Urban Design Visualizations
A Peek Inside My Process
Working with the available resources — Google Earth and Street View, 2D site plans, 3D massing, and photos — I piece together the existing assets to create a desired perspective view. Then, “tracing” over digitally on my iPad, the details fall into place. Finally, working within the chosen color palette, watercolor is digitally painted to bring a place to life visually.
Google Earth
SketchUp 3D Massing
Pencil Line Work
Watercolor Painting
Types of Renders
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2D (Site Plan)
Helpful for placing the site in context and categorizing land uses, explaining streets and blocks, and the arrangement of parts
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Birds-Eye (Aerial)
Bringing three-dimensional perspective into a larger context
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Eye-Level
Most intuitive view for viewers, best suited for showcasing a human perspective
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Section-Cut
Get into the details of dimensions and sense of enclosure combined with a small-scale aerial context
