Eric Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Hello all! This is a rendering I've been working on for the last couple of days. It's a site plan for a housing development - they're affordable homes - thus the connected rear of the houses. I can't say exactly why the architect did it this way, so please don't ask. Everything was done in Photoshop (at least the artsy stuff). I was trying to go for a hand-drawn/watercolor look. Anyway, I've spent way too much time on it for the budget, but my system chokes a bit on 24"x36"@225ppi images with multiple layers. Comments and crits appreciated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Nelson Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Fantastic job! The parchment look is really cool. Has sort of an old treasure map look to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vizwhiz Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Eric where are the driveways? i must be reverse-dyslexic They all (most) look like they are in the backyards of the houses great job, if you would post a Tutorial on how you did the Texturing (subliminal hint 0 - 100) look really good some of the Streets look like They could use some Radii ** what version of PhotoShop are you using??? we just ordered FotoChop CS This afternoon Thanks Randy ---- what i lack in Talent i will make up for with Software Purchases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 Thanks guys! The driveways are in fact at the rear of the house - they're rear entry homes with alleys. It's pretty common in this area. In regard to the radii for the streets, I tried to avoid as many architect/civil duties as possible (I'm just the draftsman/renderer). I already had to add in a missing alley, as well as all the sidewalks and driveways. There also was no roof plans provided, so I had to work those out too, though they're "close", not 100% accurate. I'm not entirely sure the people that designed the houses actually worked out the roof plan before they drew the elevations. As far as the texture is concerned, I simply googled various search words for paper textures and stuff, and downloaded the ones that had high quality images. Then dropped them on top of my layer stack, and played with the various layer modes and opacities till I had a look I liked. I'm using Photoshop CS, though I assure you, I didn't do anything that couldn't have been done back with version 4 or 5 (4 is the earliest I used). For the variations in fill color, I created a layer that was grouped to the layer beneath it (I'm not sure what this function is called - I'm not talking about "link"), and used "Multiply" with a feathered/soft brush, and "burned" the edges of the fill - basically to try to simulate pooled paint toward the edge where the area would be masked of with tape. Oh yeah, I'm still waiting on the client to give me direction on yard fencing and landscaping, so it's not 100% yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Warner Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Eric- You have the hand drawn thing down. This is a great looking site plan. Out of curiousity, why did you choose this look for the plan? Was it what the client wanted, or just something you wanted to try? -Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 I wasn't really given any direction from the client. They just sent me the pdf of the plan and asked me to color it. Upon my initial questions to find out more about what they wanted, I found out they needed me to add a few things (starting from the PDF file...). When I requested a .dwg, they sent me the Civil's drawings, which were different from the drawing that was used to create the .PDF file, blah blah blah, it was kinda' a headache. Anyway, you didn't ask anything about that, did you...? Well, I really like the hand-drawn look as opposed to the digital (vector) look. I think there is much more character to it. So, I try to make my photoshop 2D stuff look as hand drawn as I can (considering I don't have a lot of hand-rendering experience). I try to look at work done by others to get an idea of what I want to try. I have a great book that talks about .... crap, it's too late, and I can't remember what it's called, but basically it talks about a new concept in residential/urban planning, and trying to bring people back together again in terms of smart planning and neighbor-oriented housing design criteria. Anyway, they have tons of architectural renderings showing designs for various communities. The great thing is that they are all done by different architects, so you get a good amount of stylistic approaches. I found one that used a muted watercolor with very little detail. Actually, too little detail for my purposes, but I liked the coloring and the approach, so I picked a color palette and created my own variation of the style. I still haven't heard from the client, so I have no idea if this approach will even fly!! ...hope so, cause I sure don't want to start over. Oh well, at least it's digital! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Wow. That looks great, Eric. Looks hand drawn/painted to me. For a New Urbanist look, probably need some street trees spaced from 30 to 50 feet O.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 Okay, got to work this morning, and looked at the book I was referring to. "The New Urbanism", like you said Allen. In regard to the trees and the New Urbanist look, I was just grabbing rendering stylistic ideas from the book, not design/planning/landscaping ideas. The tree placement is about the only direction I was given by the client, and even at that, he just said each house gets two trees in front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 Okay, just a minor update. Things are a bit slow at the moment, so I figured I'd take a few minutes to make a few corrections and tweak it a little. Still waiting on comments and further direction from the client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eksg Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 it was done nicely,but it lacks a lot of details.if you are trying to achieve a water color effect,you've definitely done it. but wont you consider putting more trees,those that are not just round ones.and some more entourage?cars,people,bikes,etch. as if it was a "flat aerial" shot of the proposal instead of just a colored plan.it looks interesting and i would love to work on that one.goodluck dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cassil Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Looks great but I would also agree that it needs more landscaping and maybe some cars too. Nice style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeilveen Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hello mate, Very nice image, looks great in any book or poster, your client must be well pleased when he sees this. Dont worry about the time, its about the fun and sattisfaction you have once this is finished. Just one thing, I was just wondering if the green circles are trees, if they are you migh want to try and test the look with shadows abit more away from the tree, they look abit flat and could be shrubs, Cheers Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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