{"id":51392,"date":"2019-05-27T08:56:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T12:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=51392"},"modified":"2021-12-21T08:25:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:25:05","slug":"10-creative-drawing-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/10-creative-drawing-styles\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Creative Drawing Styles for Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><p><em>Do you have an outstanding image that tells a compelling architectural story? The <a href=\"https:\/\/info.architizer.com\/vision-awards?utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2026 Vision Awards<\/strong><\/a> has a range of categories, from hyperrealistic or artistic renderings to expressive drawings or hybrid digital mediums.<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visionawards.architizer.com\/a\/organizations\/main\/submissions\/submissionnotcompleted?solicitationId=31&amp;utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Start your entry &gt;<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Each drawing is a story. The mediums and tools we use to design each tell a different story, and in turn, shape our work. Whether you\u2019re practicing sketching, realistic renders, or technical drawings, each style creates its own narrative.<\/p>\n<p>In architecture and design, it\u2019s important to realize the potential of each style and its use in communicating your concepts or a project\u2019s parti. Featuring 10 examples, the following drawing styles showcase how to illustrate new ideas and bring buildings and cities to life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51403\" style=\"width: 1425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51403\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51403 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whitney-Sketch-by-Renzo-Piano.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Styles\" width=\"1415\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whitney-Sketch-by-Renzo-Piano.jpg 1415w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whitney-Sketch-by-Renzo-Piano-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whitney-Sketch-by-Renzo-Piano-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whitney-Sketch-by-Renzo-Piano-1024x724.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1415px) 100vw, 1415px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Whitney Sketch by Renzo Piano<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Sketching<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A sketch is a quick freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work. A sketch may serve a number of purposes: it might record something that you see, be used to develop an idea, or it might be used as a quick way of graphically demonstrating an image, idea or principle. Sketches can be made in any drawing medium. The term is most often applied to graphic work executed in a dry medium such as silverpoint, graphite, pencil, charcoal or pastel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51398\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51398\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51398 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brygida-Zawadzka-by-Duong-Vu-Hong.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Styles\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brygida-Zawadzka-by-Duong-Vu-Hong.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brygida-Zawadzka-by-Duong-Vu-Hong-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brygida-Zawadzka-by-Duong-Vu-Hong-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brygida-Zawadzka-by-Duong-Vu-Hong-1024x724.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Brygida Zawadzka by Duong Vu Hong<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Post-Digital Drawing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Instead of striving for photo-realism, post-digital drawings explore and exploit artificiality, and in turn, create a fictional form of representation with its own unique merits. This is in strict opposition to the digital rendering\u2019s desire to make the fiction seem \u201creal.\u201d It incorporates narrative cues, art historical allusions, and software-enabled collage techniques.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51401\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51401\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51401 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mesterfjellet-School-by-Cebra.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Styles\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mesterfjellet-School-by-Cebra.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mesterfjellet-School-by-Cebra-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mesterfjellet-School-by-Cebra-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mesterfjellet-School-by-Cebra-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mesterfjellet-School-by-Cebra-66x50.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Mesterfjellet School by Cebra<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Graphic Doodling<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Unlike sketching, doodling usually becomes a finished drawing. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines, generally without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper, in which case it is usually called a &#8220;scribble&#8221;. A good way to make doodles is by observing some object and drawing it, where you can learn line control, values, and texture. Popular kinds of doodles include made-up landscapes, geometric shapes, patterns, or buildings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51395\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51395 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-Digital-Quilling.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Styles\" width=\"1080\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-Digital-Quilling.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-Digital-Quilling-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-Digital-Quilling-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-Digital-Quilling-1024x640.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Alex Hogrefe Digital Quilling<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Digital Quilling<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Quilling is an art that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. The paper is rolled, looped, curled, twisted and manipulated to create shapes. Digital quilling is created by using different modeling or Photoshop techniques that usually involve the extrusion of vector edges in a model. There are also advanced techniques that are used to create more complex 3D representations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51394\" style=\"width: 1650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51394\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51394 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/29-4.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Styles\" width=\"1640\" height=\"1097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/29-4.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/29-4-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/29-4-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/29-4-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u6771\u4eac\u90fd &#8211; Tokyo Metropolis, Courtesy Alexander Daxb\u00f6ck<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Manga<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At first glance, Alexander Daxb\u00f6ck\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/28281379\/-Tokyo-Metropolis-Illustrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u6771\u4eac\u90fd &#8211; Tokyo Metropolis<\/a><\/strong> looks totally outside conventions of hand drawing. Alex utilizes a common graphic and visual language as an alternative representational tool for architectural designs. Manga or \u6f2b\u753b (composed of the two kanji \u6f2b [man] meaning &#8220;whimsical or impromptu&#8221; and \u753b [ga] meaning &#8220;pictures) is a Japanese manifestation of a globalized mediascape for the mass circulation of images, primarily via printed media like comic books, magazines and newspapers but also now via new media like internet, video games and mobile phones. Manga is fun and entertaining to read, rooted in the daily life of millions of Japanese people. Daxb\u00f6ck\u2019s work studies the city through this lens, analyzing the elements and composition of the city and the medium through which it is spread and distributed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51399\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51399 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hanking-Center-Tower-Drawing-Courtesy-Morphosis.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Styles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hanking-Center-Tower-Drawing-Courtesy-Morphosis.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hanking-Center-Tower-Drawing-Courtesy-Morphosis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hanking-Center-Tower-Drawing-Courtesy-Morphosis-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hanking-Center-Tower-Drawing-Courtesy-Morphosis-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hanking-Center-Tower-Drawing-Courtesy-Morphosis-66x50.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Hanking Center Tower Drawing, Courtesy Morphosis<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Technical Drawing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Technical drawing focuses on drawing buildings or objects to communicate an idea, usually for construction. Technical drawings are based on the fundamental principles of projection. A projection is a drawing or representation of an entity on an imaginary plane or planes. This involves perspective or parallel projections. Parallels are subdivided into three categories: orthographic, oblique, and axonometric projections. Each drawing can help illustrate a different way of thinking about architecture and design.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51411\" style=\"width: 961px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51411\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51411 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/scott-tulay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"951\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/scott-tulay.jpg 951w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/scott-tulay-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/scott-tulay-768x563.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Abstract Architectural Drawing by Scott Tulay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Abstract Art<\/h2>\n<p>Some drawings don&#8217;t attempt to portray a literal building, but rather summon the essence of architecture through line work, texture, light and shade. While they don&#8217;t form a design proposal in themselves, they can offer valuable insights into the atmosphere and character of a space, captured through indicative strokes and gestural forms. Many renowned architects from recent times began with abstract art \u2014 think Will Alsop and Zaha Hadid \u2014 and allowed these images to evolve into more identifiable structures as the concept design stage progressed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51397\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51397\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51397 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Austrias-EXPO-2020-Pavilion-by-PENDA.gif\" alt=\"Drawing Styles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Austria&#8217;s EXPO 2020 Pavilion by Precht (Formerly penda)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Animated Drawings and GIFs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>GIFs can form a low tech solution to communicate a dynamic architectural idea. The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that has come into widespread usage due to its wide support and portability between many applications and operating systems. The format allows a single image to reference its own palette of up to 256 different colors chosen from the 24-bit RGB color space. It also supports animations; animated gifs can showcase the conceptual or constructive qualities of a section, plan or axon, but it can bring these drawings to life to better understand a project.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51400\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51400 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kokueikan-Building-by-Tomoyuki-Tanaka.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Styles\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kokueikan-Building-by-Tomoyuki-Tanaka.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kokueikan-Building-by-Tomoyuki-Tanaka-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kokueikan-Building-by-Tomoyuki-Tanaka-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kokueikan-Building-by-Tomoyuki-Tanaka-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Kokueikan Building by Tomoyuki Tanaka<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Hand Rendering<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Conventionally, drawings were made in ink on paper or a similar material, and any copies required had to be made by hand. The twentieth century saw a shift to drawing on tracing paper, so that mechanical copies could be run off efficiently. While similar to digital renderings, they focus on using your hand to bring different techniques to life. The intention is to encourage visual thinking, design variations, and drawing as a process.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51396\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51396 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-No-Render-Quick-Collage.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Styles\" width=\"1080\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-No-Render-Quick-Collage.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-No-Render-Quick-Collage-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-No-Render-Quick-Collage-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Hogrefe-No-Render-Quick-Collage-1024x640.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Alex Hogrefe No-Render Quick Collage<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Collage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>These types of illustrations are great for speed but also for informal presentations where broad ideas and atmosphere are the focus and less about the details. Post processing is typically much looser and maintaining proper perspective is unnecessary. Instead, compositions are more playful and there are almost no rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><p><em>Do you have an outstanding image that tells a compelling architectural story? The <a href=\"https:\/\/info.architizer.com\/vision-awards?utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2026 Vision Awards<\/strong><\/a> has a range of categories, from hyperrealistic or artistic renderings to expressive drawings or hybrid digital mediums.<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visionawards.architizer.com\/a\/organizations\/main\/submissions\/submissionnotcompleted?solicitationId=31&amp;utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Start your entry &gt;<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>All drawings and photographs courtesy of the architects.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell the perfect story and bring architecture to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":51409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"architizer_featured_type":"insert","architizer_featured_image":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"architizer_project":[],"architizer_brand":[],"architizer_firm":[],"architizer_product":[],"class_list":["post-51392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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