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Here you can see samples of Jim's workflow with SKetchUp. He also wrote a book entitle " Drawing shortcuts" Click HERE for more information about this book.
SketchUp Overlay and Trace Method
SketchUp Composite Drawing Method
Here you can see samples of Jim's workflow with SKetchUp. He also wrote a book entitle " Drawing shortcuts" Click HERE for more information about this book.
SketchUp Overlay and Trace Method
Step 1- SketchUp Massing Model. The
subject was a simple residential design from the 1930’s. I built a
basic SketchUp model using floor plans and elevations that I scanned
from a classic book on residential design. I exported an eye-level
perspective scene and printed it in color on 8.5x11” paper.
Step 2 - Overlay Drawing. One
of my students, Marc Applebaum, AIA sketched over the print with a red
pencil to block out the car and other elements, then drew over the scene
with a Pilot Fineliner pen on a sheet of tracing paper. His pen and ink
drawing captured the basic house model view and added site detail such
as walls, steps, trees and shrubs.
Step 3 - Final Color. Marc
completed the drawing with a wash of Chartpak AD markers and added
texture with Prismacolor pencils. He built up shadows and contrast with a
dark cool gray marker. The overlay drawing took less than 60 minutes
from initial redline mockup to final coloring!
SketchUp Composite Drawing Method
Detailed SketchUp Model.
More developed than the overlay and trace massing model, this model of
the same 1930’s house was refined with materials and components. Roofing
material was selected, 3D tree components added and a classic car
imported from SketchUp 3-D Warehouse. I established an identical view as
the previous drawing exercise, exported a high resolution jpeg, printed
the image on 11x17” bond paper and drew directly onto the color print
with Prismacolor pencils and Chartpak AD markers.
Final Composite Drawing. The
print from my SketchUp model was first colored with very light Chartpak
AD markers and then over-traced with a black Prismacolor pencil. The
final image was scanned at 300dpi.
Waterfront Composite Drawing. This
semi-detailed SketchUp “stage set” model was constructed with the goal
of establishing a single perspective view in which a composite drawing
was developed. The model view was exported into SUPodium to render glass
and water reflections. The final SketchUp view was lightened in
Photoshop and printed 11x17” on coated bond paper.
Step 1 - Ink Line Delineation.
Using a Pilot Fineliner pen, Marc sketched directly onto the print and
illustrated the different buildings, people, landscaping and signage. To
emphasize distance, he concentrated detail in the foreground and faded
his linework in the distance. Much of the original SketchUp model view
was untouched on the left side of the scene.
Step2 - Final Composite Color. Marc
added Chartpak AD markers and Prismacolor pencils directly onto the
print and completed the drawing in less than 90 minutes. This “hybrid”
approach to drawing combines detailed SketchUp models with a hand
drawing process which results in very effective presentation “Tradigital
Drawings” - the merging of traditional hand drawing techniques with
digital models.
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