Drawing Shortcuts

Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Today's Technology

Jim Leggitt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2010 | 2nd edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-470-43548-9 (ISBN)

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The updated edition of a contemporary approach to merging traditional hand drawing methods with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional digital visualization tools. Jim Leggitt?s Drawing Shortcuts shows how communicating with hand drawings combined with digital technology can be ingeniously simple, and this new edition makes an already popular technique even better. Completely expanded with new chapters and a wealth of supporting images, this Second Edition presents practical techniques for improving drawing efficiency and effectiveness by combining traditional hand drawing methods with the latest digital technology, including 3-D modeling with SketchUp. This book?s step-by-step approach will sharpen and streamline your techniques whether you draw for pleasure, school or your design profession.

Easy-to-follow instructions cover every aspect from the basics of drawing?such as composition, color, shading, hatching, and perspective?up to the most current technologies
Incorporates Google SketchUp, Google Earth, computer generated renderings, digital scanners and printers
Features new visuals from accomplished drawing experts
Special new ?Gallery? section highlights the creative process with step-by-step examples of drawings
Complete coverage of the ?Overlay and Trace Method,? ?Simple Composite Method,? ?Advanced Composite Method,? and ?Digital Hybrid Drawings?
New matrices show alternative drawing techniques for specific visual effects such as Linework and Shading, Selecting the Right Views, Perspectives and Paraline Drawings, Drawing Detail, Camera Lenses, and Drawing Tools

Generously enriched with detailed process drawings, examples, and more than 500 full-color images, Drawing Shortcuts, Second Edition will have you creating top-quality drawings faster and more effectively.

Jim Leggitt, FAIA, is an architect, urban planner, and professional illustrator who has been practicing for over thirty years. Jim offers drawing workshops and is a frequent speaker at universities and national, regional, and local events where he has taught over 5,000 architects, designers, and students.

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Chapter 1

Traditional Drawing Types 12

Observation Drawings 16

Imagination Drawings 20

Thumbnail Drawings 26

Concept Drawings 32

Presentation Drawings 45

Chapter 2

Drawing Composition 48

Drawing Composition 49

Perspective Drawings 56

Paraline Drawings 72

Chapter 3

Traditional Drawing Tools 76

Drawing Media 77

Drawing with Pencils 80

Drawing with Pens 86

Hatching Techniques 92

Showing Detail 96

Creating Shadows 100

Correcting Mistakes 102

Drawing Safety 103

Chapter 4

Traditional Coloring Tools 104

How to Color with Pencils 110

How to Color with Markers 116

Mixed-Media Drawings 124

Chapter 5

Traditional Entourage Drawing 130

Drawing Sources 131

How to Draw People 134

How to Draw Cars 140

How to Draw Vegetation 142

Drawing Furniture 150

Drawing Building Materials 154

Chapter 6

Digital Drawing Tools 158

3-D Modeling 160

Digital Editing 172

Digital Photography 176

Chapter 7

Tradigital Drawing 184

Traditional + Digital 185

Tradigital Variations 186

Overlay and Trace 188

Simple Composite Method 196

Advanced Composite Method 204

Digital Hybrids 210

Chapter 8

Drawing Gallery 212

Kirk Fromm 214

Jennifer Mahoney 218

Paul Stevenson Oles, FAIA 222

Terry J. Leonard, AIA 226

Michael P. O’Beirne 230

Seth Harry, AIA 234

Stanley Doctor 238

Conclusion 242

Contributors 243

Project Credits 244

Index 247

Jim Leggitt 251

Zusatzinfo	Photos: 141 B&W, 594 Color; Drawings: 0 B&W, 0 Color
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	213 x 267 mm
Gewicht	998 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Grafik / Design ► Digitale Bildverarbeitung
ISBN-10	0-470-43548-8 / 0470435488
ISBN-13	978-0-470-43548-9 / 9780470435489
Zustand	Neuware