Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture : Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design

by Cantrell, Bradley; Michaels, Wes

• ISBN13: 9780470403976
• ISBN10: 0470403977
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-08
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A full-color guide to digital landscape representation

For a hundred years, pencil, pen, markers, and watercolor have been the principal tools of representation for landscape architects and urban planners. Today, those hand-powered aids have been replaced by computers and Computer-aided design (CAD). Digital Drawing for Landscape Architects bridges the gap between the traditional analog and the new digital tools and shows you how to apply timeless concepts of representation to enhance your design work in digital media.

Building on the tried-and-true principles of analog representation, Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture explores specific techniques for creating landscape design digitally. It explains the similarities and differences between analog and digital rendering, and then walks you through the steps of creating digitally rendered plans, perspectives, and diagrams. You’ll explore:

-Computing Basics

-Raster and vector images

-Setting up the document

-Base imagery and scaling

-Hand-drawn linework and diagrams

-Text, leaders, and page layout

-Color, shading, and textures

-Creating a section elevation

-Perspective drawing

-Techniques for using the newest versions of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat as well as older versions

With more than 500 full-color drawings and photographs alongside proven techniques, Digital Drawing for Landscape Architects will help you enhance your skills though a unique marriage of contemporary methods with traditional rendering techniques.

Author Biography

Bradley Cantrell is Principal of and Partner in Visual Logic Inc. and a founding partner in LND Digital Workshop, digital media training and consulting. He is also Assistant Professor, School of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University. He received an MLA II from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design with a concentration in digital site representation and interactive spaces.

Wes Michaels is a principal of Spackman+Mossop+Michaels Landscape Architects and a partner in LND Digital Workshop, digital media training and consulting. He is also an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University. He received an MLA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Table of Contents

Concepts

Introduction/Overview

Introduction

Computing Basics

Digital Media Applications

Work Space

Analog and Digital Rendering Comparisons*

Efficiency and editability

Commonalities and Parallels

Hybrid Techniques

Basic Overview of Digital Concepts

Raster/Vector

Resolution

Upsampling and Downsampling

Color

Digital Drawings in the Design Process

Applications for Specific Tasks

Moving between analog and digital drawing techniques

Base Imagery

Setting up the Document

Drawings at Multiple Sizes

How Drawings Move Through the Digital Workflow

Setting the Image Size

Base Imagery and Scaling

Aerial Photography

Tiling Aerial Photographs

Scaling the Aerial Photographs

Adjusting the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness of Base Imagery

CAD Linework as a Base

Hand Drawn Linework

Sketches in CAD

Magic Wand and Color Range Selections

Source Imagery/ Entourage

Selections

Manual Methods

Partial Seclections

Masks

Creating Entourage

Design Diagrams

Introduction

Passive and Active Diagramming

Communication

Abstraction

Distilling and Culling

Diagram Types

Setting up an Illustrator Drawing

Document Size/Color Mode

Advantages of Using Vector-based Programs for Design Diagrams

Importing Photos - Link vs Embed

Linework in Illustrator

Shape Tools

Pen Tool

Editing Tools

Appearance of Lines and Shapes

Transparency

Appearance

Custom Linework

Creating Pattern Brush from Shapes

Altering and Updating the Pattern Brush

Symbols

Creating a Symbol from Custom Artwork

Updating/Replacing Symbols

Managing Symbols

Text and Leaders (Project: Add Title, Description, and Labels to Diagram)

Text Tools

Point Text

Paragraph Text

Formatting Text

Custom Type Tools

Leaders

Effects vs Filters - (Stylize->Arrowhead)

Layout

Exploded Axonometric Diagrams

Creating an Exploded Axonometric Diagram

Plan/Section Renderings

Introduction

Design Process

Issues in Digital Media

Illustrative Components

Importing PDF Linework

PDF Linework from AutoCAD

Addressing the Appearance of Linework

Applying Color to a Plan Rendering

Applying Color with the Paint Bucket

Applying Color with Adjustment Layers

Saving Channels

Shading Techniques

Selecting Fills

Saving Selections

Shading Edges

Automating Shading

Creating Textures

Creating a Texture from an Existing Photograph

Creating a Seamless Pattern Using the Offset Filter

Creating the Pattern and Applying it to the Rendering

Paint Bucket and Pattern Stamp

Pattern Overlay

Managing Patterns

Texturing with Filters

Brushes

Standard Brushes

Custom Brushes

Plan Symbols with Smart Objects

Creating Smart Objects

Duplicating and Editing Smart Objects

Managing Smart Objects

Smart Filters

Managing Large Photoshop Files

Flattening Layers

Saving Layer Groups for Flattening

Adjustment Layers

Printing Issues

Creating a Section Elevation

Similarities and Differences between Section and Plan

Base Linework and Color

Terrain and Architectural Texturing/Color

Assembling Vegetation

Perspectives

Introduction

Creating a Base for a Perspective Drawing

Composition

Virtual Cameras

Exporting and Rendering

Developing Atmospheric Perspective

Detail, Color, Contrast, Brightness

2d - Photoshop Adjustment Layers, Opacity, and Screening

2d/3d - Z Depth

Atmosphere /Environment

Level of Detail

Camera Match 3d Object to Site Photo

Camera Match with 3ds Max 2009

Match Photo with Google Sketchup

Adding New Elements from the Model to the Photograph

Create a Photoshop Perspective Collage

Context Imagery

Collage Construction

Developing a Perspective Image in Photoshop from a 3d Model

Base Model

Adding Site Context

Groundplane Texturing

Adding Vegetation

Adding Entourage

Appendix

File Types Reference

Glossary for Design Computing

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