Alphabet to sketch(up)

[ntxdave]

I graduated high school in 1959! After getting out of the Army I went to college (night school - took several years while working over 40 hours per week) and graduated in 1976! At least I finally graduated.

[majid]

Your debate is really motivating to me.
P.S : Sorry for my English, Your chatting about the age is inspiring.

[ntxdave]

@majid said:

Your debate is really motivating to me.

What detate?

[majid]

Modified my post.

[ntxdave]

Sometimes age is somewhat of a defining factor in the thought process.

I am still playing with the “X” building and hope to be able to share it soon (been dealing with some other things). It is not as “modern” or as “far out there” as you guys come up with but I hope you guys will like it.

[Mike Amos]

I find your designs very motivating tbh, more organic than mine which are more an exercise in simple graphics.

Different styles and all that which is what this place really does bring out into the open.

As far as being 'out there' goes, spoke to my ex recently and she thought I was on the way back from 'there'.

I know, friends eh?

More thoughts on the way but looking forwards to the 'X', it is going to be good mate.

[majid]

As far as I know, a very important key factor in the design process is "developing".
Develop a simple idea and it turns out to be a master-piece, or leave it "unripe" and it will spoil even if it is a wonderful idea.

[Mike Amos]

Sorry mate, I cannot see that.

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[ntxdave]

OK guys, here are some quick renders of the "X" building I have been/am working on. There are a bunch of things I am not happy with but thought I would at least let you know that I am still working on it. It might be a little while before I finish.

Having some issues with the model:

• Placing windows on the octagonal shaped buildings. As you can see, some of them I have not even gotten to yet.
• Need to redo the foliage.
• Not happy with the roofing.
• Thinking about making the passage between the buildings different (several ideas).
• Not happy with the background image but do not have a better one to use.

So, here are the quick renders:

[majid]

I can see that there is a steady progress in your renders.

[ntxdave]

Thanks Majid. I use Skatter which places proxies in the SketchUp model. It also supports Twilight Render so the SU model is not bogged down and renders pretty quickly. I like the Skatter plugin.

[ntxdave]

OK, I downloaded some dae background files from the 3D Warehouse (Rockit3D dae files) and applied them to my model and then used Twilight Render to produce the following tests. I am liking these test reults. I think it will allow me to backoff with Skatter a little.

Here are the "quick" test renders and feedback is greatly appreciated even though some of my issues I outlined previously are still there, I think this will help me going forward.

Test renders:

[majid]

Better results in the background. I think improving the construction details will help drastically. I.e. roof/wall connections, etc...
Finally, I am in the Netherlands. The construction details are new to me. I am trying to familiarize myself. This way I may contribute more...

[Bep]

@majid said:

Better results in the background.i thonk improving the construction details will hell drastically. I.e. roof/wall connections, etc...
Finally I am in the Netherlands. The construction details are new to me. I am trying to familiar myself. This way I may contribute more..

Welkom!

Bep

[majid]

Thank you Bep for your kind welcome. I feel like Alice in Wonderland now!
I was out concentrating on the construction details for a few hours and let me say that it is fantastic... You have done a great job! Unbelievably neat... I hope be lucky enough to meet you in person and talk to you, my wise friend!

[ntxdave]

OK - I finally finished my "X" building (I had many problems along the way - especially with the render to achieve what I was after). Hope you enjoy. I used SketchUp (with some plugins), Twilight Render and Skatter. So here are my renders:

[ntxdave]

Kind of the "complete" picture................

[majid]

Sounds great and makes the concept more readable.

[ntxdave]

Thanks Majid. I will keep in mind for future projects.

[majid]

Usually, architects use different outline formats to represent the process and final design. It mainly is there to represent track of the concept and its development. It is not a linear process though, and there are back-and-forth steps and sometimes the final solution is far away from the starting point.