Jonathan Nelsen

Quick question for any marker users out there:
In the description for this project,  20# bond paper is mentioned as being used.  Is this standard for marker renderings?  I know you can buy “marker paper”, but what kind of paper is preferred for your marker renderings to get the best results?
 
Thanks,
Jon

I was looking to enter the LA market in December when I graduate with my BLA/MLA degree, but its not looking good, and am now looking at Planning positions instead, which is what my undergraduate degree was in…so thanks graduate school for nothing!

MauiBobs comments always have such an angry overtone to them…Take a chill pill and get a PC…

That link didnt work for me.
 

Agree with Dennis.  Always wanted to get out there.

At my school (ISU) we are required to take one studio that focuses on design using GIS.  The first project we did was taking a site in the City of Ames and converting it to a habitat for a certain species of animal.  We used GIS to look at soil conditions, slope, etc.  The second project we had to design a community of 400 single family homes, ag…[Read more]

Its coming….At the career fair at my school (Iowa State University) I talked with several firms who were looking to start GIS departments in the near future.  Its not easy to get started with, all that data is not free, and without data the software doesnt do much good.  I’m not sure about other places, but in Iowa you can access a lot of GIS d…[Read more]

You will need many manuals and many tutorials to master 3d studio max…To get started however, you can check out Lynda.com, or the message boards on cgarchitect.com, there is a 3d studio max forum on there that has lots of tips, techniques.  Other than that, look at books from 3dats:
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I agree with Fremont, do…[Read more]

Nice!  Love me some green roof porn!

I would agree with what everyone else is saying…get a masters in something related like planning, urban design, architecture, ecology…depending on what kind of work you want to do in the future.  I got my bachelors in community and regional planning and am just finishing up a dual bla/mla degree.  Would have preferred just the BLA but Iowa S…[Read more]

I definitely agree with Nick…get that file size down.  Ensure that your pdfs are flattened.  If need be, save as a .jpg, then convert back to pdf.  This should greatly reduce file size.  One thing on the portfolio, I think maybe you could eliminate some of the text describing each project and just let the project speak for itself.  Leave in key…[Read more]

I just completed a graduate level statistics course that my major professor recommended I take.  My thesis is largely based around GIS analysis and analyzing tree composition in the 1800’s in Iowa.  I honestly feel like the class did little to advance my research or provide any relative knowledge that would help.

I am currently working on my thesis and one book that really helps is The Craft of Research by Booth, Colomb, and Williams. It really helps in developing your topic and focusing your research. check it out, you can pick it up on Amazon pretty…[Read more]

You’re going to need to provide a little more information than that…Whats the context? Scale? etc…

Thanks TJ…Dodge is exactly what i was looking for.

yea, thats the part that I need to complete still. Working on trying to get those shadows correct.. Thanks for the compliment on the grasses, I have always struggled with portraying them in renderings.

So I forgot about this thread, but came across it again and decided to post my prairie results. The first image is the before…just a base sketch up model. The second is after photoshopping. I used that great video link that Declan Rooney provided as a guide in creating my prairie. It turned out pretty good. Could use a little more work but I’m…[Read more]

Thanks for the info guys…trying it now!

I am a student studying landscape architecture and to me, it seems like the people in my classes who have pc’s are most happy with their functionality and ability to run the majority of design related applications with few problems. Those with macs often ran into problems when trying to install autoCAD, or ArcGIS. I personally always wanted a mac…[Read more]

Cool, thanks for the info Nick. I figured it had to be possible.