Architectural Illustration: Capture a City’s Personality

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Find inspiration and information about your city's identity through books, films, the internet, maps, and other sources.
• To add an additional dimension to your architectural image, learn how to visualize your city as a person and identify its qualities.
• After that, you'll begin your open-air sketch, which Carlo encourages you to do with instinct rather than perfection.
• Combine your sketches with images to evaluate the features of your place, then choose the most relevant sketches to trace each building independently.
• Carlo will present you with a variety of possibilities to try out, pushing you to do so as much as possible in order to discover the qualities of your personal style.
• Learn how to use people, fantasy elements, and other aspects to create your final architectural composition.
• Learn how to make the perfect palette, use the Transparency tool, and add shadows, as well as other tools to help you develop your own style vocabulary.
• After you've finished your final illustration, Carlo will show you how to assess it, identifying its strengths and weaknesses so you can develop over time.
• Prepare your file for a variety of purposes (personal, advertising, social media, and more) and conclude the course with his expert advice on how to build a superb portfolio.

Syllabus:

1. Introduction

   • Presentation (About Me)

   • Influences

   • What We Will Do on the Course
      

2.  Preparation

   • How to Choose Your City

   • Study the City: Find the City’s Personality / Identity

   • Open-Air Sketch

   • Photograph and Sketch: Buildings and Architecture

   • Photograph and Sketch: People and Objects

   • Fantastic Elements

   • Tracing Our Illustrations With Ink Using the Lightbox
      

3.  Digital Work

   • Scanning and Combining All the Elements 1

   • Scanning and Combining All the Elements 2

   • Scanning and Combining All the Elements 3

   • Scanning and Combining All the Elements 4

   • Color and the Importance of Contrast 1

   • Color and the Importance of Contrast 2

   • Color and the Importance of Contrast 3

   • Transparency

   • Shadows 1

   • Shadows 2

   • Shadows 3
      

4.  Applications

   • Consideration About Your Finished Illustration

   • Your Specialization and Creating Your Portfolio
      

5. Final Project

   • Architectural Illustration: Capture a City’s Personality