The updated edition of a contemporary approach to merging traditional hand drawing methods with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional digital visualization tools.
- 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
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"Given the impact that technology has had to face with design, the second edition of this fascinating book focuses on the implementation of the illustrations of the urban landscape all the while blending the traditional hand drawing with the more contemporary digital techniques." (Tango Reporter, August 2010) "Architect, Urban Planner, and professional illustrator Jim Leggitt brings the information he teaches in his drawing workshops to the pages of this colorful text. A second edition of a 2002 book, this version has been revised to integrate "today's technology," specifically in the form of Google Sketchup, presenting a drawing approach that merges hand-drawing techniques with digital technology." (Landscape Architecture, July 2010)
"Drawing Shortcuts, Second Edition, is a timely reference tool at a time when technology - for all its advantages – has contributed to an increased atrophy of freehand drawing skills among design students and professionals." (ChicagoArchitectureToday.com, June 2010)
"Written for students and professionals in the building and landscaping arts, Drawing Shortcuts has numerous tips that will help today's busy professional speed up the drawing process without sacrificing creativity. Author Jim Leggit's processes combine computer technology with the more emotion-based, traditional, hand techniques to produce work worthy for presentations. Rather than take years to learn the shortcuts, this book allows readers to quickly stimulate spaces that tell a story." (San Francisco Book Review, March 28, 2010)
Table of Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER 1 TRADITIONAL DRAWING TYPES.
Observation Drawings.
Imagination Drawings.
Thumbnail Drawings.
Concept Drawings.
Presentation Drawings.
CHAPTER 2 DRAWING COMPOSITION.
Drawing Composition.
Perspective Drawings.
Paraline Drawings.
CHAPTER 3 TRADITIONAL DRAWING TOOLS.
Drawing Media.
Drawing with Pencils.
Drawing with Pens.
Hatching Techniques.
Showing Detail.
Creating Shadows.
Correcting Mistakes.
Drawing Safety.
CHAPTER 4 TRADITIONAL COLORING TOOLS.
How to Color with Pencils.
How to Color with Markers.
Mixed-Media Drawings.
CHAPTER 5 TRADITIONAL ENTOURAGE DRAWING.
Drawing Sources.
How to Draw People.
How to Draw Cars.
How to Draw Vegetation.
Drawing Furniture.
Drawing Building Materials.
CHAPTER 6 DIGITAL DRAWING TOOLS.
3-D Modeling.
Digital Editing.
Digital Photography.
CHAPTER 7 TRADIGITAL DRAWING.
Traditional + Digital.
Tradigital Variations.
Overlay and Trace.
Simple Composite Method.
Advanced Composite Method.
Digital Hybrids.
CHAPTER 8 DRAWING GALLERY.
Kirk Fromm.
Jennifer Mahoney.
Paul Stevenson Oles, FAIA.
Terry J. Leonard, AIA.
Michael P. O'Beirne.
Seth Harry, AIA.
Stanley Doctor.
Conclusion.
Contributors.
Project Credits.
Index.
Jim Leggitt.
