Rendering or hand drawing. Which is better for architects?
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I am comparing the speed, cost, and effectiveness between architecture rendering vs hand drawing. So, which is better? I have a unique perspective on this topic because having practiced both as a 3D artist and freehand illustrator, I have experience both as an architectural designer and working with private clients.
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Could not agree more as a 56 year old free hand rendering designer. Its all about storytelling and client participation begins with the client becoming part of the story your show and telling allowing them to follow along and fill in the details. Computers are perfect even when they delineate imperfection. The soul needs to participate in the building process rather than be wow'd by the process. One point I would add is being able to take a rendering and overlay in front of the client and draw in matched technique slam sells any design, when you computer render then try to make alterations shaping the project and cannot render/draw the client disjointment process begins. Drawing in front of a client is like being a cello player maestro and pulling strokes of change in awe. Works every time. Hands are priceless in selling....
Really good analogy!
This is brilliant advice. I agree with you 100%! Showing client highly polished renders can set you up to fall when the finished project is not as the CGI shows. It shouldn't be. Visuals should be conceptual and give a flavour. Just discovering Procreate and your tutorials are fab.
Agree! Computer renderings has the downfall to show the design when it's premature, worse if clients buys into it. I've seen it happen before.
I am one of the 3D artists also an interior designer. From time to time, I find doing 3 modeling to post production are exhausting. I think a mix of both world are the best. It is a very great video.
Thanks Mochtar! I use to do a lot of CG work but found it very time consuming in order to do well, hand drawing is my escape.
Thank you I really appreciate your insight.
Interior Designer here. I agree with you 100%. I have been using a lot more hand sketches on the iPad pro. Very effective to tell the story. I agree with what you said about the softness of hand drawing, especially on schematic design. As hand drawings are not so definite as realistic renders, it lets to a better development and more engaging to clients.
Totally 💯 renderings has the danger of showing designs prematurely
Great video again! I graduated in 85 started with mechanical pencil and marker on tracing paper.. Self learn CorelDraw, 3dmax, Autocad ver 1...and now up to rhino, Vray and twinmotion....running on dual RTX video cards etc, I truly believe hand drawn can never be replaced and I can sketch out a perspective of a reception design and feeling of that space in front of client in less than 2 mins and client always appreciates that and he can feel the design concept perfectly. I really enjoy your flow of great and honest opinions..... 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I am old school like you, though not as old in age. I appreciate you sharing you insight!
Great video. Very inspiring! Thank you.
Thanks Mr.Henry Gao, your works inspire me a lot.
Thanks Min!
Great Class Henry. I appreciate the honesty and the discussions on picking your battles rather then the war ! Let the fun begin.
Thanks!
I’ve been tossing between learning rendering and sticking with what I’m already decent at (hand drawing) so your advice has been really helpful. Thanks Henry!
Go learn rendering by all means! It's actually a highly sought out skill in the job market. But continue to improve hand drawing at the same time, I believe this will take you further in your career.
I love hand drawn art like yours.. i plan to go down this path too.
Sweet, nice to hear that!
Great video as usual.
Thanks again!
We used to hand-render back in the day - I took a hand-render class using marking pens on paper - and your method is basically hand-rendering on digital media. I did use CAD to get the perspective lines right for hand-rendering. I now use Lumion to digitally render, but I could go back to hand-rendering as an option. Good video, and thanks for the info!
That’s a good workflow too!
wow..Great video..thanks for sharing..
Thanks JJ!
Great presentation Henry. I had the pleasure years ago (1972) of being tutored by Mike Lin when he was at the WVU LA department. Learned a lot about hand graphics and rendering from Mike. Hand drawing is my favorite way to display my designs and allows more expression than computer graphics.
Wow! That was a really long time ago, long before computerized renderings was a thing. Do you use computerized rendering as part of your workflow at all?
Great Video Henry. I agree with you on your comparison with drawing vs rendering.
For example, I have a mid-range laptop (Asus Zenbbok Duo) and can run Twinmotion fairly well on it and with the little experience I have I'm able to produce good quality renders from it as can a lot of other students as I am seeing.
However, with hand drawing, it has a much more unique personal touch to it that would be a lot more difficult to replicate, which I am not seeing as much when I'm looking around the studio!
I agree hand drawing has a lot more personality that is hard to replicate from person to person! There were more students that were into hand drawing when I went to school, which wasn't that long ago! But I am seeing less and less in the recent years unfortunately.
The pain of doing 3D rendering at the first for me is when the client need to have some changes after finish 😅 Then, I use digital sketching as first step then 3D rendering. Thank you for your tips. It helps me a lot and learn new things 🥳
I know the feeling! That’s why I ditched rendering and using hand illustration only.
@@HenryGao True! I am focus same like you did too. Thank you Henry for the video. Always excited waiting for you new video, cheers!
drawing is nice and gives a special touch, but when speed is needed 3D modeling and render has no competition, not to mention when the client wants to change something
Hi , Can ipad air give realistic rendered images for 3d interior design works as much as ipad pro does?
I come from a commercial art background, but I find your videos fascinating! What 3D software did you use for your "full" renders?
Vray and sketchup!
Hi henry..i am from indonesia..interest about your architect content..can you give the tips what first we do for design home..floor plan or front view plan..thanks
In a future video for sure!
Hello Henry. Great video!
Can you share your journey/process of how you started off as a hand illustrator in terms of getting clients and finding work? I love to sketch and hand render ias part of my proposal. Would love to know more about this topic to help me get started as a freelance hand-illustrator too.
Thanks for such quality content!
Yes, in a future video perhaps. You aren’t the first person asking this.
Hi Henry, with your experience of keeping this style for communication of design through hand renderings, does this make an individual indispensable? So much of this has been lost due to digital transition, is this skill an asset more than anything? Thanks, Henry.
I wouldn't say indispensable (no one is) but will make you more valuable!
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I have question what’s the difference between Architect and architecture
This is actually a genuine question since most people find it hard to distinguish the 2😂
I think Ipads are refilling the gap between the hand drawing and digital presentation, finally deposing the photoshop collages.
I think there is still a place for photoshop collages! iPad is just one more tool for us as designers
I can understand shortcuts and filters sure but... when it comes to the shape and the creation itself... I disagree with ai generation. Also rendering everything yourself is, imo, more fun despite it taking more time to do so. My art style is simple and messy but it converges with the flat colors to create dynamicism and helps me reduce time needed for manually finishing my comic panels. Technique can make an artist feel better about what they made and inspire others to do the same... AI is only a business tool imo that people with a capitalising mindset will inherit. I guess they'll never understand how it feels to make something, as we were destined to from the beginning.
I will make a video soon uncut, showing my process once my first episode is finished in the near future to further show what I mean.
Personal experience : rendering program's take the identity of your project away ! The more I use a rendering software the less I like it. Every image looks the same and only with Photoshop you can add something you want ...but is never the same !! I've seen a lot of really nice rendering using procreate and then adding what they think it will work better !!! I'm really close to let go a rendering program's and start to draw or use a 3D base and then do the rest of the work . No render can make justice to an authentic " drawing render "
I couldn’t agree more with you!