Architectural Illustration: Bring Design Concepts to Life

Identifying Area and Exploring Design Solutions

A course by JJ Zanetta , Architectural Illustrator

100% positive reviews (40)

2,950 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Identifying Area and Exploring Design Solutions

Overview

“In this lesson, I will review identifying a site and the envisioning process. What inspires me about the site? What would I like to see, and how can it be improved? ”

In this video lesson JJ Zanetta addresses the topic: Identifying Area and Exploring Design Solutions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Architectural Illustration: Bring Design Concepts to Life. Explore the fundamentals of architectural illustration, from perspective drawing to 2D composition, and use them to render engaging design solutions in Procreate or by hand.

Partial transcription of the video

“Identifying Area and Exploring Design Solutions Now that I've shared my influences with you, in this lesson, we'll identify our site and explore different design solutions. The power of architectural illustration is in its ability to provide a visual to have a conversation about. Imagine going to a site and talking about your vision. If you could do that with a drawing or rendering, how much more productive would your conversation be with whoever you're trying to inspire or influence to get things done in your community? Architectural illustration is powerful in communicating your visions a...”

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Course summary for: Architectural Illustration: Bring Design Concepts to Life

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (40)
2950 students
5 units
18 lessons (3h 49m)
16 downloads

Category
Architecture & Spaces, Illustration
Software
Procreate
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Architecture, Digital Architecture, Drawing, Spatial Design, Traditional illustration

JJ Zanetta

A course by JJ Zanetta

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Architectural Illustrator

JJ Zanetta is an architectural illustrator. He grew up in Pittsburgh and began drawing from a young age, recreating the illustrations he saw in books. In high school, JJ began pursuing his love for architecture by creating drawings inspired by his city. He later went on to study art education at Mercyhurst University and began his career as an architectural illustrator at Urban Design Associates in 2007 before going on to establish his own studio, Zanetta Illustration.

Since then, he has spent more than 10 years working for clients including architects, urban designers, landscape architects, developers, and municipalities. JJ has also won multiple awards from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, among other organizations.