Zion Francis

Great group thread….Here are a few of my favorite quotes made to engineers over the years…perhaps you can relate?!
“Rectangular ponds are great….if you’re treating raw sewage”
“Yes, all those trees are necessary…..to hide your handiwork”
“Remember, Jesus was a carpenter because Landscape Architecture wasn’t invented yet..”
“Apparently…[Read more]

At your request Jonathon I am going to attach one of my recent plan view renderings for your evaluation of its strengths and weaknesses….I would like comments from whomever has some input….good or bad…..It will be in the above discussions…

Lets get this party started! Show us some examples….

Response to comment by Brent Farrar, I have used turpentine and pastels on normal paper. you get a similar effect of watercolour, but the paper does not wrinkle, this was my solution to getting the watercolour feel without all the hassle.

Hey Brandon….thanks for the invite. I use Vectorworks to create landscape designs…..do you know where can I find more information on realistic coloring techniques to use on my Vectorworks drawings so it looks like I used real colored pencils. Are there any other ways to make the drawings look high end? Peace!

Hi everyone, i’m the new kid on the block from SA.

Wow, 97 members-strong!

I’ve been working for a landscape contractor for 8 years running, now working for a consultant in Kuala Lumpur, apparently a lot of shit is happening to my projects where engineers seem to over look conservation here in Malaysia.

We’ve got a beautiful climate but a not so beautiful way of managing projects. I heard that in Australia LAs and…[Read more]

Jeff,

How do you set up your perspective vantage point? What are the steps involved in setting up and roughing out your perspective renderings?

I want to know how to reach the ultra affluent residential clients in Shanghai, Beijing, and Dubai Any advice?

How do I recruit ridiculously creative landscape graphic artists for perspective drawings and collateral presentation documents?

How do I write secure contracts and payments when working over seas to assure payment? Is this a take a…[Read more]

Brandon – Give me some topices to cover and I’d be glad to help in any way.

hi brent – sketches i will do directly onto watercolor paper. but more complex drawings can be done on vellum or trace, scanned and then printed onto even very heavy wc paper using the (awesome!)epson 3800 printer – amazing – looks just like an original pencil drawing…

if you are doing watercolors by hand, what is the best way to get the architectural image onto a watercolor type paper?

Some answers to a some questions two pages back: I count L. Azeo Torre and William Kirby Lockard….hehe, and Reimon buyco….as inspirations. My weapon of choice for the draw? A Pilot Rollerball for fine lines, any felt tip pen (Pilot or Pentel) for medium weight lines, and any thick marker (Sharpie, inevitably)…all black. On tracing, or plain…[Read more]

Hello Victoria.

About digital watercolors, try this link

http://betaforum.sketchup.com/showthread.php?t=47779

and links connected to this discussion. You have to be a member of the SketchUp Forum though, it fyou can’t access the discussion directly.

Cheers

Tatiana, the best method I found effective is to collect 50% up front then final payment before you release documents/drawings. Let them know up front and in most cases they will be OK with that. When You call them to tell them their project is finished, tell them you will email or fax the invoice to them and to bring it and the payment when they…[Read more]

How do you deal with a client who was in a hurry to get a project into his hands, but now is far behind with payment?

Great Group Brandon!

Hello everybody. I’m new to this group.
I’m doing 3D renderings for living. We use Rhino (favorite), Chief Architect and Photoshop.
What does Travis want to know about computer renderings?

I think I’m gonna’ like it in here! Anybody working in the MacOS environment with plan graphics & colour rendering?