About Karl.
karl.souders@gmail.com
I like to design and render and draw and teach. I'm from Nebraska. I've got a great family. I eat. I drink. I swim. I ride my bike. I backpack & snowshoe. I'm human.
Prints for sale! Email me for info!
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” -Vonnegut
The Basics
2d Software
Adobe CS (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), MS Office products, BlueBeam.
3d Software
Revit, Sketchup, Autocad, wee-bit of Solidworks, Vectorworks & Rhino. Modeling & preparing solids for 3d printing (Makerbot). Lumion & Enscape.
Graphic Design and layout: corporate branding, logos, page layout.
Drawing: graphite, ink, marker, color pencil, watercolor, charcoal, pastel. Hybrid digital/hand coloring and compositing.
Photography: Digital and film photography. Studio lighting. Digital restoration & post processing. 35mm & 120/220 formats. Hand and minilab printing on resin coated and fiber based papers. RA4, C41, E6 & Type R processing. Copy negatives, dupe slides, slide mounting. Chemistry maintenance.
Print making: wood/lino cut, silk screen, traditional lithography, etching/drypoint (copper plate).
Earthenware ceramics.
Furniture Design.
Bronze and aluminum casting.
Experience
Architectural
2021-Current: Staff II, Salazar Architect Inc., Portland OR
+ Technical production work: field measurements, as-builts, developing drawing sets for all phases using Revit, building code analysis and summaries.
+ Conduct feasibility and yield studies for multi-family and public interest projects, including in-depth zoning analysis.
+ Create illustrations for RFPs and marketing using a high-level Revit, SketchUp, and Enscape workflow.
+ Established firm-wide graphic standards for renderings, illustrations, and site plans.
+ Design and document affordable and low-income housing projects (podium plus 4/5 stories).
+ Develop content for and facilitate community engagement sessions, providing summarized documentation of results.
2018-2021: Architectural Staff, LSW Architects, Vancouver WA
+ Managed design and documentation for K-12 education and tenant improvement projects.
+ Coordinated with MEP and external consultants to ensure integrated project delivery.
+ Conducted stakeholder interviews and programming sessions to foster collaborative design relationships.
+Assembled and maintained complex project sets in Revit.
+Utilized Bluebeam for project management, progress set coordination, and internal quality control.
2013-2018: Designer / Illustrator, C2K Architecture, Portland OR
+ Designed and illustrated multi-family housing, including PT/Curtain wall and wood-frame over podium construction.
+ Modeled and rendered advanced 3D scenes in SketchUp/V-Ray for interior and exterior environments.
+ Translated digital models for 3D printing and physical model exploration.
+ Conducted preliminary design and zoning analysis for architectural review and pre-application submittals.
2011-13: Exhibit Designer, OMSI, Portland OR
+ Designed permanent and traveling exhibits, overseeing space planning and external fabrication coordination.
+ Provided environmental graphic design, illustration, and package layout for print.
2008-11: Freelance, Minneapolis MN and Portland OR
Architectural design and illustration. Drafting and modeling. Corporate branding with placeholder web development. Product and industrial design. Photo restoration.
2008: Designer / Illustrator, Urbanworks Architecture, Minneapolis MN
+ Project: Covington at Norman Pointe
+ Architectural design, design visualization, graphic design, package layout and printing. Introduction to Revit.
2005-08: Designer / Illustrator, Ankrom Moisan, Portland OR
+ Design and illustration for feasibility studies. Hand and digital rendering.
+ Graphic design and package layout for client deliverables. Large format printing and mounting.
Educator
2007-Present: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Portland State University, Portland OR
Arch 120 Visual Communications I - beginning drawing for first year architecture students.
Formal Education
2004: Master of Architecture, University of Oregon
Thesis work: Tenon Center for Juvenile Rehabilitation. Teaching Fellowships for two drawing courses and Spatial Composition.
1999: Bachelor of Arts, Fine & Performing Arts
Printmaking, drawing, photography and ceramics. Minor in history of film.
other things to look at:
my old site is a mouthfull: independentillustration.com
Souders family history: oldmansouders.com
