Diane Evans

Aaron-

Are you talking about getting pics up onto this group discussion or onto your folio? I always use the ‘simple uploader’ when uploading to my folio, I find it less glitchey as you mentioned. For posting here, just hit the camera button above and make sure you image is in an acceptable format (jpeg) and 72-150 dpi and less than about 500…[Read more]

I’m still getting an X when I upload. I’m finding this site very glitchy. Slow uploads, freezing up, inability to close down, etc.. Anyone else having these issues? How can I get my darn pics up??

sucess… thank you Nick, we may be able to go a little wider but these settings are much better… now we can post some images and give some better feedback.

Here is my test to see if the settings sugested will work, 400 pix wide and 100dpi

I think if you size the width of your images to about 400pixels wide that should fit just right, also you (everyone) should do everyone else a favor and keep your dpi under 150…more like 100 or even 72 to avoid sluggish scrolling.

Again why do some of the images get stretched out while others look fine… I am guessing that there is some kind of ideal image size for the group walls, does anybody know what that size limit is so that we can actually see what people are posting? Vladimir’s images are all stretched out while right below his Nick’s look perfect, is any one else…[Read more]

I thought I would contribute some different digital and hand techniques I’ve experimented with over the last few semesters as an undergrad. Before I returned to school for Landscape Architecture I enrolled in a 12 month cad drafting course and read all the landscape graphics books I could get my hands on, which still seem sort of…[Read more]

Does anybody have any suggestions or examples for rendering a master plan in a desert environment? I’m trying to finish up my capstone project so I can graduate and I’ve run into a little snag. I go to school in the south so drawing a rocky barren landscape with clusters of cactus is a first.

The ACE Mentor Program
Mentorship Opportunities

The ACE Mentor Program is looking for Landscape Architects to get involved!!!

The ACE Mentor Program is a nationwide program that introduces motivated high school students to the various careers that are available in the building industry. The local Sacramento Chapter has grown since its inaugural…[Read more]

San Joaquin Section – Update Mancini Park Design

Since 2007, the ASLA has been working with the Tuolumne River Regional Park Joint Powers Authority (TRRP) on a master plan for Mancini Park . This park services a low income area of the City of Modesto , City of Ceres and Stanislaus County .

Over time, the park has been overused and abused…[Read more]

Stomwater is cool in the Sunshine State.

what is the best size of image so that it does not distort, I noticed that many of the images, including mine are being stretched into a tall and “squeezed” format, are these do to i9mage size or my computer settings?

thought I would add a few images, I work mostly digital but started with ADs, Prismacolors, and pencil, Am loving Corel Sketchpad, Corel PainterXI, and Photoshop, base work is done in AutoCad, Sketchup, Sketchpad, or scanned original, rendered on Wacom Cintiq in combination of Painter and Photoshop…

The Sierra Chapter 2nd Saturday event, “The Art of Landscape Architects“, held on May 9th at the AIA offices in Midtown Sacramento was a huge success. Chapter Trustee Jeff Townsend’s band, ‘Busted Flat ‘, set up in the parking lot, temporary event seating was created using hay bales covered with sod donated by Delta Bluegrass (our own tur…[Read more]

The Sierra Chapter had our annual fundraising Golf Tournament on May 14th at Teal Bend Golf Course in Sacramento. The weather and the golfing was great. Thanks to all of our sponsors and golfers who came out to support the Chapter in these ‘unique’ economic times. Special thanks to Keith Wilson for making the whole thing happen, with help fro…[Read more]

Great to see examples of everyone’s work!

Hey guys! Here is a link to some presentations from a conference in Reno at the University of Nevada that talked about different stormwater and bioretention techniques. Some are really basic info but also some good overall information. The links to presentations are actually at the bottom of this page that you can scroll down to once you open the…[Read more]

It looks pretty old but I like the details and formality of it, especially as it moves between the brick wall.

check out this cool solution to getting water off the property at Duisburg-Nord/ Germany: