NEW PERSON HERE

[njoel]

I am an ooooold fella' been in the 'business' since late fifties, and architecture since the early 60s, still hand draw, [a bit technology challenged] but have looked for areas to learn and maybe offer some advise[ what little I have] on some kind of forum ---Just like this one---. My practice has dwindled down to small commercial and residential, but still like to dream of the glory days gone by.

[STRAT]

welcome aboard!

 

maybe us newbee whippersnappers can help change your working techniques :gebigeek:

 

nice little website btw

[Brian Cassil]

Nice to have someone with so much tenure here. The only other one that may come close to comparing would be Ted Boardman. Although I'm really not sure how long he's been in the business. The beard could be decieving. (everytime I meet him I have the strangest urge to try and pull that beard off :ebiggrin: )

 

Anyway, you came to the right place to get help with cg stuff, but better than that I'm sure you can offer some insight to our creations from a more traditional point of view.

[Tim Nelson]

Glad to see your here in the forums.

 

I'm sure you'll be able to help us a lot more than we could help you. I learned traditional hand rendering in school, but never used it professionaly. Thefore, my digital work lacks a lot that could be improved with insight from people with a traditional background.

 

Hope to hear from you often!

[njoel]

As I become more familiar with what all of you are doing here; I'm sure I shall be posting some critiques, but to be honest, this work, I'm seeing here, is extremely well crafted, well designed, and well presented. The use of the computer medium gives a photo quality that is unique, although I always preferred handdrawn stuff myself. It seems I finally learn presentation rendering and it all goes to computer, [day late and a dollar short]

 

I remember when I was at the Kling Partnership in Philadelphia years ago, the computer was just coming to architecture, and what Kling had, took up two floors of very highly cooled rooms, and 1 specialist with many helpers to operate it.

 

 

So I shall be with you all and hope to learn something.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

if you are looking for examples of how to merge the hand look with computers, keep your eye on ernest burden's and dibber's work.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Originally posted by njoel:

I remember when I was at the Kling Partnership in Philadelphia years ago, the computer was just coming to architecture, and what Kling had, took up two floors of very highly cooled rooms, and 1 specialist with many helpers to operate it.

a couple of years before i started at the firm where i am now, they had something they referred to as the cad machine. i have never seen photos, but i guess it was a huge piece of equipment in a room that was specially equipped with a halon system. only four people could work on it at a time, so they had a first second and third shift of employees. i guess they originally spent $250,000 (probably a high number to make the story sound better) on it. when they tried to get rid of it, they could not find anyone that even wanted it for free. they had to pay some company to come and haul it away in back of a dump truck. i imagine it found its way to the local dump, since community awayness of the hazards created by dumping computer equipment is relatively new.