[James Melnick]

Thanks!  Very impressive portfolio by the way, lots of great graphics and interesting looking projects.

[James Melnick]

Thanks Marie, good feedback and you address some issues that deep down I knew I should have addressed a while ago!  And good points about the proper title.  Maybe its just me getting so used to telling people what I got my degree in, or just my innate desire to be a fully licensed landscape architect.

Regarding levels of analysis, do employers really want to see scribble and notes I have on trace and such?  Or is it more important to simply show the design process from beginning to end regardless?

[James Melnick]

Mr. Wainner,

Thanks for the response and feedback, both are appreciated.  I agree with you on all those points and will work on making those changes, specifically finding some drawings I am proud of!  Maybe I phrased it wrong about employers looking at portfolios, I was just commenting on the sheer number of portfolios they must have to look at these days and the time allocated to each one.  I was under the impression with so many applicants, its just key to make ones portfolio/resume really stand out  I’ll have to take a look at that book as I’ve heard it mentioned by quite a few people.  Again though, much appreciated!

James

[James Melnick]

As a grad student with a mac running bootcamp for the same programs as you, I highly recommend sticking with Mac.  Everyone in my class has had limited problems and there are multiple work arounds to share files if a problem does arise.  The only issue is what your budget is, as a comprable pc laptop will cost you much less but in my opinion has a myriad of issues.

 

Go for the mac and if you really don’ like it you can try bootcamp on it. My bootcamp/windows partition works better than must of my peers true pc’s do.

 

[James Melnick]

I’ve been messing around with various render programs and there seems to be quite a bit that all vary in price and quality of the output.  I’ve kind of had to learn it on the fly as I finish my MLA but so far i’ve been using SU Podium and am pretty happy with the results.  The learning curve isn’t too bad and there are a ton of tutorials and great forum sections to help with training.

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