Land8 | Ryland Fox | Activity https://land8.com/members/rylandfox/activity/ Activity feed for Ryland Fox. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:35:21 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 72430b42aabcbe4c5e695747103e7a56 Ryland Fox joined the group LARE Multiple Choice Discussion https://land8.com/activity/p/54143/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:10:11 +0000 0 a9a5e37b6b090ac509e2d11c9bc44d28 Ryland Fox replied to the topic pool construction details in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/pool-construction-details/#post-154438 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:09:45 +0000 Alan’s look fairly similar to ours.  We always put that they are schematic in nature with the mechanics to be designed by the pool contractor. The we review the pool contractor’s drawings for finishes and sizes.

]]> 0 923c1f7a2310117809cd221ca691f5d8 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Planting plans in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/planting-plans/#post-152530 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:28:54 +0000 i second the 75% size rule as well.  seems to work well.

]]> 0 62c66355276da11cd7ae97367a1c45d2 Ryland Fox replied to the topic BLA or MLA working in video game production? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/bla-or-mla-working-in-video-game-production/#post-155485 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:58:45 +0000 I am not working in the field but I remember seeing ads for Second Life hiring LA’s a few years ago so there maybe someone there.

]]> 0 def0baa93b3d176910897d0fa4095341 Ryland Fox replied to the topic HOW TO: Render green walls in 3D design software? in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/how-to-render-green-walls-in-3d-design-software/#post-157404 Thu, 31 May 2012 06:17:16 +0000 I wrote this series of blog posts on render maps a couple of years back.  Here is the first one
https://land8.com/profiles/blogs/rendering-tutorial
https://land8.com/profiles/blogs/rendering-tutorial-bump-maps
https://land8.com/profiles/blogs/rendering-tutorial-1
it goes from transparency maps to bump maps to displacement maps though ideally all…[Read more]

]]> 0 b43efadf72e29b00f7d4d92e72a3adfb Ryland Fox replied to the topic Do you really want to know what theyre thinking? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/do-you-really-want-to-know-what-theyre-thinking/#post-157450 Mon, 28 May 2012 03:49:33 +0000 I have been going to Archinect for years and never really seen anything objectionable.  They tend to be more negative towards architecture than any other discipline.

]]> 0 1b6fb8e801a7e92686cc03840ac32b7a Ryland Fox replied to the topic monochrome graphic presentation in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/monochrome-graphic-presentation/#post-158101 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:36:48 +0000 They aren’t all monochrome but Peter Walker used to have a linework with watered down colours style that was pretty minimal.  Pretty much just cad linework. Some examples:

]]> 0 f638309f9f2bcbec6cd96b57098526e1 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Portfolio Binding + Cover Types in the forum PORTFOLIO & RESUME http://land8.com/forums/topic/portfolio-binding-cover-types/#post-158446 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:39:57 +0000 Japanese stab binding is pretty nice, I haven’t used it but always plan to.

]]> 0 458b426f4aaa9b3f709620b7c5454439 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Is anybody really alive out there ? - Nominate your favorite song that captures these times in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-anybody-really-alive-out-there-nominate-your-favorite-song-that-captures-these-times/#post-159282 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:09:26 +0000 C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan

]]> 0 12be5bdaf5377379e8869be17646acda Ryland Fox replied to the topic The Coming Great Disruption in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-coming-great-disruption/page/2/#post-159779 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:43:39 +0000 Friedman was talking about this in the New York Times today

]]> 0 6427b2663582ee0ccec9e33cfe8b5bd4 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Creating "Cut-outs" of People, Vegetation, Cars, etc. in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/creating-cut-outs-of-people-vegetation-cars-etc/#post-175675 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:35:00 +0000 vyonx

]]> 0 fc904d2317c774f92727404c7295319e Ryland Fox replied to the topic What's The Best Fireworks You Seen? in the forum PLACES & SPACES https://land8.com/forums/topic/whats-the-best-fireworks-you-seen/#post-161661 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:43:44 +0000 Disney world fireworks over the park on new years from on top of one of the hotels.  Looking forward to the Sydney Harbour ones this year.

]]> 0 5f8d32a4e27f625bca54a0033cad058a Ryland Fox replied to the topic Help! Making Sketchup more realistic in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/help-making-sketchup-more-realistic/page/2/#post-163085 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:17:57 +0000 We got RenderIn, it is $160 a seat I believe and the results are pretty good.  Plus it has real time preview with materials and lights which is nice.

]]> 0 40a493861423131e39ff20a9112390bf Ryland Fox replied to the topic Portfolio Websites? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/portfolio-websites/#post-165351 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:52:40 +0000 This guys is pretty cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJPuSKIl3Xo

]]> 0 14c0acc38419f6e55d84d808293d49e0 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Visiting California in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/visiting-california/#post-162557 Sun, 29 May 2011 23:54:00 +0000 Go to Green and Green’s Gamble house in Pasadena.  Amazing craftmenship plus the visitor centre is Doc’s house from Back to the Future.   The patio is really nice.
 
http://www.gamblehouse.org/

]]> 0 51608fd88edf12cbb9b1676ff4f50d2f Ryland Fox replied to the topic Photoshop Cutouts for Perspectives in the forum GRAPHICS http://land8.com/forums/topic/photoshop-cutouts-for-perspectives/#post-162733 Tue, 24 May 2011 23:15:53 +0000 http://www.vyonyx.com/index.php
 
on the right in downloads

]]> 0 658b50b1ed8fddff101fb531d9eb86ad Ryland Fox replied to the topic Is advertising for LA's still considered unethical? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-advertising-for-las-still-considered-unethical/page/4/#post-162809 Mon, 23 May 2011 22:51:55 +0000 I don’t know if it is advertising but self promotion on sites like Landezine can’t hurt.

]]> 0 d63a98f4f663aa83518aed390f1d0298 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Travel in the forum PLACES & SPACES https://land8.com/forums/topic/travel/#post-162904 Fri, 20 May 2011 07:06:07 +0000 Buttes-Chaumont Park is really neat looking.tunnels, waterfalls, a suspension bridge

]]> 0 301c36ede41d2db290ac12fbef27ee43 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/9/#post-163409 Thu, 12 May 2011 03:11:50 +0000 not really, I am in Australia and am considered a landscape architect because I attended an accredited program.  I can get licenced through our professional association but it isn’t necessary.
 
And yet we still have a healthy, creative, and profitable LA industry.

]]> 0 601442020a877ac4a39de90658deb38e Ryland Fox replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/9/#post-163415 Thu, 12 May 2011 01:05:24 +0000 It just seems kind of harsh to be practicing landscape architecture (under a RLA) and have gone to school for landscape architecture  but not be able to refer to yourself as a landscape architect in casual conversation.
 
I understand people being protective of a title they have earned but as your own title says, you are a RLA which you are u…[Read more]

]]> 0 58ff89ab40b439c3e9b910e463488c5e Ryland Fox replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/9/#post-163417 Wed, 11 May 2011 22:56:21 +0000 So based on this definition from earlier I have a couple of questions:
 
12-45-115. Unauthorized practice – penalties.
(1) Any person who practices or offers or attempts to practice landscape architecture without an active license issued under this article commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501,…[Read more]

]]> 0 560ff2449175bc612fb7b8595c017e9c Ryland Fox replied to the topic LeafSnap App in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/leafsnap-app/#post-163029 Wed, 11 May 2011 03:45:22 +0000 Seems good but I am getting a lot of crashing on Iphone 3 and the photo button sends me out of the program in Iphone 4

]]> 0 a9cb95ea37bc0e4f3f457b6793ee649e Ryland Fox replied to the topic rendering/design visualization competition in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/renderingdesign-visualization-competition/#post-163653 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:35:22 +0000 Are we talking about a standard model that people download and render or submission of any work?

]]> 0 8b23573b782d0aa69ae51e97189e0672 Ryland Fox posted an update in the group 3ds max + landscape architecture: I'm in https://land8.com/activity/p/21004/ Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:26:20 +0000 I’m in

]]> 0 6d3f6aecc04c43825bb64f45cfbebd31 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Which 3D Design Software is Most Used? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/which-3d-design-software-is-most-used/#post-164841 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:12:44 +0000 The dwg import in free sketchup has been removed to try to get people to upgrade to pro.  there was a free plug in for a while that you can probably find or you can just keep 7 import your files and then open them up in the newer version.

]]> 0 fda7cd8662a4894853626b945a81ac6a Ryland Fox replied to the topic New Cities! in the forum PLACES & SPACES https://land8.com/forums/topic/new-cities/#post-164106 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:04:08 +0000 China’s ghost cities
link

]]> 0 10876662b9cf3274e4ca661798bf9704 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Using Revit & Photoshop for Perspectives in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/using-revit-photoshop-for-perspectives/#post-164194 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:05:58 +0000 here is a pretty good tutorial, albeit silent
Rendering arch in photoshop

]]> 0 b8dcb68f2c29e89da1d35ef485bec10c Ryland Fox replied to the topic Using Revit & Photoshop for Perspectives in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/using-revit-photoshop-for-perspectives/#post-164201 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:16:35 +0000 send to studio max and render

]]> 0 53d44657f99b2b282e241578caaf91d3 Ryland Fox posted an update in the group 3ds max + landscape architecture: You would have to hace specific rules i.e. how much post […] https://land8.com/activity/p/21007/ Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:09:58 +0000 You would have to hace specific rules i.e. how much post production is allowed?

]]> 0 4409b18287811774f08efcaa310a534c Ryland Fox replied to the topic I Always Knew This Day Would Come... in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/i-always-knew-this-day-would-come/page/3/#post-164923 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:37:54 +0000 If I get this and the ipad house design app I am all set.

]]> 0 fbb8c73aaadd926ff822acb9da30f6e6 Ryland Fox replied to the topic realistic entourage in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/realistic-entourage/#post-165054 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:38:59 +0000 http://www.vyonyx.com/index.php
 
excellent cutouts of trees and people – the the righthand side click on downloads

]]> 0 ceb64787e663e7f1df059a829cfdbc10 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Looking for Rendering Critique in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/looking-for-rendering-critique/#post-166809 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:45:18 +0000 Waht is your work flow from Sketchup to Vue?

]]> 0 01a87ea632958348318c40ae66c3d672 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Looking for Rendering Critique in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/looking-for-rendering-critique/#post-166811 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:39:32 +0000 Looking at Thea’s website it says that it can use proxies which is fairly common with render engines now, but you wouldn’t place the low res tree you just place the high then turn it into a proxy so that it will display in the modelling program as a lower poly tree or even a box showing its extent.

]]> 0 667012bf414f23d70eabbfd342aeb33b Ryland Fox replied to the topic Looking for Rendering Critique in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/looking-for-rendering-critique/#post-166814 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:56:14 +0000 The trees look pretty flat, especially the bark. Vray is the standard and Peter Guthrie has some pretty good examples via Onyx tree. http://www.peterguthrie.net/blog/2009/05/3d-trees/ The wheel well and wheel on the car need smoothing and the light cover is to transparent, almost nonexistent. Looking at the Thea page it says the engine has…[Read more]

]]> 0 b461e35042ed4f9edb8547163eb7e547 Ryland Fox replied to the topic What is your favourite software for estimating construction costs? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-is-your-favourite-software-for-estimating-construction-costs/#post-168371 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:35:38 +0000 Worksheets in Vectorworks so that the quantities update themselves.

]]> 0 1ca4dbcd0893b20ac7109546b7f268fb Ryland Fox replied to the topic ASLA Salary Survey in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/asla-salary-survey/#post-167016 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:21:47 +0000 Interesting. Here is the link to the Australian salary survey for 2010. With the aussie dollar worth more than the US dollar currently the results are pretty good.

http://www.aila.org.au/surveys/salary.htm

]]> 0 e99df2af113672f162bdde9251960e46 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Who deserves jobs? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/who-deserves-jobs/page/4/#post-167543 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:09:16 +0000 If you haven’t read it, Zinn’s last chapter in The Peoples History of the US elaborates beautifully on what you are saying.

]]> 0 a48efc535bf8ed037462246c912eb0c8 Ryland Fox replied to the topic The High Line NY in the forum PLACES & SPACES https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-high-line-ny/#post-167720 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:24:29 +0000 I guess it depends on how you want to critique it. It is the only piece of landscape architecture that I have ever seen non-industry related people post about on Facebook so in that sense it is pretty successful.

]]> 0 6172b33cf4785b6e38166fa9157e3fe7 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Open Source Software? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/open-source-software-2/#post-167799 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:06:54 +0000 and you can try these out:

http://www.3dvia.com/products/3dvia-shape/

http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/#vid1

or just look at this thread

http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=101136_0_42_0_C

]]> 0 92ac8e3269c84e12c91042f99c90b5e9 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Open Source Software? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/open-source-software-2/#post-167800 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:03:54 +0000 Also: in terms of buying (if this relates to how you got your autocad)
“Federal appeals court ruled today that the first sale doctrine is “unavailable to those who are only licensed to use their copies of copyrighted works.” This reverses a 2008 decision from the Autodesk case, in which a man was selling used copies of AutoCAD that were not…[Read more]

]]> 0 6bb4f5771696ed40e575de645457fc1b Ryland Fox replied to the topic Are (or were) 3ds Max and Rhino a part of your LA curriculum? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/are-or-were-3ds-max-and-rhino-a-part-of-your-la-curriculum/page/2/#post-167942 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:16:38 +0000 You can’t really lump Rhino in with 3ds. It is a drafting program. Anyone using autocad can pick it up pretty quickly. Plus it isn’t expensive.

As far as learning 3ds, if you are a student Autodesk has learning editions of all their software available on their site for free, many tutorials and curriculum, also there are many tutorials on the…[Read more]

]]> 0 0635a7b31867fe63d389251bcf1ffd22 Ryland Fox replied to the topic what the mainly software used to make 3d? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-the-mainly-software-used-to-make-3d/#post-169054 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:26:25 +0000 Unfortunately I have not projects in BIM. Currently in my working life parametrics/BIM remain an outside interest that I do when I can. That said, I do have an upcoming outside project coming up that I am going to try to use Revit or DP for. Though I foresee frustration levels rising. I could see a decent use for DP being in the conceptual stages…[Read more]

]]> 0 5c59525675bfb57a0da37c905ffe4ffa Ryland Fox replied to the topic what the mainly software used to make 3d? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-the-mainly-software-used-to-make-3d/page/2/#post-169059 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:35:35 +0000 Ah well I guess that is still well less than Catia costs.

DP was definitely never easy to learn and even harder to teach but once into it the power of the program was kind of captivating. It was worth learning because it gave me a good basis in parametrics/parametric thinking and has made subsequent programs a lot easier to get the hang of.

I…[Read more]

]]> 0 44789dee176eb94c6f850590966001b1 Ryland Fox replied to the topic what the mainly software used to make 3d? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-the-mainly-software-used-to-make-3d/page/2/#post-169061 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:21:12 +0000 Agreed on revit and archicad. And on that front Digital Projects, though the expense can be high. After many, many hours invested in DP I despair to find a firm using it. Maybe at some point in the future.

Pretty much all my modeling is done in Rhino and translated to Max or Maya. I never really liked modeling in Max but it is getting more…[Read more]

]]> 0 d1dfc9c75d57808c9d9dae8dd3ae6cea Ryland Fox replied to the topic Creating prairie in photoshop in the forum TECHNOLOGY http://land8.com/forums/topic/creating-prairie-in-photoshop/#post-169645 Wed, 19 May 2010 03:18:49 +0000 Definitely brushes. you can download free sets from many places.

Here is a link to a bunch
http://designm.ag/resources/photoshop-nature-brushes/

]]> 0 6dbbad7da520ac09f361545c1841b798 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Good Book Reference for the Landscape Practice in Australia in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/good-book-reference-for-the-landscape-practice-in-australia/#post-169778 Wed, 12 May 2010 01:55:04 +0000 Well, Skillwise i think that is where the mentorship comes in which takes another year. I am not to sure of any books that would covers admin, fee proposal etc. but there are many people practicing here who aren’t registered so it isn’t a huge deal anyway. though recommended.

]]> 0 83d9ada1b3e2d7177d842353e1a8e7b4 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Good Book Reference for the Landscape Practice in Australia in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/good-book-reference-for-the-landscape-practice-in-australia/#post-169780 Tue, 11 May 2010 04:22:00 +0000 Download the guide to registration, it should help you out with registration stuff
http://www.aila.org.au/membership/reg-info.htm

It looks like you have the minimum work experience though just the bare minimum. you would need to go through mentorship though

]]> 0 d2ff7e704b609c6ac9a7510d0eab9e76 Ryland Fox replied to the topic Good Book Reference for the Landscape Practice in Australia in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/good-book-reference-for-the-landscape-practice-in-australia/#post-169782 Mon, 10 May 2010 23:03:58 +0000 Are you a graduate or have you been practicing for awhile?

]]> 0 d3f97ae6745f92301e501672fbf84186 Ryland Fox replied to the topic What Program Will Replace Hand Graphics? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-program-will-replace-hand-graphics/#post-169875 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:23:53 +0000 I thought people might be interested in this link. Shows step by step process of sketchup to photoshop for a watercolour style. quite interesting with good results

http://www.ronenbekerman.com/architectural-illustration-digital-2d-3d-watercolor-technique/

]]> 0 ffd92da2a6124d5319dcac4998d368a7 Ryland Fox replied to the topic How to assemble a pdf portfolio for e-mail submissions in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/how-to-assemble-a-pdf-portfolio-for-e-mail-submissions/#post-169969 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:54:15 +0000 Also print it as a postscript file and then use distiller to experiment on pdf sizes and quality.

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