@Mike-Amos Thanks Mike!

Gotta a sign!

Messing around with more twin-t construction. I wanted to make this a hobby shop but can't find the appropriate assets. Don't really feel like making it from scratch. Storefront is probably too upscale for this use.

Split things up. Far less glass.

@tuna1957 Thanks. Back in the day they would pay good money for a rendering like this. Now you can get something like this from Laos for $150. Soon that will be gone too.

This is an evolution of that last glass structure I designed. Twin-t floors. Too much glass but there it is. Too much glass in high rises = bird killers. Not good.

I wouldn't want to live here. When I was younger I was curious about city living. Today is no longer the case. I think high density housing is awful.

So here's this rendering. Soon to be replaced by plastic AI renderings. The cost of living continues to climb. Even renting a stupid apartment is far too costly. It's the American dream!

I cleaned everything again and even after two factor authentication I got this:

"If this was you, you won’t be able to access certain security and account settings for a few days. You can still access these settings from a device you’ve logged in with in the past."

Makes no sense. Guess I have to stop using Instagram.

@Dave-R Dave, yes. I just get a blank pop-up in the tab. I tried clearing everything. I got this weird message when I signed in the first time before I noticed this.

"If this was you, you won’t be able to access certain security and account settings for a few days. You can still access these settings from a device you’ve logged in with in the past."

It's the same device. I've since applied two factor authentication with my phone number. Nothing changed. Been waiting. Every one else's posts act normally.

Speaking of computer related things breaking. Can anyone open one of my posts here? Mine are showing up blank.

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Thanks guys! I appreciate the comments. I put this up at the D5 Render gallery but deleted it since it didn't get any movement. I don't know what it is about the D5 Render forum but it rubs me the wrong way. Too many architects? I don't think I'll be posting there anymore.

Same like the last but without a parapet.

@ntxdave Memory. This one is basically like your typical tract ranch with gable ends and a center bump-out. That combined with all the details and elevations I've done over the years. I start with an idea in my mind and go from there. Sometimes I'll mull things over in my head while before I go to sleep. I guess you can look at a lot of house pictures. I stick with standard wall heights, roof slopes, windows, roof types, etc.

Pavilion or glass house design I whipped up for practice. Style is arbitrary for me at this point. Gets tedious. This is what I decided on.

I just got this inspiration to design something with old school twin t's. They used to build apartment building with twin t's in mass number.

Thanks. If it's magic I must be on the right track. Trying some new styles instead of the usual stark front lighting. Shading and fog adds to a mood. I admit I get tired of looking at the same thing while I'm working on anything for too long.

Couple more...

Did I post this already other than in WIP. Anyway, here's something close to final.

Thanks!

Some extras. OK, I keep trying different things.

@ntxdave Thanks Dave. A lot of tedious work and trial and error and my imagination. Started using outside assets since I figured that I can't or don't need to model everything. In this case I saw the sample image and started with a simple Sketchup component for the ceiling and went from there.

Lots of Profile Builder 3 moulding. For the stairs I started with a spiral staircase base made using 1001bit tools. Countless hours later I came up with the (almost) final stairs on the right. I used Fredo's Curviloft for the outer stringer as well as Fredo's bezier tools as well as Profile Builder 3 for some details and the handrails. The balusters were found at 3D Warehouse.

So imagination, knowing basic carpentry or architectural sizes, using Sketchup tools and experimenting, using assets, a lot of tedious work and trying to not call into the perfectionist trap. That and a lot of bugsplats.

Forgot to mention that solids don't have to be perfect solids. You can't notice any little bugs in the rendering.

@tuna1957 Think of the heating bill! I don't think I can see myself living in anything I've rendered.

I have too many renderings of this project. Here's one.

Trying something new.

Based on an interior design by Timothy Corrigan for the Château de la Chevallerie. Not for commercial use, etc, etc.

A mixture of my own Sketchup modeling, D5 Render, Blenderkit and 3D Warehouse.

@marked001 said in Pond House:

Really love those first sketchy ones. Is that a sketchup style?

Thanks. That's "pen sketch" in D5 Render.