The honest truth about being an architect and rendering artist w/Alex Hogrefe P.2

[@shanemarcos7082]

I’m currently an 3rd Year Architecture Student, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the topic discussed in this video. I create renders and visualization at least twice or once a day because I enjoy it, and I’ve been thinking if it’ll be the same once I graduate or if there will be more project management and stuff rather than the creative and fun part of architecture. This video helped me become more knowledgeable about what I’m going to do in the future. So thank you!

[@dulguunbold2067]

TALKING ABOUT BUILDING STUFF BY HAND IS JUST AMAZING, THAT'S WHAT MAKES US FEEL IN THE MOMENT AND ALIVE

[@ShowItBetter]

yesssssssssssssssss

[@tucumanimex854]

I’m so happy this video turned up on my recommended. When I was a 2nd year arch student some 10 years ago, I would watch all of Alex’s tutorials. He was the GOAT. Great to see he’s doing so well. I wouldn’t be where I am today without him.

[@tradentravel]

Surprized to see him look so young. For me, he is the true OG of computer architecture visualization. His cliff house (on pt.1) has been my screen saver for years. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation.

[@kernstorge]

I watched the first part and this one now and I repeat: Guys, you've been doing a really great work together! 🇧🇷🇨🇴 Show It Better and Upstairs are such a great duo! Thanks ever so much for all the content, that you both make for us. I appreciate it. It was an amazing chat. And I also loved the video edition as well as the Upstairs.

[@ShowItBetter]

Thanks! We’re trying to do this more often !!

[@carlstanford7607]

Great to see this guy doing well and doing what he loves. He's an absolute legend

[@TN3DStudio]

Alex is a master of the craft. It's great that you guys got him for an interview🙌

[@hanifzaki7156]

Thank you Alex. You changed my views on visual renders from generic 3d view of the building to a form of visual art when I found your videos and blog back in 2012. It's still hold value to me and inspire me to move from architectural practice into arch visual artist, hoping I can become a full time arch viz artist soon.

[@turabalikhan1341]

Alex Hogrefe and Ronen Bekerman both have given so much inspiration to me. First found out about them in 2012 I think.

[@LucasCosta-tz4nr]

I love these coop videos! And I'm really glad to meet this legend, I did my first steps in Archviz with his videos and I learned a lot. Man back then, just ol sketch and kerkythea, sometimes I can't even believe how far things have come. Thank you guy's so much!

[@66meikou]

I started working in an architecture firm in 1986 back in the UK. Sitting at my drawing board churning out work. I could easily do quick perspectives with a thin and fat pentel pen on trace. I feel like Alex and I are lost cousins. I did my first 3d image in 1998 using Autoshade. It was 256 colours only but my presentation won the office the job. Ever since then I've done 3d in autocad, mostly as wire frames because there wasn't a rendering software available. I remember 3ds max when it first came out and was running DOS. I picked up Sketchup and I haven't looked back. I can't even remember the commands in Autocad these days to do a 3d solid. I never liked using Max as is was totally unintuitive coming from a cad background I've done loads of visuals over the years but I was in the right place at the wrong time. No one wanted arch vis people back then. I completely understand his references to working in offices. I wanted to spend my time designing but as I was getting older, offices wanted me to do meetings and CA. I told them no. I would love nothing more that to work for a visualisation firm but I live in nowheresville MD now. I'd be happy to work for some company remotely though.

[@ShowItBetter]

Wow, what a transition from cad to sketch up! The cool thing is that your passion for arch viz persisted through the years !

[@priyanshajmera8033]

Really liked the interview, thank you oliver and steven for bringing our Guru Alex. You've been an inspiration alex to a lot of us, Thank you

[@ShowItBetter]

Thanks!

[@skyheart125]

I see so much of myself in you Alex..This is the part of architecture that I like. I used to love manual rendering. And then I learned 3d, and it's been 10 years plus... Going forward, how do I future-proof my career if I will continue on this path as a 3d artist for architecture and Interior design?

[@chini.]

Maybe with Unreal Engine 5. The feature of that program, are VR and Ar, and so on.

[@mohamedanas2739]

Do i really need to study a degree course to become a architecture renderer or can i study the software and learn by myself, my aim is to work as a freelancer

[@alexanderrv9342]

@@mohamedanas2739 you don't need a degree as such. Studying architecture does help to understand the plans and everything, but a degree to be a renderer is not like that. What is needed is to learn the software well with a course, review photography, composition, and then start uploading your work on social networks (this is your portfolio) so that people can see what you do and thus make yourself known and maybe work for someone else or be a freelancer.

[@nafizrahat9198]

Thanks Steve for making this Episode. I am following Alex Hogrefe from 2014. Great people in same frame

[@sampowers6733]

I learned more from Hogrefe than I did in architecture school

[@bkzao2647]

The legend himself!

[@ShowItBetter]

Master

[@rezarasyid28]

I was learning rendering with photoshop in 2014 with alex hogrefe videos in youtube. It help me alot..

[@lazarobucina8533]

Wow. Nice to hear from Alex, he was so much inspiration, probably one of the best ever of the Archi-viz

[@ShowItBetter]

The best ever

[@johnsantiago9689]

Thank you for pointing it out, Alex. Exactly how I feel.

[@asrarmuzamir4201]

Alex is the goat! been inspired by you since 2010 man!

[@tovmusic]

Alex was my neighbor in Deshler when I was a little kid. I am trying to become an architect too. This is a weird coincidence. I didn't expect he would become an architect. He probably doesn't remember me at all. Tell him my name is Tony.

[@titofly00]

thanks a lot for this great intervies. I would love to see Javi Martinez on this.

[@Karim_Kazemi]

That was great. If it is possible please have an interview with Mr Norman Foster

[@ShowItBetter]

Haha hopefully in the future!

[@vronmerjoe5562]

Wow! Have never heard him speak, will be great!!

[@ShowItBetter]

We hadn’t either, am very chill and down to earth

[@dilltip]

Inspired always!

[@ricardochavez8623]

great video! glad to see your channel grow. I know alex has been inspiration for many many kids.

[@ShowItBetter]

Yes! Thank you!

[@enhanthaddeuslee5558]

hi! thank you for the interview! Also, please say hi to your pets for me please! They're adorable (:

[@ShowItBetter]

Haha thanks! I will

[@michaelwu7861]

Thanks Steven and Oliver for another amazing content! I was wondering how does the average salary of an Architectural Visualizer compares to that of an Architectural Assistant?

[@LillianIngram-vb6jd]

I appreciate your comment

[@A7_777]

Really loved the thumbnail...

[@JayMikeWillingham]

Dope Interview....he's basically my future self.

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

ok this one I’m excited for. at least finally someone that i know lol

[@ShowItBetter]

Lol who else would you like to see ?

[@triumfdula8830]

Hi, I'd like to ask, if you are very good in 3D modeling and Visualization but you are an Artist, not a Designer, should you be accepted in the Architecture world and services or should you not, as long as you don't have a degree in Architecture or interior design ?

[@ZigonArchitecture]

Damn, this is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing Alex. The OG of Archviz.

[@ShowItBetter]

The og og

[@MrFawzi1998]

Hii a new subscriber here What do you think about Enscape ?

[@archcast5550]

yup still images are still the top demand .. good thing we have blender cycles x +Evee with option to gltf export to unity / Unreal engine.

[@bigchungusfungus]

I currently work in the architecture industry and my passion is renders, How do i go freelance and attract customers? Does anyone have any advice? Thankyou

[@GeoCreationsarchitectur]

Start building your brand using social media.

[@hanifzaki7156]

Connection helps too. It gets better if you're working in diverse office. When my previous project manager decided not to resume his working contract and going back to his hometown, he still looking for me to do some visual renders. That's where I do freelance here in Malaysia while my visual work is use in New Zealand. Not a big project but it's a start.

[@philipkelly9521]

My advise would be work in the background, do work for the office you are working for. When you about 10-20 projects done and your happy with them, don't just stop at the images the architect wants do your own version of the project too, then say your setting up on your own and work will come your way. You won't need to advertise, sure have a website as an online portfolio, but trust me your work will stand for itself. Alway deliver more than they asked for.

[@bigchungusfungus]

@@philipkelly9521 Thanks for the reply, I have been working on several projects to post in bulk on social media. These projects are purely just to look cool and grab attention really ! :)

[@panyaraklavilas4607]

I’m new here in this industry, my background is fine arts and I would like to start 3D rendering… please give me an advice…please. Thank you in advance. By Siara.

How did you do the camera effect that while you say" hi guys" in the begining. It looks like vertigo effect but I m not sure. It looks so cool.

[@ShowItBetter]

Changing the size of the video and key framing it :)

@@ShowItBetter it's easier than I thought :)

[@dinisdesigncorner332]

very nice talk

[@garyrizzo7697]

Great job Guys.

[@ShowItBetter]

Thanks!

[@Simon-Simon-Simon]

surprised and well done to firms supporting local here in Australia its - china -

[@shavaughndavidson2257]

Do you guys have tips to how to make a floor plan in cad look clean and well organized line weights and etc.

[@ShowItBetter]

Yes there are a ton of videos on both of our channels! You’d have to see which one suits best

[@varshadivate8059]

Do u think the render engine developers know students use pirated version?

[@GeoCreationsarchitectur]

Yes they know. They will ignore, if you are a student. When you start a firm with a registered name, they will start sending you notice to pay for a genuine copy.

[@varshadivate8059]

@@GeoCreationsarchitectur they could instead partner with education institutions to get the students used to their software. And when they start their professional journey they can all be accustomed to legal software

[@varshadivate8059]

@@GeoCreationsarchitectur like how autodesk does, although they juts have a 1 year student version. But that's smart

[@GeoCreationsarchitectur]

@@varshadivate8059 yeah

[@qendrimgjata1525]

thats a confusing bookshelf, why?

[@A_Train]

VR will actually let you know if your architecture will work.

[@killerbarbie100]

I am surprise about the lack of mention of the real architect work, which is a bigger responsibility within the society to build culture in the city, making the building technically feasible and appealing inside and out. Also, out generation have a huge responsibility to lift up the sustainable construction and design as we are in a race to reduce global warming. Personally I am not a fan of renders or visualizations, I think committing to a determent image of the project before you are in Construction Document phase limits the normal evolution of the design through the phases of the project and makes the client be rigid to that first initial image, in the other hand open sketches and concepts allow the design to be alive from the beginning to the end. Renders are great just to create fun images or develop theoretical projects of course.

[@azamhuq]

Thing is alot of times, clients don't "visualise" the way we do with drawings. I am speaking from experience. The 3D images don't need to necessarily be top quality but they should be clear and direct enough to get a design approval sign off from the client, before doing final construction drawings. Of course in early stages things should be more general, start with sketches, get the general concept approved. Then schematic layouts, then getting into a more 'real' visual representation with construction documents. The end result of the design with tender drawings, are usually where the bulk of the desin is finalised (also for reasons of fee payments and cash flow, without constant changes etc.) With this, it'll be good to have clear 3D images to sign off. Then you do construction documentation. Of course there may be changes, but at this point there really shouldn't be major changes in layout etc. As it will be an expense on the firm + other consulting parties, regardless of 3D or not. That's why you get the tender set/ 3D signed off, if the client decides to make a change, the consultants can get paid a variation for the extra work. It depends on the scale and complexity of the project. A house with fairly flexible contractors or local builders can be done in a much more flexible way, and working on site itself is great. But most projects cannot work that way, contractors would charge for variations, things cannot be quoted for, and large projects have expectations and deadlines that go beyond the architectural aspect. They have to be processed by various people who need to know what they're spending time and money on.

[@RoyverAlain]

Viejo, si el video será en ingles, pon el título en ingles.

[@ShowItBetter]

el titulo está en español porque también hay subtitulos en español :)

[@rasoolrahmani1585]

please show it better- show more and longer slides please

[@hapichteam]

free-away architectural glasses for enrolling school

[@ShowItBetter]

lollll I want a pair

[@gretatoth8759]

the special guests are the pets

[@davidgarraza]

Funny enough I replaced Alex at the little firm he was working at in Boston.

[@sethmoyer130]

Crazy he went to my school 😅

[@theconsciousobserver6829]

I'm confused at what he actually does

[@miguelmarquezpena1188]

Leyenda !

[@pkplayz7711]

What the dog doin?

[@ShowItBetter]

he was playing around with my hair haha

[@pkplayz7711]

@@ShowItBetter 😊😊😊😅😂

[@wonkaytry]

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[@spiriitualminded]

You’re the best bro🤍🖤 THANK U!!