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How construction cranes work
With the recent construction crane accident in Miami, we thought a page created last July by former graphics reporter Hiram Henriquez would be informative. It explains how construction cranes lift, how much they cost, and how they are constructed.
To download the News Illustrated page, click here.
Comments
Nice 3D work. How long did it take to research, sketch and draw the whole graphic?
Posted by: Xaquin G.V. | March 27, 2008 6:32 PM
Hiram spent a couple of weeks researching the page between assignments and writing the text. Then he had a week to work on the page uninterrupted. That's our standard schedule for our weekly page.
Posted by: Len De Groot | March 28, 2008 11:58 AM
Wow nice illustration, really clean and well executed. How did you manage to do this? is this a vector illustration o some kind of 3d rendering effect?
Posted by: Diego Junca | April 6, 2008 5:12 PM
There are some vector touches, but it's primarily a 3D illustration built in LightWave. The different renderings were combined in PhotoShop and the page was built in Adobe Illustrator.
Posted by: Len De Groot | April 7, 2008 1:03 PM
I agree that the illustration is phenomenal. It really give you a three dimensional perspective of the crane and it's functions.
Posted by: Ajlouny | October 15, 2008 12:41 AM
I cant seem to open it... can you send it to me?
Posted by: Andrew Bhagwat | March 11, 2009 8:41 PM