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| Marker Rendering Basics | |
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| What are the Advantages of Using Ink Line and Color Markers for Design Presentations? | |
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| Which Manufacturer's Line of Color Markers is Best? | |
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| How Do Different Papers Affect the Working Qualities of Markers? | |
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| What Other Media Can I Use to Enhance My Marker Renderings? | |
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| It's Hard for Me to Lay Down an Even Area of Color in Markers: What Should I Do? | |
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| The Lighting Look Drab in My Renderings: How do I Make it Bright and Crisp? | |
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| How Can I Best Indicate People in My Sketch Renderings? | |
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| I Always Have Trouble Matching the Colors I've Selected for a Rendering: What is the Best Way to Copy Color Sample Swatches? | |
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| Sometimes it Seems Like the More Color I Add to a Drawing, the Worse it Gets: What Am I Doing Wrong? | |
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| I Tend to Get Bogged Down in the Details of Laying Out a Perspective: How Can I Make it Less Confusing? | |
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| How do I render Round and Curved Surfaces? | |
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| Illustrating Architectural and Interior Elements | |
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| How Can I Make the Sky Dramatically Complement the Buildings in My Rendering? | |
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| How Do I Create the Effect of Rich, Natural Wood in Furniture and Interior Paneling? | |
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| How Do I Keep My Brick Areas from Looking Monotonous? | |
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| How Do I Portray Granite and Marble? | |
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| What is the Best Way to Indicate a Mirror Reflection? | |
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| How Do I Render Transparent Objects? | |
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| What's an Easy System for Indicating Cars in a Rendering? | |
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| How Do I Portray Chrome, Brass, and Copper Convincingly? | |
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| What is the Best Way to Portray Glass? | |
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| What is the Best Way to Render Carpet Textures? | |
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| How Can I Show the Difference Between Matte and Glossy Surfaces? | |
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| What's the Best Way to Depict Water? | |
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| My Drawings of People Look Like Flat, Cut-Out Boards: How Do I Make Them Look More Dimensional? | |
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| What are Good Color Combinations for Rendered Site Plans? | |
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| How Do I Vary the Greens to Make My Foliage More Interesting? | |
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| Creating a Dynamic Personal Style | |
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| Why Do Most Professional Renderers Keep a "Clip File"? | |
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| I Want My Renderings to Be "Loose": How Can I Keep Them From Looking Stiff and Mechanical? | |
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| Although I Draw the Buildings Accurately in my Renderings, They Never Seem as Exciting as I Want Them to Be: How Can I Make Them More Dramatic? | |
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| I've Just Finished Developing a Design: But Now the Client has Moved Our Meeting Up to This Afternoon, and I Need to Do a Perspective Sketch Fast: Help!How Can I Check My Finished Rendering for Errors and Areas That Need Improvement? | |
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| How Do I "Jazz Up" My Elevations to Use Them for a Design Presentation? | |
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| What Can I Do to Develop a Personal Rendering Style? | |
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| I Have Difficulty Visualizing What I Want to Draw: Any Suggestions? | |
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| My Building Design Seems to Blend in With Everything Else in the Picture: How Can I Make it Stand Out Clearly? | |
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| How Can I Keep My Grays From Turning Muddy and Boring? | |
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| Sometimes My Background Seems to Jump Forward in the Picture: What Should I Do to Make it Recede? | |
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| My Design Sketches of Furniture Seem to Float on the Paper: How Can I Make Them More Interesting? | |
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| What Can I Do to Improve the Presentation of My Renderings? | |
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| I Usually Don't Have Time for a Professional Photographer to Shoot My Renderings Before They are Delivered to the Client: Is it Possible to Take Quality Photos Myself Without a Lot of Expensive Equipment? | |
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| Resources and Index | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Gray Scale Strips | |
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| Illustrators and Designers Featured in This Book | |
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| Index | |