Techniques

• Drawing & painting
• Photomontage
• 3D modeling & rendering

Drawing

Drawing Media

• Pencil
• Pen
• Charcoal
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Inkscape
• Etc.

Sarah Simblet, New Sylva

• Hand-drawn in the field
• Meticulous rendering of light and texture
• Sense of dynamism in stillness
• Conveys the complexity of nature
• Atmospheric

img+, Rail Corridor, Singapore

• Digital illustration
• Abstract, yet highly legible
• Painterly texture
• Evocative atmosphere
• Vegetation as patterning

Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, Unazuki Meditation Pavilion

• Concept sketch
• …to built work

Photomontage

Photomontage Software

• Adobe Photoshop

Agence Ter, Hereweg Wood Park

• Poor technique
• Looks collaged, while aiming for photorealism
• Distorted scale & perspective
• Inconsistent transparency
• Solid and ghostly people
• Clear and blurry plants
• Half transparent trees

img+, Barking Riverside, London

• Good technique
• Skillful blending of plants into cohesive scene
• Convincing sense of depth
• Some transparent plants blending into the path
• Some spots of inconsistent blurriness

LOLA, Vision Inner City Groningen

• Photorealism vs. illustrated, collaged style
• Photomontaged realism vs. flat bright colors
• Desaturated and oversaturated
• Evokes eclecticism, fun and vibrancy

LOLA, Metropolitan Forest Madrid

• Atmospheric perspective with halftone overlay
• Halftone shifts color palette, establishes patterning, & blends montaged elements
• Halftone suggests a special quality of light
• Conveys a unique sense of place

LOLA, Stadhuispromenade Almere

• Rendering of design concept

3D Modeling

3D Modeling Software

• Rhino
• SketchUp
• 3dsMAx
• Blender
• Etc.

3D Rendering

3D Rendering Software

• Lumion
• Enscape for Rhino
• Thea for Rhino
• Vray for Rhino
• Etc.

3D Plant Libraries

• Xfrog
• Speedtree
• Etc.

The Uncanny Valley

Ishiguro Lab, Geminoid HI-5

Ishiguro Lab, Erica

img+, Felix Meritis, Amsterdam

• 3D modeled and rendered scene
• Post-processing to populate and furnish scene
• Mix of 3D assets and photomontage
• Stylist variations

img+, A11 Highway, Belgium

• Renderings at a range of scales
• Seamless blend of 3D rendering and photomontage

Snøhetta, 550 Madison Garden, NYC

• Hyperrealistic rendering
• 3D modeled and rendered scene with 3D plants
• Photomontaged people that feel flat compared to the scene
• Some of the people are missing their shadows…
• Snowfall for atmosphere, but the pavement appears dry
• Perspectives & section-perspectives

LOLA, Gasklockan, Stockholm

• 3D modeled and rendered scene
• Illustrated style for photomontaged people
• Rich, textured planting palette by Piet Oudolf

Foster + Partners, Le Dôme Winery

• Section-elevation
• Cut through 3D model
• Illustrated style using photomontage, textures, and filters

B+B, The Connected Core: The Hague

• Before and after
• Rendering style evokes the historic painting
• Desaturated
• Painterly sky
• Inconsistency of photomontaged people

B+B, Locke Eefde

• Illustrated style using 3D model, photomontage, & textures
• Composition mixing 2D and 3D elements
• Visual blend of depth and flatness
• Evokes calmness, function, and history