Hi there my name is Steven, architect and lover of architectural representation. On this class you will learn how to create a Digital Architectural Collage. From a brief history of architectural collage, creation of color palettes and mood boards, all the way to exporting and setting your scene in sketchup, importing it to photoshop and creating breath taking and visually pleasing results. You will also learn the reasons why an architect should know how to create collage images and what is the best practice to do it effectively. The lessons cover:

Description

• Brief Architectural Collage Background

• Discovering References

• Photoshop Shortcuts for better workflow

• Sites to download textures

• Importing Textures and Applying them to your image

• Creating basic renders in vray

• Adding vegetation and entourage

• PLUS bonus segments on Creating a GIF with your image.

If you are an architect, architecture student, landscape architect or just are interested in digital collages, then this course is for you! It is for Beginner to intermediate levels in Sketchup, Vray and Photoshop.

You will create a breathtaking post digital collage that will lead your portfolio in a great direction!

• Begginer to intermediate architects
• architecture students
• landscape architects
• creatives

Course content

• Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Lets get to know each other!
  • Photoshop File
• Brief background of the Architectural Collage
  • introduction to a quick background of the architectural collage
  • Mies Van der Rohe and his collage
  • Artistic influences on the architectural collage
  • The architecture collage of the 70s
  • The new wave of collage
  • Conclusions of the history of collage
• Concept and References
  • Introduction to concept and references
  • Mood Board and References
  • Preliminary Drawing
  • Takeaways from concept and references
• Creating a Texture library
  • Introduction to a texture library
  • Sites to download textures
  • Organizing your images in folder structures
  • What to look for in an image
  • Takeaways from folder structure
• Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Introduction to Shortcuts
  • 5 Beginner Shortcuts
  • 5 Intermediate Shortcuts
  • 5 Advanced Shortcuts
  • Printed Shortcuts
  • Conclusion on PS Shortcuts
• Exporting Base image from sketchup
  • Introduction
  • Opening sketchup model and setting up a scene
  • Creating a base render
  • Exporting image in different channels
  • Importing into photoshop and setting up a folder
  • Export line drawings from sketchup
  • Takeaways for exporting
• Importing and adjusting textures into photoshop
  • Introduction
  • Cropping a canvas and adding a background
  • Importing roof texture and creating masks
  • Applying different concrete textures and solving problems
  • Colorizing textures and adding the sky
  • Key takeaways
• Adding vegetation and people
  • Introduction
  • Foreground vegetation
  • Background and Middleground vegetation
  • Adding people and animals
  • Conclusion
• Final adjustments
  • Introduction
  • Final Adjustments
  • Exporting your image
  • BONUS Creating a GIF
• Conlusions on the digital collage
  • Conclusions