Getting Started How to Use Interior Design Rendering to Improve Your Portfolio

There has been a plethora of advances in today’s digital world, including AI-generated content, quantum computing, 5G expansion, virtual reality, augmented reality, and more. With emerging trends constantly developing, it can be difficult to stay up to speed. However, there are some digital advances that are entirely worth noting as an interior designer, especially if you are looking to improve your portfolio.

One simple way to improve your portfolio as an interior designer is to use interior design rendering, which can be accessed through software on your computer.  But how can interior design rendering help you to improve your portfolio? 

Essentially, using interior design rendering will help you to improve your portfolio by adding new pieces in an advanced yet streamlined way. With this technology, you can easily build new pieces of artwork to add to your portfolio.

By combining technical skills in 3D modeling and combining your artistic vision, crafting compelling and photorealistic images is a true possibility with interior renderings. You can add these images to websites where you promote your work, such as Yelp, Angie’s List, Nextdoor, Pinterest, Facebook, Houzz, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Renderings are incredible because they appear lifelike and shed hours of time working on hand-drawn sketches. They are a popular alternative and are becoming more and more in demand amongst clients and interior designers alike. 

When you generate multiple lifelike and impressive renderings through various software, you can easily use them to promote yourself. A picture says a thousand words, and there is nothing like a well-crafted, carefully thought-out image of a room that says, “This is home.” 

Renderings allow you to adjust the lighting or the overall feel of the image you are going to convey. They also allow you to choose a color scheme, furniture, patterns, textures, and more. This provides you with the tools necessary to compose beautiful works of digital art that you can post online.

Pinterest is a very popular app and website that is used by many homeowners or apartment renters who are looking to improve the appearance of their surroundings. An interior designer can benefit massively from posting on Pinterest with links back to his or her own personal website or online portfolio with even more examples of work created from renderings. 

Of course, it will still be up to you – or the interior designer – to begin with a concept for the space. This includes layout, furniture placement, color palette, lighting, materials, textures, and other design elements. Additionally, finding reference materials such as floor plans, elevations, material samples, and inspirational images assists greatly when composing your first few renderings. 

A good idea is to use about ten to twenty renderings that you are confident with and post them on your own website or to post them on platforms that receive a lot of traffic through visualization, such as Pinterest or Instagram, with your business information. That way, you will not only improve and boost your portfolio, but you will also be gaining more visibility from various sources which will help you to succeed in your work as an interior designer.

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