@Rich-O-Brien Thanks Rich. I don't know who this troll is but he certainly doesn't belong on this website. I shouldn't even have to resort to writing these words. This kind of anti-social behavior from rv1974 belongs on Reddit or anywhere else one can find this level of immaturity.

@pixelcruncher Thanks pixelcruncher! I was trying to figure out if "bad" meant "good" in current culture.

Another view.

This was the latest. Maybe I uploaded this in another post?

Finished the front of the house. The rear view is posted elsewhere.

Rendered in D5 Render. This was supposed to be a landmark application for new windows in the rear of the house and a new brick wall fence along the side and rear property lines.

The crown moulding is done with Profile Builder 3 and the soffit details with the dentils was made using Profile Builder 3's assembly.

Looking good.

Another new render. I did a photomatch Sketchup model of this for a 2D AutoCAD drawing (elevations) for a landmark district application in Denver. Project was halted. Decided to render it all out.

I like the tall grass look. It's good for pollinators and wildlife plus it pisses of the neighbors.

Thanks guys! Thought I'd create an extended roof for a porch on the ADU. I don't know whatever happened with that ADU plan. Was planned for the backyard of a Victorian in San Francisco.

@Rich-O-Brien Thanks Rich. I haven't thought about that. I know it takes some work setting up a lot of this stuff since it include identity verification, portfolio, samples, etc. I'm not really feeling optimistic about rendering work at all which was never really there even in better economic times. I still have to finish Fiverr. My new phone will help for the identity stuff.

I've been wasting my time with Upwork and going nowhere. [I still can't get over how cheap these people are. Even those in the USA and Australia.] Same thing with my Facebook professional page. The latter I've gotten over 1,200 likes for my ad but no bites for work. I've been getting some drafting work but not as much as I would like. Time's have changed and all the old guys are either retired or dead.

Some new stuff. Part of my futile attempt in looking for rendering work in competition with people around the world that will do this for $5/hour.

@MtnArch said in Go fund me?:

I believe you're referring to a thread started by Gus R (https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/164378/my-gofundme).

Yep. that me. Thanks MtnArch.

In any event most of my work is drafting and little involves rendering jobs. I unsubscribed from Upwork Plus and raised my base rate back to what a freelance drafter with my experience should earn in the USA and not unskilled labor wages. That would be $50/hour. Here's a link to my Facebook professional page which is going nowhere even when I pay for an ad to run for a week.

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Well, I've been giving a shot with Upwork with sending proposals and buying credits but I've gotten nowhere there. Plus the job offers are pathetic with a lot of people literally wanting to pay $5/hour if not peanuts for licensed architects.

I also set up a Facebook professional page and that's not going anywhere either. I'm in the middle of setting up Fiverr but I get the feeling it will be the same as with Upwork with people offering work for 3rd world wages even from people located in the USA.

I'm rather flummoxed with all of this. I have been getting some work from an old client/friend and the architect I worked for on a usual basis has slowed down a lot.

Drafting would remain my bread and butter. Whatever's left of that in this brave new world. I can't compete with people that expect to be paid a 1/4 of what I would get paid picking up garbage on the side of the road.

Reworked and re-rendered. Of course I posted this at some D5 Render community on Facebook and the first comment is from some guy complaining that I ruined the render with too many wood texture. I deleted the post and unfollowed the group. To me it seems that they all post the same lifeless "modern" architecture. Whatever I guess. Looks fine to me. Plus I don't work for slave wages like you see in Upwork.

Thanks guys.

Matisse would work but I was thinking Bierstadt.

My computer died again.

It's either the motherboard or the CPU. I have the previous CPU. Might be the motherboard.