I have been doing undergraduate thesis renderings for two years now (see 2013 and 2014). Ever since I posted my undergrad thesis last 2012 and some sample works, I have received requests from students to help out with the visualization of (arguably) the most important design output of their undergrad years. Until a few months back, my thesis rendering commissions were limited to those from BS Architecture students here in Manila.
Retirement homes are almost non-existent in the Philippines. I guess the concept of letting our old relatives live in some kind of facility seems to be a bit disrespectful as far as our culture is concerned. However, these homes are very well-accepted in other countries. They are popular with older people downsizing into smaller homes but with community facilities, amenities and on-call medical care.
Kids, take your board exam review sessions seriously. You only have to do it once (Hopefully just once. If not, no pressure!) so make it worth it and worth your while.
My mentality before was to drop everything one to two months prior to the exam. Like most, I took a leave from my full-time work to prioritize the studying. However, times get tough (’cause reviewing is so damn expensive!!) and some commitments kept coming so sometimes it is not about priorities but time management. I was lucky enough to work on a couple of rendering gigs during the time.
Most rendering projects are the same – I get the Sketchup model together with some pegs and instructions, I produce the visualization and submit before deadline, the work gets to be shown to the client (sometimes at the other side of the world), I receive the comments and revisions, I edit and submit again.
Hey, it isn’t as boring as it sounds. In fact, last week I got an exciting rendering project!!
We all have that moment when we can’t seem to make things work and we have zero time to figure out why… because lurking around the corner is the deadline. Yikes!
I’m sure by this time of the year, a number of architectural thesis students are working day and night to finally finish the most important output of their academic life. I bet some are still figuring out how to make killer renders that can blow their jurors away. However, Vray can be stubborn and time-consuming to figure out — most especially the lighting. With that in mind (and also in response to a request I got months back), I have put up a tutorial showing you do not need those complicated Vray lights, Photoshop is here to the rescue – as usual!