A piece from my real job, not really sketchup related.

Box

@Rich-O-Brien said in A piece from my real job, not really sketchup related.:

How do you price a job? Per m/sq

Each commission is different, you get to know the client and what sort of thing they are after, you check the site and the lighting and the general feel of the place, then most importantly see what sort of car they drive and use the BMW/MERC/AUDI algorithm to pick a figure out of the air.

Are you passing on the skill to an apprentice?

I've had 11 over the years and many students.

The caustics in the 3rd to last image is glorious.

Yeah I love that shot too. The reason it is often called Painting with Light.

Is the sketch yours too or is it someone elses concept?

In this case it is the work of another artist. I do a lot of my own but also freelance for many others. Quite a few artists don't have the skills to produce their own work or the time for that matter. I'm semi retired now, so I pick and choose what I want to work on, This was a nobrainer, too nice not to work on.

Rich O Brien

@Box said in A piece from my real job, not really sketchup related.:

BMW/MERC/AUDI algorithm

So my Opel Combo rate must be low! Can I get my avatar in 1mx1m?

Really lovely work though. So unique and personal.

pixelcruncher

Wow, thanks for sharing @Box. It's great to get some insight into the process. Now I want to see pictures of the boat as well

Box

Now I want to see pictures of the boat as well

I don't have any recent ones, this was it when I bought it 7 years ago. It has changed a lot since then. The workshop is basically from the door on the side to the back. Kitchen between workshop and wheelhouse. Main 'Office' is in the wheelhouse because I can close it off and heat and cool it, I have four monitors in there. The workshop has 3 monitors and a design desk setup.
Upstairs, openable sundeck, which has my treadmill and 3rd workstation, only two monitors up there, I can watch TV and use PC while on the treadmill. All three sets of monitors run off the same PC via hubs so I on the same files wherever I am.
Then double bedroom and full bathroom and finally open back deck.

It is a converted Whitsundays inter island ferry, capable of 40kn+ in its heyday. Still manages mid 30s. Two 400 horse inboard turbo diesels below the waterline.

She's old but so am I and she is home.

I wake up to this.

Nod off to this.

And regularly pull these in with a simple hand line for dinner.

It's a tough life but somebody's got to do it.

ntxdave

@Box the door is beautiful and the pictures of the boat are neat as well.

pixelcruncher

@Box Thanks for sharing those pictures. It must be a hard life for sure I assume this is somewhere in Australia based on the Whitsundays reference.

mrossk

Really beautiful, thanks for sharing. Particularly striking when backlit!

Mike Amos

@Box
Magic, the 'boat' looks like a great place to be.

The door etc well, mind blown in a good way. Thanks for showing it here, it improves my day seeing this sort of thing.

Box

@pixelcruncher said in A piece from my real job, not really sketchup related.:

I assume this is somewhere in Australia

About an hour north of Sydney at the mouth of the Hawkesbury River.

Bryan K

Lovely and impressive work.

rv1974

The initial BW charcoal looks the best

L i am

You have a workshop, on a boat, in subtropical Australia, designing and crafting lead lights I HATE YOU

Rich O Brien

@rv1974 said in A piece from my real job, not really sketchup related.:

The initial BW charcoal looks the best

In your opinion....

rv1974

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rv1974

@Rich-O-Brien no its my grandma's opinion.

baz

Love the glasswork, beautiful.

Box

Just thought I would throw a few recent jobs into this old thread for the few people that might be interested.

Rich O Brien

@Box Thanks for sharing that. Seriously talented stuff.

Mike Amos

@Box

Wow.

It may be getting on in the day but it is seriously better for seeing those. Thanks mate.