https://land8.com/members/thomasj-johnson/activity/ Activity feed for Thomas J. Johnson. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:52:28 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 61c5726f9d1c99e22e341e1387b63e85 http://land8.com/forums/topic/master-plan-technics-in-ps/#post-152815 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:04:11 +0000 It sounds like you are going for a realistic as opposed to artistic rendering. For that style, you’re probably better off having your trees/shadows/ground plane colors and textures figured out in CAD, so you’re plotting straight from CAD instead of using photoshop. I’ve achieved very good and pretty realistic results this way…Alternately, for a…[Read more]

]]> 0 f9574551af55606edbdd6a2d15b9a439 https://land8.com/forums/topic/recommendations-for-photoshop-rendering-file-sizes/#post-152867 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:12:18 +0000 Alternately, make your canvas size a lot smaller, then when you’re done, use illustrator to vectorize the finished rendering and you can make it as big as you want without becoming pixelated.

]]> 0 990f48a0b50ea68f96e3fe5ef9b627ac https://land8.com/forums/topic/knowing-our-limits-habitat-restoration-requires-ecologists-input/#post-152890 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 02:44:19 +0000 Wetlands develop in the natural environment because of what’s around them and beneath the surface. It’s the relationship of several meters of various soils, geology and the hydrology of a greater drainage system. The problem with “designed” wetlands is that we decide it would be nice to have a wetland somewhere and none of the bigger picture is…[Read more]

]]> 0 ec20212efac490b9c32a7a85f0aad56e https://land8.com/forums/topic/recommended-firms-specialising-in-quality-digital-perspective-illustrations-for-landscape-architecture/#post-153057 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 06:40:21 +0000 Nick Aceto – He’s the best digital illustrator I’ve ever seen in person. He does work that’s on par with your examples. http://www.terrainstudioaspen.com/

]]> 0 2700b5246d65f1c55b3a3969b257f015 https://land8.com/forums/topic/all-sheets-in-one-file/#post-153038 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:27:18 +0000 You could write a chapter on the subject. The basics… Yes, you can (and should) have a standardized file you open for a new project that has all of your layers and their properties set up properly (weight, color, type, etc). The file should be locked so it doesn’t get altered. Then when you open it, “Save As” using the correct file name for your…[Read more]

]]> 0 ca524e674da37a03a5dc95feecaf6cb1 https://land8.com/forums/topic/landscape-architecture-jokes/#post-175318 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:27:07 +0000 How do you know God is an Engineer and not a Landscape Architect?Because only an Engineer would put the sewer right next to the playground…<This one might take a minute to sink in…>

]]> 0 81496f14617aabb787b20d5b8933993a https://land8.com/forums/topic/do-you-really-want-to-know-what-theyre-thinking/page/2/#post-157464 Sun, 20 May 2012 04:42:36 +0000 Ha!

]]> 0 57c9b8871178e051a95e32cdf09a64ea https://land8.com/forums/topic/rope-or-steel-cable-pedestrian-suspension-bridge/#post-157527 Mon, 14 May 2012 22:26:20 +0000 Hire an engineer…
Rope? That’s some serious rope…  
1,000 lbs of people or 800 lbs of decking and one 200 lb person?
You’re only able to gain 5′-00″ on each side with cantilevered platforms? I bet you could get 10′-00″ on each side and only need a 15′-00″ bridge but that might look goofy…
Having a drainage doesn’t prevent you from using a…[Read more]

]]> 0 6275f1fbdc04cd0d31d0c6aa8ca999b1 https://land8.com/forums/topic/efficient-way-of-creating-planting-plan-and-planting-lists/#post-158414 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:38:38 +0000 What’s the complicated new school way?

]]> 0 f7e53a29b0d09b8bf2d4f78306e3bd5f https://land8.com/forums/topic/help-ive-got-bugs/#post-158436 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:15:04 +0000 Yes, tree art indeed. Now all I need is 250,000 rhinestones to stick in those holes, a pile of amphetamines to give me the manic ambition to complete the meaningless-mindless task and an exorbitant amount of free time to create free public art so that some guy with a lot of money and the right connections can steal my idea, take all the credit,…[Read more]

]]> 0 4baf0f8a8026f689929b7073de0fc016 https://land8.com/forums/topic/help-ive-got-bugs/#post-158439 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:32:13 +0000 Dang, you’re probably right… it looks like there is larvae in the holes but maybe it’s just sap…
Gonna have to go sleep on the expressway with my pellet gun…
http://youtu.be/tuhRhFyu-Bs

]]> 0 0c1097401b5764ae33b9380d421fbbc4 https://land8.com/forums/topic/getting-drawings-from-tracing-paper-to-standard-paper/#post-158474 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:46:48 +0000 Options:
1. Tape Trace to standard paper before scanning.
2. Hang trace on white wall. Use Tripod and camera to capture image.
3. Use trace paper for presentation.

]]> 0 dbd8d191f4a54d658655c83e8e721f7c https://land8.com/forums/topic/fee-structure-for-rfq-presentations-and-interviews-as-a-consultant-on-a-project-team/#post-158574 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:08:55 +0000 I guess my question (and I’m not being a smart a$$), is; why would your fee structure be any different than if you “had” the project? It seems like you place a value of X on your time. They want 35 hours of your time? That will be 35 x (X), please and thank you (see, there I’m being a bit of a smart a$$). 
If you’re traveling, your traveling. If…[Read more]

]]> 0 e2644eb043bf371f8eefb09e6c7a59a8 https://land8.com/forums/topic/construction-detail-comedy/#post-158583 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:56:39 +0000 I’ll have to take another look at it but I think what you’re referring to is a stainless steel L-bracket… but yeah, it was just glued to it.
Lessons Learned:1. Smooth granite glued to smooth stainless = Fail.
2. Heavy material glued to small surface area = Fail.
3. Brittle material used near snow clearing machinery = Fail.
There are literally 5…[Read more]

]]> 0 7d72ec9b09ceb7c435f508cf8a9af2bd https://land8.com/forums/topic/construction-detail-comedy/#post-158584 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:47:55 +0000 Maybe I’ll try climbing in there on Monday and see what happens…

]]> 0 73d9031cba5820473b95cbf260f5f233 https://land8.com/forums/topic/construction-detail-comedy/#post-158588 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:43:35 +0000 I guess it’s all just lipstick on a pig…

]]> 0 baf4a7aea6f65a33b2c5ae878c80fd8e https://land8.com/forums/topic/good-design-not/#post-158607 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:31:38 +0000 3 stories into a pool of water is hardly a “sure thing”… Police Raise Fears of Suicide “Attempts” might be a better title of the article… You’d probably just hurt yourself really badly…

]]> 0 ea911b52e3ec6fef1be834228c08cb0a https://land8.com/forums/topic/nyc-aids-memorial-park-design-competition-and-the-winner-is-what-do-you-think/#post-158727 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:38:56 +0000 You guys are quite the jokers…

]]> 0 8da31479a151cd68edddb3a6c3c7e317 https://land8.com/forums/topic/southern-exposure-an-interesting-observation/#post-159168 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:35:18 +0000 Hi Steve –
It went something like this… I ate my lunch on a West facing bench and then relaxed for a moment before realizing that only the left side of my face was getting sun. Not wanting a lopsided tan, I set out to find a nice south facing bench. There were two in my immediate vicinity but because of the way the adjacent benches were being…[Read more]

]]> 0 ab8b2e5f18ce40ccf0ea15c05614153d http://land8.com/forums/topic/southern-exposure-an-interesting-observation/#post-159171 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:20:35 +0000 Millennium is an excellent spring, summer and fall park, no doubt about it. It’s crowds are a testament to that fact. It’s a really well designed park, in general. It’s modern but ties into the adjacent classic architecture. It’s spacious and popular yet it still enables you to find a quiet spot to yourself. It has a variety of attractions and…[Read more]

]]> 0 7dbd8395d4f83938159041a03c79ca90 https://land8.com/forums/topic/southern-exposure-an-interesting-observation/page/2/#post-159186 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:05:40 +0000 Maybe somebody should do a Woody Allen memorial bench in his favorite spot under the Brooklyn Bridge but they should dedicate it while he’s still with us, so he can enjoy it…
A good bench is a great thing. A bad bench (poorly designed/poorly sited) is an insult to humanity…
Seat walls are good for grungy teenagers and hobos…
Nice benches, in…[Read more]

]]> 0 643afaf2fc672648330b7d8f4e2232a6 https://land8.com/forums/topic/food-for-dreams-descendents-of-the-high-line/#post-159697 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:47:26 +0000 The Design process has started for the Bloomingdale Trail in Chicago (http://www.bloomingdaletrail.org/). To attempt to recreate High Line would be a mistake. It is not the same site. Rather, it should set an example as a modern multi-modal connection between chicago’s neighborhoods and ultimately, the loop, it’s downtown district. The opportunity…[Read more]

]]> 0 9ed3eebd5c6b1b1e526c1414537b7b18 https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-coming-great-disruption/#post-159761 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:44:55 +0000 If the sandbox is 10’x10′ and there are 5 toys and 50 kids packed in the the sandbox it gets ugly real quick. If there are two kids in that same sandbox with those 5 toys, a wonderful time can be had by all…
Or another way of saying it; in a world of finite resources, an exponentially increasing population causes everyone to become poorer. It’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 d39cc44374a5fb3f8a854e7a69c27d9b https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-coming-great-disruption/#post-159767 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:08:16 +0000 When it all goes bad I’m going to survive on a steady diet of tight pant hipsters… they have their heads so far up their iphones they won’t even know what hit them… they don’t have much meat on their bones but they are all apathetic so they will be nice and tender. Plus, there is an abundance of them in urban areas…
After observing homeless…[Read more]

]]> 0 259ac1d5ad902e24abfd7b2d1bf06b89 https://land8.com/forums/topic/a-review-of-the-911-memorial-by-good-old-wytold/#post-160585 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:39:41 +0000 “Obviously people were fascinated by the particulars of this ‘progressive collapse’, in the same way there is something mesmerizing about any form of demolition.”
 

]]> 0 cf22f302c09c8aaa7fe59ced9aea18aa https://land8.com/forums/topic/cycling-from-beijing-to-shanghai/#post-160618 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:17:51 +0000 Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Looks like a neat adventure!
 

]]> 0 bd11e2297a31af76808f01988544b21f https://land8.com/forums/topic/setting-up-landscape-design-office-in-philippines-or-malaysia/#post-160622 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:28:04 +0000 1. Do they have craigslist in the Philippines?
2. I can guarantee the successful establishment of a landscape design studio anywhere in SE Asia if you can provide me with government clearance to poses small amounts of hashish, bi-monthly all-expense-paid trips to Bangkok and a 2.5 million dollar advance in order to properly research suitable…[Read more]

]]> 0 1454d6d7fc65b9da0ffdb390bdca25c3 https://land8.com/forums/topic/parking-lot-landscape-islands-what-is-the-best-approach/page/3/#post-160797 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:58:55 +0000 yeah, yeah, yeah… and wood mulch needs to be reapplied every year, encourages fungus/mold/insects, has a tendency to float away when it rains, looks like 1980 and the good stuff is not so good for the environment… It’s an imperfect world…

]]> 0 d9e928ec513e75c2538b3b1ae3e5c1a4 https://land8.com/forums/topic/parking-lot-landscape-islands-what-is-the-best-approach/page/3/#post-160798 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:52:07 +0000 Cedar – not good trees to cut down… especially for the sole purpose of shredding and spreading…
Pine is ugly and breaks down quickly… acidic?
The mixed stuff from municipalities isn’t worth mentioning…
The dyed stuff is best reserved for miniature golf courses…
Cocoa shells are cool (sustainable) but tend to float away…
The best stuff…[Read more]

]]> 0 a10dc09032e47249f617864e28546196 https://land8.com/forums/topic/parking-lot-landscape-islands-what-is-the-best-approach/page/3/#post-160801 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:14:39 +0000 Trees, rain gardens (where appropriate, IE around the perimeter so the plows can push snow into them during the winter… raised islands in the middle, so the plows won’t dig up your plants), massing of grasses/sedges… low hardy ground covers… If you do rocks, do river stones 3-4″ min… wood mulch is becoming outdated and the good stuff is…[Read more]

]]> 0 63c557234734ac3cad5715128f47f417 https://land8.com/forums/topic/classical-furniture-everyone-should-know/#post-160752 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:36:12 +0000 Thanks for the link! Love the classic furniture…

]]> 0 69ab4c569a3f7777910150f1da4754d4 http://land8.com/forums/topic/new-apple-headquarters/page/2/#post-160969 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:35:44 +0000 Single family homes probably built by an Apple owned developer on Apple land… for Apple employees to live in… corporate towns are nothing new… they’ve been around since the dawn of organized labor. You own the company, you build the housing and sell/rent to your employees, you own the grocery store where they buy their food, the gas station,…[Read more]

]]> 0 7d804694eaa108ba277016d19a1d3467 http://land8.com/forums/topic/new-apple-headquarters/page/2/#post-160971 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:45:30 +0000 My grade school was a big circle (classrooms around the outside, sunken library in the middle). It was interesting to walk around because it was constantly revealing itself… you can never see around the bend, but it was horribly inefficient to move through. If you want to go from one side to the other you can’t walk a straight line to get there,…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e857d331da785412ca265025da166f1 https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-advertising-for-las-still-considered-unethical/page/2/#post-162775 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:45:54 +0000 HEY HEY HEY!
CRAZY STEVE HERE FROM CRAZY STEVE’S LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHIS WEEKEND ONLY WE’RE SLASHING PRICES ON ALL OUR DESIGN SERVICESPATIOS, POOLS, GAZEBOSPATHS, DRIVEWAYS & PLANTING
IT’S ALL ON SALE!
THERE’S ONLY 3 MONTHS LEFT BEFORE THIS PLACE TURNS INTO A FROZEN TUNDRA FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS, SO HURRY DOWN AND GET YOUR DESIGN DONE WHILE WE…[Read more]

]]> 0 aecdfaa144275ae9ca7a801fee35fd92 https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/4/#post-161165 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:40:07 +0000 MauiBert – I generally agree with your “do the opposite of what everyone else is doing” but I don’t know why you couldn’t see today’s slide coming from a mile away. It doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to predict that when the US gets downgraded, it’s gonna take the market with it…
Where it goes from here is anybodies guess. I think most people are…[Read more]

]]> 0 565aeabf9bfb9a30374b15a5adb2f3c6 https://land8.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-make-built-elements-brown-all-the-time/page/2/#post-161094 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:34:53 +0000 Scatological! I might have to borrow that…
Nothing is worse than a material pretending to be something it’s not. A girlfriend once took me to see a waterfall in Vegas. It was big and brown and looked like painted concrete. She asked me what I thought… I told her, “I prefer the real thing” which I guess summarizes my opinion on Vegas in…[Read more]

]]> 0 f921015117c8c265b9529b971e0f4c19 https://land8.com/forums/topic/high-line-part-ii-pics-and-article/#post-161732 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:56:50 +0000 Worst case scenario: you stop maintaining it and it becomes a more rustic / naturalized version… a hybrid of it’s former and current self.

]]> 0 d6a4a6d50f2ae6fadee2801116538a54 https://land8.com/forums/topic/high-line-part-ii-pics-and-article/#post-161734 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:33:18 +0000 Thanks for the link Jason! It’s really neat to get to see what’s under High Line (something I hadn’t really considered) and what goes into maintaining it…
It looks like the park is holding up really well and it’s attracting a lot of users… what a great space to have in NY! Hopefully I’ll get to see it in person some day… 
I’m not so sure…[Read more]

]]> 0 b45f01c35a79c3376c02c940619d1d8e https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/5/#post-161173 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:04:47 +0000 Right, but you want to buy after the downgrade, not before… if you bought on Friday, there is a good chance it’s going to go down further on Monday…
I don’t have any money either but it’s fun to follow and pretend “what if…”
 

]]> 0 ad3b7fbb3e40d9da50e3ce4da82076ba https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/5/#post-161175 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:18:31 +0000 I hope you didn’t buy yet… the S&P just downgraded the US’s credit worthiness from AAA to AA+. Monday morning is going to be interesting…
My guess-timate: Monday the market takes a dive followed by turbulence (while the gov’t scrambles to cover its butt and reassure people). It will then stabilize but not return to levels prior to last week……[Read more]

]]> 0 a4810080e534e6b3c4c301695f8794ba https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/5/#post-161182 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:37:11 +0000 0 ee3d02bfc1425c8b8ff042b9be9079c7 https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/5/#post-161183 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:20:41 +0000 0 2d810b5ccd9d47e7e902256d7e0bb8f8 https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/6/#post-161189 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:39:50 +0000 Trace –
Easy for you to say Ms. Cushy Gov’t job… 😉
Out here in the real world it’s pretty grim…
I applied for a job managing a coffee shop last week! I’m 33 and live with my Mom! It couldn’t be much worse… I actually fantasize about being a hobo and riding the rails… at least it would be more exciting than this slow humiliating death……[Read more]

]]> 0 a283fbea5d6eaba2b6f2381360ed6c95 https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/6/#post-161190 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:31:50 +0000 I’m not going to touch that one… 😉

]]> 0 b027a3d83250176fa3659addc8a01e91 https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/6/#post-161196 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:22:14 +0000 I think we may be experiencing all 5 simultaneously…

]]> 0 0ba1dc136542d88b42b6df2df82fb4d6 https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/6/#post-161198 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:24:39 +0000 Yeah, things are so much more FUBAR than people realize… I love the term “recession”, especially “double dip recession”… this isn’t a freakin’ ice cream cone we’re talking about!
Here in the US, we’ve been hovering at 9% unemployment since 2008, despite consistently losing jobs for the last 3 years. It’s some pretty creative math they are…[Read more]

]]> 0 d2e3ce0593c5efbe444f4278b6caf6d9 https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-a-double-dip-recession-looming-tips-for-surviving-the-next-one/page/6/#post-161199 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:48:03 +0000 Fishy

]]> 0 fd6672754d19b45081df73edcd98a80f https://land8.com/forums/topic/has-anyone-here-exited-the-landscape-architecture-industry/page/4/#post-161293 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:03:34 +0000 After saying all that, it would be really cool to apply hydrology models to economics…
 

]]> 0 4a463b76528cd764d05c08a69f2939af https://land8.com/forums/topic/has-anyone-here-exited-the-landscape-architecture-industry/page/4/#post-161294 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:56:36 +0000 lol
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s been confirmed that economics is not a real profession. It’s just a bunch of academics rubbing their chins, spewing terminology that means absolutely nothing. They can’t predict anything. All of their studies are retrospectives… “oh, well, this economic event fits perfectly in my blah, blah, blah, model… ” If…[Read more]

]]> 0 c92195ea8e5b41fd567ed075d240b208 https://land8.com/forums/topic/has-land8-helped-you-cope/page/2/#post-161704 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:30:40 +0000 It’s pretty good but I’d prefer the real thing…
I have met some interesting/entertaining people, have seen some inspirational work and have obtained some great resources.
Pretty good but it sure would be nice to go to an office every day…

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