Exterior Architectural Renderings

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Greystone on the Hudson

What a project! Yes, it is a single family estate and it is beautiful. The developer reached out to me and at first, we couldn't agree on a fee, but after much prayer I called him back and gladly took the project. Although there was a lot of obstacles I had to overcome, the project was a pleasure to be a part of and I look forward to the next one.

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Sunday, May 15, 2016

7 Ponds Architectural Rendering

Presales is the name and 3D Renderings are the game! Okay, cheesy I know, but true. 7 Ponds is a development in the Hamptons and I had the privilege ini help the developer with his marketing materials, which these architectural renderings.

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Monday, May 2, 2016

Holiday Inn Twilight Rendering

Rendering this Holiday Inn brought me back to when I worked for a hotel/motel design and build firm, about 45 minutes outside of Chicago. It was about 20 years ago when I was hired to illustrate their designs, to get approval from the company owner, who was located in New York City. It was early in the world of computer architectural renderings and things took an awfully long time and they were not very good. At the time, they were still cool, but they look archaic today. I should post the old ones, but I won't :). Here are the new Holiday Inn renderings.

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Saturday, April 30, 2016

31 Orange St. Rendering

This project went silent, about 1 year ago, but came back to life this week. Each project, for me, is an opportunity to create something beautiful and I hope this architectural rendering qualifies.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

3D Rendering Hardware Upgrades

To create a successful architectural rendering takes creativity, patients, basic art theory knowledge, and many other skills and disciplines. To create a successful 3D computer generated architectural rendering takes the same above mentioned skills and disciplines, along with several new ones.

If you haven't noticed, most creatives are not very technically gifted and most technically gifted are not very creative. Of course, these are generalizations, but tend to hold true. You need a unique person to create a successful 3D computer architectural rendering, because you have to be both creative and technically minded.

In this post I'll be talking technology. So, if you are only a creative thinker, this will probably confuse you. For you technical guys, it'll be candy.

Recently, I dropped a small fortune ($6,500) on some new hardware. A fortune is relative, but it was a fortune to me. Like any successful business, you have to invest to stay competitive and relevant. After about a year of investigating, I finally pulled the trigger on a new computer. This is what I purchased:

Dell Precision T7910 36-Core Dual E5-2696 v3 Max 3.8GHz 128GB RAM EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 06G-P4-4995-KR 6GB

The Dell precision T7900 is the most powerful, to date, computer they make. The processors are not available to the public and they don't get any faster. About every aspect to this computer is EXTREME! From the 2X 36-Core processors, to the 128 GB of RAM, and the 6 GB video card. EXTREME!

Why such an EXTREME computer? Simply, I can create better 3D computer architectural renderings for my clients. I am a creative, which is about 80% of what it takes, and now I have the EXTREME hardware to create things faster. Not only can I do things faster, I can do things better, because I don't have to wait so long for the computer to compute and I can use that time to be more creative.

When you are looking for an architectural illustrator, please ask about their hardware. If they are working on a 4 year old laptop, please reconsider them as your choice. I have seen some beautiful work from some people who use inexpensive hardware, however, things take very long to complete and there are a lot of shortcuts that need to be taken. Small changes, for the most part, are a big deal, when you have limited resources. With limited resources, there are simply things you can't do; things that make an image EXTREME!

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Rendering

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is growing and I was honored to be involved. Recently, I was asked to produce some marketing material for their Spring 2016 school enrollment. Here, are two architectural renderings that I produced for the architect and developer, both will be used to market the new dorm building.

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Sunday, March 13, 2016

485 Hampton House

Another awesome project for another awesome client. This house, the developers would like to market the house prior to construction, so he commissioned me to illustrate all that the house could be.

Considering we are emerging from a long cold winter, here in upper Minnesota, it was nice to work on a pool project. Also, the modern interior was fun to illustrate.

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