Artist sketch

[Kroke]

If it weren't for the 3d capabilities of Revit, where would we be? The artist spruced up my Revit perspective as shown. Gotta love 3d perspectives...She doesn't have to generate it from the floor plans/elevations, Revit does it all...makes her job too easy :)

[BillyGrey]

Kroke, you smoke...

I have admired everything I have ever seen you post here.
This house is no exception. Really nice design man.
The artist's rendering sure doesn't hurt either.
I wished I lived in such a nice, organic area, it really must lend itself to your designs.

Congrat's

[Scott D Davis]

Kroke!


Very nice, man! Would you please post the Revit 'before artist' shot so we can compare?

[Kroke]

Kroke, you smoke...

Lol, that was actually my nickname when we were living together building remote places out in no mans land. We'd take turns cooking each night and I was notorious for burning everything so they named me Kroke the smoke, lol.

Thanks for the compliments...
Here is one of the revit perspectives. I didn't actually send her that, I imported it into SU and gave her that perspective w/o all of the hatches, etc.

I will try to send you the last one she did and actually colored it in, it looks dyamite! But I have yet to get it in my email...it will come though. =D

[bclarch]

Very impressive. Almost makes me think, "Who needs colored renderings?" This would knock the socks off of almost any client.

[Kroke]

Here is the colored one I mentioned, I just got it in my email, and the perspective I sent for her to color.

[Scott D Davis]

If I may be critical:

I like the black and white Revit perspective with shadows better. Why? Because in my opinion, the colored artist sketch is too monotone. The walls, roof, columns, stone, etc. are all almost the same color brown. I would like the image more if it had more variation in the colors, which may have given it some more depth. There needed to be more 'play' with the light and how it falls on the different surfacres.

My 2....

[Kroke]

Critic well taken. In fact, I was thinking the same thing when I first saw it, but it kind of grew on me. Keep in mind this is this young ladies first works in architecture. She's just graduated from an art school where architecture was never a part of her learning, so this is all new to her, as she can't even yet produce her own perspectives. For a young lady just starting out she is pretty good, and I'm sure she will only get better. But, it's way better than I could do :)

[Thomas Cummings]

Alright Scott.........dig out your markers and colored pencils from university days and show us how it's done. ;<)

[Scott D Davis]

I fI would have known her background, I would say 'Great job!' She will get better with experience....give her as much architecture to practice on as possible....and be sure to crit her work! It's the onyl way she will learn it!

And I'm with you Kroke, way better than I could do! I'd break out the markers from the old college days, try to make it look good, and end up throwing it away!

[Kroke]

Hey Scott,

I gave her some of your critiques for pointers on how to make things a little brighter and not so monochrome.

What do you think of this one comparatively? I think she's come some way since the last one...

[Scott D Davis]

Yes! I think the perspective used is more dynamic/dramatic, and the colors and textures are much better! I took a bunch of photography stuff in college, and they always said composistions based on 'triangular' proportions were the most balanced, and this one seems to have that triangualr feel to it.


I think this image is very successful, much improved over the last one! (and the last one was good!)

[BillyGrey]

Yes,
In fact, it's beautiful.

I may solicit you at some point in the future for contact info on your
artist :). Is her medium electronic, e.g., Painter? Or is hand rendered?

Keep her working Kroke, and she'll have a bright future.

[Kroke]

I was pretty impressed with how much she jumped from just the last one to this one, I can't wait to see what she brings in the future.

She does it all by hand, over a perspective tracing created with Revit that I print out on vellum so that she can edit it along the way, but then it's scanned into the cpu for emails, pdf's, etc.

She will be happy to hear the results :)

Have a good rest of the weekend guys!