studio swamp rat

terraforming – mars – a planet evolved.

nicolasa — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:03:30 +0000

so refining is needed but after 14 hours of rendering to see that stupid tree floating- well mars is just gonna have to have a floating tree here and there.

alright so the point – looking at mars on this grass level, tree level scale – fern gully style. and sigur ros, you gotta love those icelandic martian freaks for their mars-ish mood music. kind of mystical kind of trendy on a eclipsing evening.

bah-chicka-bah!

mars saturn uranus pluto…its still a planet dammit

nicolasa — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:41:45 +0000

brad – your class is fun.

julie bargmann

nicolasa — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:52:08 +0000

i had to write this down, erm, whatever, type it. i want to meet this woman. she comes across as this awesome land steward with the mouth of a sailor. right on. she is out there paving the way for the focus i wish landscape architecture had more of with the skills i wish i had a lot more of. she’s straight up artist. sculpture undergrad degree – gsd – worked with martha, peter, van valkenburgh. she loves brownfields and kicks ass in turning them around but in the way i like. she works with what’s on the site to inspire her design – and yes, she did a mine revitalization project. expose the culture, history, show the beauty in the derelict bc it really is a lot prettier than an overdesigned manicured landscape. avoid the govt bc they’re slow and cant get their shit together. she gets it and she sounds like she gets just as worked up and excited about letting people know about it. and she’s not intimidated when she doesnt know the science. and and and…i know, i get excited.

APS for rent

nicolasa — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:45:45 +0000

if anyone needs to rent out my Mars guy – he’s cheap, works hard, likes cookies.

grating grading

nicolasa — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:17:00 +0000

grading really is a sore subject for me – i want pretty much nothing more to understand it – its the only concrete piece of science that our art depends on….then the light. d.o.b pretty much rocked the house and set us into a state of awe. i know he has better things to do than teach us grading, but considering we could learn more in 2 days from him than 1.5 years of buck and frank…i mean really – buck doesnt even HAVE autocad ON HIS COMPUTER. that doesnt bode well. no wonder the assignments dont jive with the drawings. and he gives me an 83. phhht.

plaster disaster

nicolasa — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:58:14 +0000

sometimes experimenting brings exactly what you dont want - a huge huge mess. but my approach this time…not to start over and try something else bc that’s what i always always do. then i start jumping around all over the place, frustrated with myself and what ends up being a lack of concentration. ya, so my model – its not pretty right now. its more awkward than a gorilla on a tricycle (spence says that a lot – its funny) but i am going to keep working on it – i think there are ways to save it but my initial reaction is to chunk it. we’ll see how it goes.