What is the most important skill for architectural visualization?
I am currently pursuing an associates in architectural graphics at the local community college in hopes of getting into architectural visualization work. I already have an associates in 3d computer animation and have worked for the past 8 years as a graphic artist (mostly in the area of graphics for video).
My teachers at the college are enthusiastic for me, but otherwise know little about the field of architectural visualization. The program they teach is designed to train me as an architectural drafter. They tell me again and again that hand drafting skills are very important; and while I can understand that might apply to an architectural drafting position, I begin to wonder how important it is to a visualization artist.
Should I expect to work as a drafter before moving into the architectural visualization field?
Which skill is more important to architectural visualization: Drafting, hand drawing skills, or computer graphics?
-Alison
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