Architectural Drawing: From Paper to Photoshop

The Digital File and Tonal Values

A course by David Drazil , Architect

100% positive reviews (38)

2,048 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: The Digital File and Tonal Values

Overview

“Next, you will learn how to prepare the digital file on which you'll work for the rest of the project. I will also teach you how to create a tonal value study.”

In this video lesson David Drazil addresses the topic: The Digital File and Tonal Values, which is part of the Domestika online course: Architectural Drawing: From Paper to Photoshop. Learn fundamental drawing techniques to create hand-drawn architectural sketches and bring them to life in Photoshop with color and texture.

Partial transcription of the video

“ The Digital File and Tonal Values In this lesson, we're ready to take this final sketch and turn it into a digital file. There are a few ways to take a photo or digitize this sketch. You can use a scanner, a camera, or your smartphone to take a photo of the sketch. When taking a photograph of the sketch with your camera or smartphone, there are a few things to keep in mind. First of all, the lighting. Try to find good, even, and sufficient lighting, like when you're standing next to a big window, ideally oriented to the north. Second, there are a few things you should try to avoid. One of...”

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Course summary for: Architectural Drawing: From Paper to Photoshop

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (38)
2048 students
5 units
22 lessons (3h 54m)
17 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration

David Drazil

A course by David Drazil

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Architect

David Drazil is an architect who loves to sketch. Through his social media platforms, he shares his passion for the visual representation of architecture with over 233K followers. By creating educational resources on architectural sketching, David is focused on helping other architects, designers, and hobby sketchers to use sketching as a tool to improve their design process and presentation.
As a trained architect with international experience, David holds a degree in architecture and building engineering from Czech Technical University in Prague and a master’s in architecture and design from Aalborg University in Aalborg, Denmark. He also collaborates as a featured artist with the iPad sketching apps like Morpholio and ShadowDraw.