In just 18 months, Andrea Starkey has revolutionized the way she creates architectural visualizations. For years, she had relied on pen-and-ink and watercolor to create renderings for builders, architects, and local home shows. But as computer technology improved, she began looking for ways to speed up the rendering process.
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About 20 years ago, when computers shrank in size and software began to produce vector drawings on large plotters, schools of architecture faced a dilemma. What to do with this technology? Even when schools started offering courses about computers, most design studio instructors sneered at the gadgetry. They didn't trust it, and the drawings were awful!