Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture (PDF)

Combine traditional techniques with modern media for more
communicative renderings

Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary
Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design,
Second Edition bridges the gap between traditional analog and
new digital tools by applying timeless concepts of representation
to enhance design work in digital media. The book explores specific
techniques for creating landscape designs, including digitally
rendered plans, perspectives, and diagrams, and the updated second
edition offers expanded coverage of newer concepts and techniques.
Readers will gain insight into the roles of different drawings,
with a clear emphasis on presenting a solid understanding of how
diagram, plan, section, elevation, and perspective work together to
present a comprehensive design approach.

Digital rendering is faster, more efficient, and more flexible
than traditional rendering techniques, but the design principles
and elements involved are still grounded in hand-rendering
techniques. Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture
exploits both modalities to help designers create more beautiful,
accurate, and communicative drawings in a professional studio
environment. This second edition contains revised information on
plan rendering techniques, camera matching workflow, and color
selection, along with brand new features, like:

* Time-based imagery and tools

* Workflow integration techniques

* Photoshop and Illustrator task automation

* Over 400 updated images, plus over 50 new examples of
award-winning work

The book takes a tutorial-based approach to digital rendering,
allowing readers to start practicing immediately and get up to
speed quickly. Communication is a vital, but often overlooked
component of the design process, and designers rely upon their
drawings to translate concepts from idea to plan. Digital
Drawing for Landscape Architecture provides the guidance
landscape designers need to create their most communicative
renderings yet.