[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

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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!

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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

[Jonathan Nelsen]

That link didnt work for me.

 

[Jonathan Nelsen]

Agree with Dennis.  Always wanted to get out there.

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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, agricultural areas to produce food for the community, as well as expand on existing trail systems and recreational areas.  We were able to use weighted overlay functions in GIS to determine which areas would be most suitable for each of the uses.

 

I think its not as important as some of the other things like hand drawing, autoCAD, etc, but most people dont get enough expsure to it to be considered GIS capable…I am completing a GIS certificate program at my school in addition to my LA degree.  You take so many credits of GIS classes and get a degree in it.  At this point I think I have a better shot of landing a GIS related job than an LA job and am glad that I took the extra classes.

 

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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 data for free through the DNR.  When I was working on a project in Denver, all the data that I was finding cost money and was not cheap.

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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:

http://3dats.com/products.asp?ok=1

I agree with Fremont, do the modeling in sketchup and then render in max or vray.

-Jon

[Jonathan Nelsen]

Nice!  Love me some green roof porn!

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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 State was not offering that option when I began.  Its not a bad program though, granted I could be a doctor now had I gone to med school, but when I’m done I can be a doctor of the land ;p.  I was lucky enough to have been working in various positions around the university as I finish school, several GIS positions, a couple research assistantships in LA, and currently working as a landscape architecture intern for the campus landscape designers.  If you do go the school route, try to find some of these opportunities on your campus, great way to stay involved both professionally and academically.

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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 words, but I think a few sentences should describe the design objective well enough.  You can also include the project location but on the ASU plaza project for example, you go into a lot of detail describing the site that may not be relevant to readers.  My first portfolio contained a lot of text, but as I continue to modify it, I have found that less text not only looks cleaner, but as one of my professors likes to say”  if I had prepared more, I would have said less”.  Just my opinion..

Jon

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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.

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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 cheap.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226065669/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0226065847&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1FWV98NY2MR4P5YPFDCG

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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

[Jonathan Nelsen]

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

[Author]

Posts