Located in a kampong (village) in Bangi about 45 minutes drive from Kuala Lumpur is the home of Malaysian landscape designer and talented illustrator Abdul Hakim Kussim. Hj Hakim's drawings are from the landscape architecture consulting company Morphosis Design S/B where he is an associate . His interest in sketching began at the University Teknology Mara in the city of Shah Alam in the state of Selangor where he discovered books by Frank Ching, Mike Lin, Thomas Wang, Michael Doyle and recently, Drawing Shortcuts.
Hj Hakim works with a variety of media ranging from pencil, ink, colored pencil, watercolor and markers. Many of his drawings are using a traditional overlay and trace method sourced from site photographs and Google SketchUp models. I am honored to have a new friend in the drawing world and look forward to meeting other landscape architects that can draw! (Photo below: Abdul Hakim Kussim drawing in his home studio)
Kampong Marketplace Drawing
Step 1. Rough composition drawing using a 0.6 felt tip pen directly on the printed digital photo.
Step 2. Two point perspective drawn on a cartridge paper (size B5) with pencil using the photo as reference to establish the horizon line, vanishing point and viewing angle. The original artwork was drawn over with 0.2 & 0.4 felt tip pen.
Step 3. The finished perspective (lightly rendered) was photocopied and enlarge to A4 size and washed lightly with watercolor. The fronds of the palms were highlighted with a 0.4 felt tip pen so that they would stand out against the forested background. Drawing from a photograph was very site specific and the client could see the "before and after" impact of the proposed design.
Park Waterway Drawing
Step 1. A rough sketch was created directly on a B5 size printed site photograph. It was then enlarged and printed to size A4.
Step 2. The A4 mock up was then drawn on yellow tracing paper using felt tip pen (0.2 & 0.4) and rendered as closely as possible to the original photo. The drawing was then finished with color pencils on the reverse side.
Park Signage Kiosk Drawing
Step 1. Freehand thumbnail sketches of idea development.
Step 2. A Google SketchUp model was constructed and printed on an A4 paper. Using a felt tip pen (0.4 and 0.6) and a red color felt tip pen, the rough sketch was made directly over the SketchUp model view.
Step 3. The mock up sketch was illustrated on yellow tracing paper with felt tip pen and any mistakes eliminated using a white correction pen.
Step 4. The line drawing was photocopied on A4 white bond paper and completed using colored pencils.
Pedestrian Pathways Drawing
Step 1. This first rough sketch was done in pencil and ink on a recycle paper (the reverse page was already used). The sectional perspective showed the change in level from the house to the walkway illustrating a proposed tropical spice and herb garden at the back lane.
Step 2. The second line drawing was traced from the earlier rough sketch using felt tip pen on tracing paper.
Step 3. The tracing was photocopied and finished with colored pencils.
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Posted by: lawn repairc | 08/26/2012 at 03:24 PM
Wow! It is great to find a landscape architect who can draw! I hear they are few and far between--do you think that is really true? What have you heard?
Posted by: Karen Kesteloot | 08/26/2012 at 08:29 PM
The landscape architect may take care of the entire civil design, including site plans, underground work, and environmental protection, or may focus simply on the landscaping and topography. They may also find jobs in real estate, with municipalities, or with park or forest services.
Posted by: passivhaus | 10/07/2012 at 02:31 AM
Amazing drawing! I think architect are too good in a designs.
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Posted by: Zoya Jackson | 12/13/2012 at 08:31 PM