Bring your designs to life with illustration

Engaging images perfect for planning applications

Hand-drawn illustrations offer a style of representation that portrays architectural proposals in a sympathetic and engaging way, which resonates with the various stakeholders involved in the process of gaining planning consent. Our visuals avoid the undue scrutiny of your design by capturing the essence and character of it, without showing it as a fully realised and detailed development, which can be the issue with photo-realistic CGIs. 

Images that are accessible, contextual and communicative

Our images capture your design with a sophisticated understanding of architectural ideas, underpinned by years of experience working in and with architectural practices. This is combined with rich contextual application and a playful approach to populating the scene with relevant, characterful detailing and people to produce deeply communicative representations of your project that anybody can understand.  

Designed to convey the narrative of your schemes

Working in a collaborative approach to understand the ideas behind each of your projects, we aim to create the images most suited to showcase the unique narrative of your scheme. By considering different types of image, what to include and even demographics of the people that will inhabit your proposals, our illustrations are designed to allow the story behind your design to shine through. 

Make your developments stand out in a market saturated with CGIs

From images that help your scheme gain planning permission and win over project stakeholders, to marketing images for your sales brochure - illustrations are a great choice for characterfully communicating your development with a unique voice that stands out from the competition.

Comprehensive project communication from concept to market

Alongside typical illustrated views, we can provide a package of design support for your development including stylised floorplans, elevations and house types, site plans, as well as brochure and layout designs and bespoke graphic motifs for your marketing materials. This joined-up approach creates a design language for your project to ensure your marketing material feels consistent and professional whilst being engaging and accessible.

  • “Aston Oakes has been a collaborator with Studio BAD for the past 2 years. He brings a unique set of skills which allow us to clearly communicate to our clients, in three dimensions, exactly what our proposals will look like. DesignPad are extremely adept at working across a range of scales and methods, bringing to life our ideas and assisting in the design process!”

    Darren Bray - Founder of Studio BAD Architects

  • "I came across DesignPad on social media, and what stood out to me was the creative way Aston delivers design ideas through his illustrations. We have collaborated on a few projects so far and the speed and quality in delivery have been amazing from DesignPad. I look forward to working together on future projects."

    Sellasie Humado - Director, Founder of Mado Homes

  • ‘We are delighted with the maps DesignPad have created for us. Aston is not only incredibly talented, but also diligent and professional, and it has been a pleasure to work with him on this project. Aston has executed our brief perfectly and worked patiently with us as the project evolved, resulting in two wonderful maps. I cannot recommend DesignPad highly enough and we look forward to working with them again on future projects.’

    The Wasing Estate

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External Perspectives

From street scenes showcasing the atmosphere of a residential masterplan or a view of a new home from the driveway, external perspective drawings are a versatile way of representing your project.