Weekend Shine: February 24, 2014

Happy Monday everyone! This weekend I was catching up on my work for class. I decided to clean up some of my work for my senior portfolio. As you all know I have had a previous portfolio of my work but it just was not very good. I have learned that you need to go back and fix a lot of your earlier work so it can compliment your present skills now. Which is exactly what I have been doing for the past few weeks. This piece above is from my shipping crate home project I did at the beginning of my junior year. Now that I can work with photoshop more I decided to go back and upgrade my elevations (image below). I got to say that I am pretty pleased with myself. I cannot believe what my work looked like a few years ago, its embarrassing when I look back lol.

Other than that I went to my boyfriends weightlifting meet. That was definitely an experience! If you want to see some photos click on the this link!

+ Thinking of doing my first half marathon ever! Something I definitely want to check of my bucket list this year. Thinking of this one in Las Vegas! (never been to Las Vegas either//kill two birds with one stone right!)

+ Really want these shelves! Could be a great DIY and save me some money!

+ Super excited to be starting my new job this Wednesday at Restoration Hardware :)

Interior Design File: Hand Rendering vs. Computer Rendering

As an interior design student nearing the end of my degree I try to be versatile in my skills. Many would say that everything digital is all that everyone is using now a days and that you need to master Photoshop, CAD, Revit, Kerkythea, Sketchup,...and the list goes on and on. This is true however, only half true. Designers that I have spoken to still want their potential employees/interns to hand render and draft.
The art of hand rendering and drafting is a skill that I see slowly not being used in classes anymore. However, I believe hand rendering is a beautiful art that I wish I could master. There are some amazing hand renders in the design community that I only wish I could duplicate. Hand rendering to me is more personal, it is your hand expressing emotion in the color, in the texture, in the light.
Computer rendering though, is really fast and helps when projects in school need to be finished quickly. Also, they look really cool and impressive. Some work my other classmates have done are just fabulous! Plus, patterns are easier to apply because you can copy an image and place it into the upholstery of a sofa for instance.
Both these skills are essential to our work and help us explain our ideas to our clients and others. Which do you think is better? Hand or computer or both?

Poconos Dorm: Computer rendering for Residential 2 class using Photoshop (By: myself)

Poconos Dorm: Computer perspective for Residential 2 class using Sketchup (By: myself)

Poconos Dorm: Hand rendering of common room for dorm (By: myself)