Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture：Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design

Forahundredyears,pencil,pen,markers,andwatercolorhavebeentheprincipaltoolsofrepresentationforlandscapearchitectsandurbanplanners.Today,thosehand-poweredaidshavebeenreplacedbycomputersandComputer-aideddesign(CAD).DigitalDrawingforLandscapeArchitectsbridgesthegapbetweenthetraditionalanalogandthenewdigitaltoolsandshowsyouhowtoapplytimelessconceptsofrepresentationtoenhanceyourdesignworkindigitalmedia.Buildingonthetried-and-trueprinciplesofanalogrepresentation,DigitalDrawingforLandscapeArchitectureexploresspecifictechniquesforcreatinglandscapedesigndigitally.Itexplainsthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenanaloganddigitalrendering,andthenwalksyouthroughthestepsofcreatingdigitallyrenderedplans,perspectives,anddiagrams.You'llexplore:ComputingBasicsRasterandvectorimagesSettingupthedocumentBaseimageryandscalingHand-drawnlineworkanddiagramsText,leaders,andpagelayoutColor,shading,andtexturesCreatingasectionelevationPerspectivedrawingTechniquesforusingthenewestversionsofAdobeIllustrator,Photoshop,andAcrobataswellasolderversionsWithmorethan500full-colordrawingsandphotographsalongsideproventechniques,DigitalDrawingforLandscapeArchitectswillhelpyouenhanceyourskillsthoughauniquemarriageofcontemporarymethodswithtraditionalrenderingtechniques.