tonyroebuck

I've been a professional architectural visualization freelancer for the past decade. But over the years I've developed a side interest. I sell commercial 3d models on Turbosquid... and things have gone pretty well. So I'm now beginning to write some guides and tutorials to help other 3D artists to do the same thing. I really think its worth it for people in our profession. Whenever you have down time between clients you can spend your time creating something of value for others, and make some extra income ! You'll find my first post on this subject on my blog here: 8-ways-find-3d-model-ideas-sell Feel free to leave me a comment :-)

I think maybe your burn value is too high. It could also be that your materials are too reflective if they appear light...

Hi Have you tried OSM2World ? It creates 3d models from openstreetmap. Not as accurate as google earth but may be good enough if you only need a block model... I did have some success in the past with 3D Ripper DX - but you need to use an old version of google earth. Newer versions of the google earth software seemed to block Ripper hope that helps :-)

Hi Michael Based on the image you show I would personally schedule a day to get that kind of image done. I would probably tell the client it will take 2 days ... Its always good to give yourself some room to breath if possible. This isn't always the case on a lot of my projects - usually the client imposes a date (for competitions or client meetings etc.) I also tend to get a varying number of requests for modifications. So over time I've developed methods for dealing with these quickly... With experience you'll become a much better judge of this :-) If you're struggling with time management there was an interesting article on Archdaily here: https://www.archdaily.com/774786/6-essential-time-management-tips-for-architects some good tips to be had ! cheers