https://land8.com/members/juanantoniolopez/activity/ Activity feed for Juan Antonio Lopez. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:50:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 c582bea2980f5e0c6d8686f860e29338 https://land8.com/forums/topic/help-making-sketchup-more-realistic/#post-163067 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:42:54 +0000 I would definitely use Photoshop for all of my vegetation.  I find that using sketchup for trees slows my computer down a lot. If I must have 3D trees I use sketchup or Rhino to create a basic mass model and then I texture it using Artlantis on a PC.  Artlantis trees are great and don’t really slow down the computer.  The only downside is that yo…[Read more]

]]> 0 5dd9f8fab23b25d994f9a4c73d0c2b37 https://land8.com/forums/topic/another-portfolio-question/#post-161352 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:49:37 +0000 Thanks for the reply and the insight.

]]> 0 d7b0a37c281d1a32ac4ae67b62bf416d https://land8.com/forums/topic/another-portfolio-question/#post-161353 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:49:08 +0000 Thanks for your reply.

]]> 0 8732e971e622c762616c05dc8e3589f4 http://land8.com/forums/topic/is-it-just-me-or-do-we-need-to-rethink-our-illustrative-quality-of-figures-in-the-landscape/page/2/#post-173329 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:07:48 +0000 I think that these days, everybody’s digital graphics look exactly the same.  They all have the cutout trees, desaturated people and so forth.  I think sketches really convey more emotion and add a personal style to a rendering.  Let’s face it, by now everybody knows sketchup and photoshop to the point where renderings are boring. It’s time to go…[Read more]

]]> 0 e8cfda30cbf83a2fb656e51799734453 https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-is-your-forecast-for-the-landscape-architecture-job-market-2011-and-beyond/#post-166206 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:57:04 +0000 California is where it’s at right now with firms turning toward sustainability.

]]> 0 837c2b16f00d045fe2ab9266f8e94d7d https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-firms-are-looking-for-in-student-portfolios/#post-168768 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:18:54 +0000 Thanks so much! Appreciate you taking the time.

]]> 0 6243af63027002077d7b2ff2d0644558 https://land8.com/forums/topic/state-of-the-profession/page/4/#post-170067 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:23:02 +0000 Well out here in California, my professors have been telling me that it’s starting to pick back up. I have to admit that I would definitely not want to work for free just to earn experience in some internship. I think that honest work deserves an honest paycheck regardless of age or work experience. It’s just part of my religion.

]]> 0 049fd23b77dce25ad4b539bf96cb1367 https://land8.com/forums/topic/plant-books-for-southern-california/#post-169550 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:49:33 +0000 Landscape Plants for California Gardens by Bob Perry. Bob Perry was a professor of mine at Cal Poly Pomona last year. This is the greatest book for California Plants. It has all of the climate zones, water needs, plant factors, Eto calculations and sections of plant palettes with plants that work well together. An amazing book. It was great to…[Read more]

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