turn photos into renderings when there isn't time for 3D viz

GIVE DRAWING TO SCALE A TRY! Download a free 1/4" Grid, Ruler and FF&E template here: https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/dra... Have you ever needed a good looking rendering in a very short time for a very important meeting? My clients always do, and in this video I share techniques for delivering renderings that get the job done in the shortest possible time. MAKE THE TRANSITION TO iPAD PRO DRAWING: Shop Procreate Draw-To-Scale Tools: https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/store Learn More About the Live Draw-Along Workshop: https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/studio Browse Our Self-Guided Courses: https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/off... Got a Project? Get Off on the Right Foot (2-Hour Designer Session): https://calendly.com/ipadforarchitect... Planning a New Home? Start Smart with a 1-Hour Consult: https://calendly.com/ipadforarchitect... The step-by-step process unfolds as follows (time stamps): 0:00 Intro 0:30 Description and scope of the real-world project 0:44 Cloning a small site photo 1:12 Tracing the photo in freehand 1:27 Importing, selecting and deleting the background from entourage images found on the web 1:45 Positioning the entourage in the picture plane 2:13 Tracing and filling solid the entourage layers to maintain maximum flexibility as the rendering progresses 2:34 The importance of maintaining solid outlines in your tracings to facilitate filling areas of your drawing with the drag and drop color palette method 2:51 Creating trees from scratch with the #25 Rad Brush (as numbered in my curated brush selection available download here: http://www.akersarchitecturalrenderin... 3:55 Adding flat areas of color to your entourage by selecting the underlying contained within the outline, adding a new layer below the outline, then adding basic flat colors inside the lines using the #6 Soft Brush 4:26 Adding a quick overall lighting effect by filling the top layer in the stack with a wash of blue violet, changing the layer blend mode to "multiply," adjusting the opacity of the layer, then deleting windows and skylights partially erasing other areas of light with the #6 Soft Brush 5:02 For more information on the brushes I use, please see my video entitled "Intro To The Best Brushes for Architects & Designers" here:    • The Brushes I Use For Architectural Design...   5:10: To learn more about making scalable architectural drawings in Procreate, please see my video entitled "Intro To Creating Scalable Architectural Drawings In Procreate" here:    • A Real-World Draw To Scale Workflow In Pro...   My name is James Akers and the name of my business is Akers Architectural Rendering. I'm a registered architect and full-time professional renderer, and my mission is to help architects, interior designers and students master design, and digital rendering skills in Procreate. You can find more design tutorials and inspiration for architects at the links below. // Please SUBSCRIBE to support and stay up to date with new content. Thank you! // // CONTACT ME http://www.akersarchitecturalrenderin... // To browse our new online courses in Procreate, Sketchup for iPad and Morpholio Trace https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/fre... ipadforarchitects.com/ To buy the brushes, stencils, grid templates, scale rulers and FF&E templates you see in our videos, https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/fre... ipadforarchitects.com/ To buy the brushes, stencils, grid templates, scale rulers and FF&E templates you see in our videos, https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/fre... ipadforarchitects.com/ To browse our new online courses in Procreate for Architects and Sketchup for iPad: https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/ To buy the brushes, stencils, grid templates, scale rulers and FF&E templates you see in our videos, https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/fre... ipadforarchitects.com/ To browse our new online courses in Procreate for Architects and Sketchup for iPad, https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/fre... ipadforarchitects.com/ To buy the brushes, stencils, grid templates, scale rulers and FF&E templates you see in our videos, https://www.ipadforarchitects.com/fre... ipadforarchitects.com/ // PURCHASE BRUSHES, GRID TEMPLATES & SCALE RULERS http://www.akersarchitecturalrenderin... // INSTAGRAM   / ipad_for_architects_masterclas   // // TWITTER   / akersrendering   // #designtutorial #architecturetutorial