Some patience is required, and off and on for the past 3 years I've been toying with Sketchup (before Google bought it,) gradually noticing the rules and solutions to shape-making problems.
I had learned a small about of Maya modeling, and Sketchup was a simplification and in a way a relief from the intensity of that program.
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| Suite 405 2009 |
I made several versions of a loft interior in 538 Johnson, and learned Sketchup along the way. I got chairs from the warehouse, you can get and share stuff on line – all this awesome stuff people make! I got electrical fixtures and Peavy amps… this became my first lesson in economy of design as my computer got slower and slower as I filled a library up with many of the individual books with the covers and the spines… oy, fluted lamp shades…
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| 5 Pointz 2011 |
When I realized that GE had this
fucking incredible feature of 3D Building Layer and
Sketchup was the tool to create your own submissions, I was inspired to create our neighborhood. I saw that no one had created a model of
5 Pointz, which is close to where I live, and I started working on that. Someone has made a shitty model of Cornish College of the Arts, and I was offended, and was compelled to replace it (you can do that!) so I started working on that one… as I made these I learned.
There is an excellent help board also.
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| The Print House 538 Johnson west facade |
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| 74 Stewart Peking Foods |
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| 5 Pointz detail |
