Blast from the past: Wash. County Museum

I've been going through past projects, converting some 3D CAD files to Sketchup files, and putting in some extra work into adding flourishes, rerendering them and adding some extra stuff with Photoshop.  Back in the day, I relied on AutoCAD's built-in Max, and before then, the stand-alone Max to render.  Things are a lot easier and better now.

Here's one project that got the once-over treatment: Washington County Museum.  

When I first started working on this, it had been modestly designed.  In fact, it was ugly.

The project was never completed in the way it was intended because of a lack of fundraising to cover the total cost of the work, so the highlight of the project was axed.  Had they waited to start the work until they'd gotten enough funding, it would have had a spectacular entrance area and retail sales space, giving the museum a leg up for future growth.

Oh well.

Designing houses.

Something I'd love to do, is design houses.  Something I love doing right now, is finding properties online, grabbing their contours from Google Earth via Sketchup Pro, then modelling ideas.

This one, just completed.  After modelling, I exported and rendered it, then added some flourishes via Photoshop.  Took all of about 4 hours.  Obviously designing for a client with a program takes a lot longer, and this is just a facade exercise.

It also serves as a break from doing the stuff that I'm supposed to be doing, namely, re-building the ol portfolio and getting it sent out to the printer.

Creative Routines of some great minds.

Info We Trust has a great poster compilation of data, showing the daily routines of some great minds.  Some of them appeal greatly to me, for the realism of limited work period surrounded with extensive time dedicated towards learning, exploration and contemplation.

Works for me...or rather, that's how I work.  :D

The construction process, realized.

We're just finishing off the construction of All Classical KQAC radio station's new home.  Over the period of construction, I've taken periodic photos of the reception area, and here's a layout of this process, shown from bones to finish.

After stripping down existing, the metal studs come up.

The soffit (curved) is built separately and lifted into place.

Add sound insulation and gypsum boards; ceilings get ducts and pipes.

Some things get painted, prior to flooring.

Flooring installed, all walls painted.

Built-in and custom furniture, and lighting is installed.

What happens when the ideas run dry.

I start going off on tangents.

Happy 55th Birthday Card.

Smart watch?

Thought I'd spend half a day building and rendering my own smart watch, since it seems to be all the rage this year.  Heh.