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26. drawing shortcuts february 3, 2010

Book cover. Drawing shortcuts:developing quick drawing skills using today's technology.

Jim Leggitt is one of the few who can express his ideas and thoughts through free hand sketches. This is indeed becoming rare skill in the world of computerized 3D modeling and animation. Many young designers ask themselves how valuable this skill is in today’s business. Advisably, learning free hand rendering skills takes more time and effort as compared to learning new 3D software applications.

Jim Leggitt has mainly used free hand presentations for his design ideas for many years even in the face of time reducing 3D modeling software. What has changed that allows him to use this approach? Processes and techniques were revised with the introduction of 3D applications, like Sketch Up, in the industry. Sketch Up helped reduce the necessary production time and increase the accuracy of free hand presentations. Those techniques are revealed in Jim’s new books entitled Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Today's Technology.

Jim recommends using both styles of presentation depending on the market environment for which the renderings are created. Through his practice, he found that 3D photorealistic presentations are more favorable in the Middle East. On other hand, Chinese clients love free hand presentations. In the U.S., we tend to use both styles depending on the phase of the project and the client preferences.

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