Bobby Parker 6/17/14 Bobby Parker 6/17/14

2014 CGarchitect 3Dawards Film Festival Teaser

2014 CGarchitect 3Dawards Film Festival Teaser from CGarchitect on Vimeo.

On July 5, 2014, CGarchitect will be showing some of the best submissions to our 2014 3Dawards at the Mundos Digitales Conference in La Coruna, Spain.

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Bobby Parker 6/13/14 Bobby Parker 6/13/14

Thomas Kinkade - A Lifetime of Light

A Lifetime of Light - Online Exhibition
Experience this complete presentation of Thomas Kinkade's prolific 30 year career as America's Most Collected Artist. From his published works, we have prepared nearly 500 images; just click on an image to advance chronologically or use the links below to skip to a particular year.
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An American Artist - The Thomas Kinkade Life Story (video)
From his boyhood home in rural Placerville to becoming the renowned Painter of Light, Thomas Kinkade walked a focused path. An American Artist reveals the experiences and inspirations that influenced the artist...From the memories of family, teachers, mentors, and friends, here is the life of the man behind the art. Play An American Artist (57 min. video)

Bobby Parker 6/10/14 Bobby Parker 6/10/14

10 Commandments Color Theory

Make Your Projects More Enticing With Color Theory

Color combinations can be difficult to get right.

When matching with clothes, it’s easy. But for projects, ad campaigns and posters, the millions of colors to choose from can be overwhelming. Working under a tight deadline forces many people to choose safe or dull colors that lack substance.

For those who are not well versed in color theory, there’s this infographic.

The diagram shows brief descriptions of the foundational colors of the rainbow and indicates when and how to use them properly. The best part about the infographic are the samples. Since all of the samples are on one visual, making comparisons of color combinations can be quick process.

If you don’t know where to start in using the guide, start with the questions and work your way from left to right.

Explore more visuals like this one on the web's largest information design community - Visually.

Bobby Parker 6/6/14 Bobby Parker 6/6/14

Breaking Out of a Rut with Stefan Mumaw

Ever feel like you're in a rut? Most people in creative fields have experienced a rut, whether it manifests as a lack of ideas, follow-through, or enthusiasm. Sometimes it's just boredom that comes with routine. Stefan Mumaw designed this course to help you identify the type of rut you're in and its cause, and then break out of it with a series of short-, mid-, and long-term creative nudges. From techniques to get you thinking alternatively to life-changing educational opportunities, the course serves to bust every level of creative rut with actionable ideas and encouragement that's designed to get you back on the path to creative success.

The course is more resource than classroom, designed to be something you can return to each and every time you feel stuck on a project or stalled in your career. Come back anytime you need help taking a creative leap forward.

Bobby Parker 6/5/14 Bobby Parker 6/5/14

Fast, Good or Cheap. Pick two.

Below is The Designers Holy Triangle! When creating a project, clients must choose only two out of the three options. They can't have it all. It's a reality of life, clients must deal with it. Architectural Illustrators must deal with it.

Good + Fast = Expensive

Choose good and fast and we will postpone every other job, cancel all appointments and stay up 25-hours a day just to get your job done. But, don't expect it to be cheap.

Good + Cheap = Slow

Choose good and cheap and we will do a great job for a discounted price, but be patient until we have a free moment from paying clients.

Fast + Cheap = Inferior

Choose fast and cheap and expect an inferior job delivered on time. You truly get what you pay for, and in our opinion this is the least favorable choice of the three.

Bobby Parker 6/5/14 Bobby Parker 6/5/14

Foundations of Drawing with Will Kemp

Anyone can learn how to draw. Success comes down to three things:

Shape: By focusing on the shapes of the objects (and more importantly the shapes betweenthe objects) you can view subjects with a whole new outlook and focus.

Simplicity: You'll get better results by concentrating on simple subjects and drawing techniques that will still prove powerful when used together.

Structure: A structured approach makes drawing easier to master.

Each chapter in this course is built on these three principles, combining drawing theory and practical examples with worksheets and drawing assignments. Will Kemp brings his passion for teaching and infectious love of drawing together in these lessons. You'll learn about line, value, tone, negative space, and perspective, and come away with the confidence to start making drawing a daily practice.

This course was created and produced by Will Kemp. We're honored to host this training in our library.

Topics include:

Materials you need to draw
Drawing theory
Framing your composition
Using the picture plane
Creating contrast
Using negative space to create more powerful compositions
Creating form from shadows and light

Bobby Parker 6/3/14 Bobby Parker 6/3/14

Create Depth in Your Architectural Rendering

Ever wondered how artists get that awesome sense of depth in their architectural renderings? It's all about perspective and, here is how you can apply this to your own architectural rendering.

Color plays an important role in perspective renderings!

Once you understand the color part of your perspective, you’ll be able to create stunning architectural rendering with ease.

When your rendering recedes three essential things become apparent.

Background = Neutral (and bluish) and Foreground = Saturated
Background = Less contrasted and Foreground is = Contrasted
Background = Cooler and Foreground = Warmer

This is how the eye naturally sees.

Bobby Parker 6/2/14 Bobby Parker 6/2/14

Exterior Architectural Rendering Camera Settings

Follow These Composition Tips:

Use a high f-stop - (such as f-16) to keep your entire rendering in focus. This will ensure that every part of the building in your frame will be sharp.
Use the rule of thirds to line up the horizon with either the top or bottom third of the frame. Following this basic rule of composition will draw the viewer in.

The water is more important, so the horizon is sitting on the top 1/3rd

The sky is more important, so the horizon is sitting on the bottom 1/3rd

Bobby Parker 5/31/14 Bobby Parker 5/31/14

GRID Virtualized Graphics Acceleration

Take the free GRID test drive and experience virtualized graphics acceleration delivered from the cloud.

Experience the NVIDIA GRID Test Drive from the comfort of your PC. It only takes a few minutes to register and you get immediate access to the secure NVIDIA Test Drive site. Once there, you have 24 hours to experience some of the most demanding applications running from the cloud.

You will see how NVIDIA GRID:

Delivers a better experience for remote desktops and applications
Can run graphics-rich applications in a virtualized environment
Handles complex graphics files and images

Important note: the Test Drive is for North America only

- See more at: http://www.nvidia.com/object/trygrid.html#sthash.qQrgZHGt.dpuf

Bobby Parker 5/30/14 Bobby Parker 5/30/14

Coolorus 2.0 for Photoshop®

Coolorus is a Color Wheel Panel for Adobe Products (Photoshop and Flash) and all native Mac apps that uses native Apple color picker.

Coolorus is for creative people who would like to improve workflow as much as possible. Reducing clicks to the minimum, learn about Color Relations, Gamut Masks and the power of triangle HSV representation.