, it works perfectly for...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 11, 2016 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 05 Research Lab |
Since I dropped the ball last year, I am picking things back up this year with a new winter special illustration of the research lab design. This view moves the camera underneath the architecture to give a sense of the experience one has when approaching the entrance....
by ahogrefe | Dec 14, 2014 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 02 Cultural Center, Uncategorized |
For this winter special #4, it was all about the lighting and atmosphere. Going into this, I knew the illustration was going to be heavily post processed so I spent little time preparing the 3d model and just kicked out a quick V-ray base rendering...
