I don’t know if I’m just in the holiday spirit, but I thought I would write a post about winterizing an illustration. In essence, this tutorial takes your typical daytime rendering and turns it into a snowy winter scene, which is easier than you might think. After some experimenting, I realized that the smudge tool worked really well for a drifting snow effect on the ground. I also used a common technique for adding falling snow. This method can be found all over the web and with a little manipulation can be used to create rain as well.
You don’t see too many winter scenes in architectural presentations. It’s something I wish I would have tried while still in school.
Below, I have shown the before and after images of the tutorial. Its a dramatic change in just a short amount of time.
fantastic Alex! Merry xmas
thanks a lot for sharing!
Fabio
Thanks Fabio, happy holidays to you too
nice tut, thanks Alex! merry xmas!
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Nice tutorial! Thanks for sharing!
Keep up the good work, and happy holidays!
Greetings from Spain.
haha i've been sat all day doing a xmas card for work trying to get this look. merry christmas
Fine tutorial, think Im gonna use it to make more renderings "on a rainy day".
Mary xmas to you Alex.
HI there Alex,
Great tut, Firstly who the heck is that person who advertised for Hand Bags???? What the???? Hand Bags in Architecture??? Could you show us how you made the grass in the picture above….. Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please …..
Hey Guys, Greeting from Pakistan!!!! Happy New Year………
Thanks for this blog… perfect tutorials.. Merry Xmas! .. Greeting form Poland!
Right. This is my first time to see snow in an architectural presentation. Very ingenious!
A Happy Christmas to you and your family Alex! Thanks for this snow magic step by step. There are a lot of aesthetic judgement calls in this tutorial that are not immediately obvious but sure single you out as a master.
This is amazing. Thanks a lot.
Could you show us the jpeg picture of the grass, or grass texture in that picture above….please….. 🙁
Thanks everyone.
@Habib
Send me an email and I can show you what texture I used. Thanks
i liked your style alex..you've really good works..thank you for creating this web..
Hi Alex,
Great tutorials by the way, they have helped me in so many ways in college…quick question though…what screen capturing software do you use when you are preparing your videos for your blog? 🙂
Tks very much, help so much for a student in an architecture school.
Hi, great work on here. I don't know how much you know about video, but it would be really useful to know how i can apply these techniques to moving image. They are so powerful on stills, it would be awesome. I'm probably talking mainly about the blueprint style ones, and the diffused effects and xrays etc. thanks!
Hi Alex. Thank you it was a great and easy way for presentation of winter scene. I’ve seen some tutorials about this but I mixed up every time 🙂
It is the best tut about snow that I’ve seen.
Excellent video. Your pace and instructions are very clear. Keep up the amazing work!
big like…thanks for sharing!
it is very useful,execellent
Thank you so much
Hey, Alex. I love your work here. It’s really giving me good ideas and inspiration for my last year in studio. I was curious which techniques did you use to create the base image? Did you use a paintbrush and dab on color as you saw, or was it another technique?
Thanks!
I’m over 70 and I’m learning so much from your tutorials, wish I had found them 5 years ago when I started 3d work. I’m really grateful, thank you