The past week was a busy one at the office, hence I needed to play catch-up with a lot of non-website related things this weekend. I did find time to put together this illustration of the urban tower model as seen in the past few posts. The urban model lends itself well to this style of illustrations because of the amount of line work I have to work with which allows me to be more selective with where I add and remove detail. I also like the relationship between the large tower glass facade and the gridded punched openings of the surrounding buildings.

To get a better sense of how this illustration was put together, take a look at past posts such as these: ABSTRACTING DEAD RENDERINGS , ABSTRACT ILLUSTRATIONS PART 2 , and PLAN OBLIQUE ILLUSTRATION  . 

 

 

Below are a few of the images that I used to compose the final illustration:

 

1_Urban_Abstract_xray

Above: Sketchup wireframe inverted

 

 

 

3_Urban_Abstract_linework

Above: Model Profile Lines inverted

 

 

 

4_Urban_Abstract_SU_posterize

Above: Exported Sketchup color image with the Photoshop “posterize” adjustment set to 3 levels

 

 

 

2_Urban_Abstract_abstract

Above: Rendering with the Photoshop “posterize” adjustment set to 5 levels

 

 

 

Urban_Abstract_Alex_Hogrefe_Final

The final composition with color overlays added.