Quick & Dirty Historic Building
-
Quick and dirty modeling job of a small historic building we are renovating. It was built in 1899 as a hospital for the East Tennessee School for the Deaf. We are enclosing the central "porch" areas for use as offices. Originally, the historic commission wanted it glassed in with the columns and railing maintained, so it would still look as it does, but I was able to track down an early known photo that shows the area enclosed with narrow windows. So the commission agreed that even though our design is not 100% historically accurate (we don't have the budget) it's still more accurate than what is there now.
-
Nice work.......close enough for preservation purposes I would think.
-
For "quick and dirty" it is more than accurate enough.
-
Don't get me started on Architectural Boards....Nice work and not just on the model.
-
Hi Daniel,
Nice building! I think though that the landscaping let the image down. I know you are not going for full realism here, but I think if you would-
rotate and scale the plants in front of the building to not all be exactly the same.
-
let there be a little washed out blueness to the sky.
-
find a better grass texture and scale it up so it does not repeat so much.
-
adjust the shadows so you get a little more drama...maybe plant some unseen foreground trees to cast shadows on the parking area and building.
-
If it were me, I would also use a sketchy style to capture a little of the artsy feel that I have found architectural boards seem to respond positively to.
ummm, other than that...
-
-
"Quick & Dirty"
I wonder how your works and renders would look like if you work Slow & Clean
great SU-work and a great project - thanks for sharing!
-
Thanks for the nice comments.
ntxdave and Bryan, I always try to do these buildings as accurate as possible, as I will use them to generate elevations for the construction drawings.ccaponigro - I really didn't have any problem with the commission, in fact I was complimented on my research and finding that historic picture. But there is always that one person on every board who asks all the questions and leaves you thinking "this guy's a dick and he's going to object to the project."
Paul - I purposely did all those things because I knew you'd enjoy criticizing me
All your criticisms are valid, and some did occur to me, but this really was a very quick job. Most of the modeling was done on my own time. I didn't even bother to model the curbs (or texture the brick arches - what was I thinking?!). The building was the important part and that is what I spent the time on. The landscaping conveyed the idea to the client and she was happy with it. I purposefully left the sky white - I used the image on the cover sheet of the CDs and I wanted it to bleed into the page. Plus, there is a lot more context (a large building to the right and behind) and I didn't want to worry about them. The image did it's job as far as the client and the Historic Commission were concerned.HornOxx - here's a few examples of slow and clean:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81%26amp;t=59034%26amp;p=537244%26amp;hilit=historic#p537244
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81%26amp;t=55330%26amp;p=502327%26amp;hilit=historic#p502327
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=333%26amp;t=45542
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=333%26amp;t=55326 -
@daniel said:
HornOxx - here's a few examples of slow and clean
impressive examples indeed - I had a lot of fun to look at these, thanks! -
Very nice, a highly sympathetic restoration.
-
Hello Daniel
Some nice historic models here and it seems like you've found a good process with your historic review board. These folks can really be interesting to work with.
I had started out doing historic structures as a way to teach myself SU but haven't found access to paying clients yet.
Even so, it's grown into a bit of a hobby. Some of my stuff can be found here:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81%26amp;t=61430%26amp;start=30
Jim
Advertisement