Consults: Fast concept development in the field

It’s amazing what you can do with a couple of iPads, a laser and the right software, in this case Morpholio Trace and AutoCAD. These are examples of past consults for projects of different styles

A Trio of Concepts

These drawings show what happens when you take an iPad, stylus, laser measuring tool, some good apps and hours of practice, put them together with design ideas and run amok. They’re mostly completed in the field, with a few minor touch-ups in the office. The pieces get put together into a single pdf file, letterContinue reading “A Trio of Concepts”

Watercolors…

We had plans to deliver, so they went first. But in the name of mixing subjects, I’m posting the watercolors first. It breaks up the constant flow of landscape drawings with Something Different. Besides, techniques used in watercolors transfer very well into techniques for rendering landscape illustrations The paintings were done on cold press watercolorContinue reading “Watercolors…”

Top ten Trace sketch of the month!

Morpholio honored one of Mike’s master plan sketches in their top ten this month. He’s the only landscape architect awarded, sharing the glory with architects, illustrators and industrial designers. This is his first award for the craft of illustrating a design rather than the design itself. The sketch is a detail of a master plan,Continue reading “Top ten Trace sketch of the month!”

Making a web site adaptive.

Time waits for nobody, and technology is even more impatient. Our web site was not responsive, then it wasn’t adaptive. Now it’s adaptive, mostly. This means that beautiful big images now adapt to teeny tiny phone screens. Not only did the site need a whole new set of icons for better visual identity, it neededContinue reading “Making a web site adaptive.”

Water conservation interpretive signs, Fair Oaks Park

We helped an ecological landscape group by staffing a booth during a recent harvest festival in Fair Oaks Park. After our shift ended, we strolled around the park, which includes a community garden, native plant garden and water conserving plantings. At the back of the native plant garden, we came across a series of interpretiveContinue reading “Water conservation interpretive signs, Fair Oaks Park”