Digital Media

3D Graphics

48120 Fall 2016 Analog and Digital Media

In Review

• Assignment 6: Rhino I
• Assignment 7: Rhino II & InDesign

In Review

• Assignment 6: Rhino I
• Assignment 7: Rhino II & InDesign

A Practical Consideration

• Handrail posts

Technical Tips

• You can disable notifications in both Modelo and RealtimeBoard
• Indesign - Display Performance
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Housekeeping

• Any more invitation issues?

Assignments 3 & 4

RT Board Open Critique

Fundamentals of
3D Graphics

Photoshop vs. Illustrator

Raster vs. Vector

2D Graphics

Vector

(Scalable)

Best suited for line-based drawings

Raster

(Pixels)

Best suited for photographs

2D Graphics

CMYK

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Black)

(Pigment / Print)

RGB

Red, Green, Blue

(Light / DigitalDisplay / Web)

2D Graphics

CMYK

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Black)

(Pigment / Print)

RGB

Red, Green, Blue

(Light / DigitalDisplay / Web)

Why Media?

 

Talking Pictures = Media?

 

Media = Utopia?

 

Media = ?

 c.35000 BC, Prehistoric Cave Painting (Pettakere Cave)

 c.1300 BC, Egyptian Tomb Painting

c. 700 AD, Assyrian Relief

c. 1180, Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily

1425 AD, Masolino da Panicale

Renaissance: Invention of the Perspective

1425 AD, Masolino da Panicale

Renaissance: Invention of the Perspective

When it comes to representational techniques, technology is less about the tool, but rather more about one's framework of thinking.

c. 1500, Hans Holbein the Younger

1721, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

1732, L. A. Corvinus

1831, John Martin

1917. Vladimir Tatlin

1927, Metropolis

Raster Techniques

Raster Techniques

Collaging

Gordon Matta Clark

Jesse Reiser

Jesse Reiser

Enric Miralles

Enric Miralles

Enric Miralles

Frank Dresme

Frank Dresme

Andrea Simitch

Raster Techniques

Montaging

Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge

Étienne-Jules Marey

Étienne-Jules Marey

Étienne-Jules Marey

Étienne-Jules Marey

Étienne-Jules Marey

David Eskenazi

David Eskenazi

David Hockney

Coop Himmelblau

Aristide Antonas

Aristide Antonas

Filip Dujardin

Filip Dujardin

Filip Dujardin

Filip Dujardin

Filip Dujardin

Filip Dujardin

Filip Dujardin

Vector Techniques

Vector Techniques

Architectural Drawings

 

2D

- Plan

- Section

- Elevation

 

3D

- Axonometric

- Isometric

- Perspective

- Section Perspective

Vector Techniques

Architectural Drawings

 

Legibility and clarity in communication is key!

 

Architectural drawings carry professional liability.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Critical architectural graphics like line weights are not just an aesthetic choice, but primarily a form of communication design.

As architects, we must be passionate and thorough about the details.

 

Otherwise, we end up with..

Section Perspective

Stephen Biesty

Stephen Biesty

Paul Rudolph

Paul Rudolph

Paul Rudolph

Paul Rudolph

Paul Rudolph

Rem Koolhaas

Kengo Kuma & Associates

A21 Studio

Atelier Bow Wow

Atelier Bow Wow

Atelier Bow Wow

Atelier Bow Wow

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

LTL Architects

Look for inspirations on your own:

• Archdaily
• Architizer
• Dezeen
• Visualizing Architecture
• Drawing Architecture
• Detail
• Architectural Review
• Architectural Record
• Architect Magazine
• and many more..

Launchlabs / Stereo Architektur

Next Digital Media Class

Wednesday September 21, 2016 10:30am CFA 214

 

Come with Rhino 5 installed!