Architectural Illustration: Bring Design Concepts to Life

Photographing and Community Insight

A course by JJ Zanetta , Architectural Illustrator

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2,948 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Photographing and Community Insight

Overview

“Take a field trip and visit the site. Photograph your subject, and talk to as many people as you can. Gain an insight into what you think will be a successful design, as well as one that will improve the quality of life for others who use it. ”

In this video lesson JJ Zanetta addresses the topic: Photographing and Community Insight , 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

“Photographing and Community Insight Now that we've selected our site, in this lesson, we will take a field trip to this site and get some community insight. This part of the process of getting community insight is important to everything. First of all, it involves people. Not many folks have asked them what they want in their community. You might learn some interesting things about the history of the place, whether or not the owner of the property is interested in selling or investing more money into their project or the community. You might understand a bit of the dynamics of the community...”

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

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (40)
2948 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.