Learning portfolio1

Dog house Prospective view of Dog house which was the first assignment in our class. It was a great experience and introduction to Sketch up.

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During class we started practicing hand sketching. My first try was not quite good, and Jerry recommended us to draw vertical and horizontal straight lines, and also circles at home.

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Then I practiced at home connecting dots, drawing vertical and horizontal lines, and also practiced drawing circles between those lines.

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These are the steps that I went through to get the design my dog house

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Learned how to work with Push and Pull tool to make the roof, window, and door which was pretty easy and fun

Window and door design

Coloring the house using paint Bucket tool

Using offset to create window frame, and really enjoyed doing frame to the window, looks really neat

Challenges and weaknesses:

I am not really comfortable with using Move tool. I learned that I should select whole thing first and then move the item. Otherwise the shape distorts.

It was a big challenge for me to add measurements, because I have no idea about feet and inches

Crazy cube arrays in space

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Perspective view within ArrayPerspective view

Plan view Plan view in perspectiveElevation view

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Strengths:

Successfully created cube, transformed into components, an replicated multiple times to create this complex arrays.

Zoomed into the array, turned my shadows on, and place several human figures for scale to create a dramatic shot

Learned how to duplicate boxes

Learned how to add components, and made a story

Successfully added shadow, and it turned more realistic

Used different camera view and leaned how to export 2D picture

Challenges:

I need to learn how to use graphic visualization techniques to pen draw something similar to what I produce in SketchUp

I had some struggle using Orbit tool

Floor Study

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Floor pattern researchIt was really fun and useful exercise. Usually it is hard to design something directly, but when I start drawing them, I can explore more ideas as I go further.

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Perspective view of floor studies

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Strengths:

Practiced a Move and Copy tool which I did not get in previous class

Mastered in Push and Pull tool to create the roof

Used Tape to draw repetitive pattern of the floor

Used Bucket tool to color my floor

Weaknesses:

At first I did some mistake in my wall and copied that wrong model all over, so my

whole houses looked weird

Had a hard time to take a good shot, because the patterns were disappearing

when use my rotate tool

Had trouble to place Steve on the floor. His feet was keep disappearing

Had a trouble to move my copied version by red axis

Challenges:

Use Move and Copy tool Move through right axis Create new design Take good shots

Opportunities:

Practice the Move and Copy tool more. It seemed quite useful

Sketch the pattern on the paper to discover new ideas

Follow Jerry faster

Piazza del Campidoglio

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Parallel projection from top view showing all the steps Zoomed in view from top the last two steps

Prospective view Elevation view

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Strengths:

Learned how simplicity can lead to complexity

Introduced with Rotate tool Practiced how to rotate and copy at the

same time

Learned how to do the stairs at the end of the class

Understood how to use Follow me tool Learned how to use Offset tool Learned how to use Arch tool

Weaknesses:

Had trouble with stairs first Good 2D shots

Challenges:

Work fast Use of Rotate, Arch, Offset and Line

tools

Practice stairs using Line and Follow me tools

Create complex shapes

Opportunities:

Practice Follow me tool To work fast I need to know the

shortcuts of the tools on the

keyboard

Malevich inspired construction and Picasso inspired tower

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In class we worked on Malevich inspired construction which

was quite fun, but in fact that I did not merge the trees in

one layer, I had trouble with using software. It was keep

crushing because of my acres of forest, and I started my

new tower at home

This is Picasso inspired tower that I did at home. It was a lot of fun

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The left view of the tower in parallel projection The top view in parallel projection The front view in parallel projection

Perspective view with Steve Perspective view showing the dramatic shape of the

tower

The perspective view of waving walls

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Strengths:

Had a lot fun Mastered in Line tool, and finally understood

what Jerry meant by retracing Learned how to import photo Used Bucket tool to color my buildings Played with different shapes More practice on Push and Pull tool X-ray view is mind-blowing and useful

Weaknesses:

Had a hard time with putting my pieces in Group

It was really hard to choose ground color. It turned really bright and really dark

sometimes

Combination of colors Learned how to make an animation, but

was not as good as expected

Had some trouble working with Two Point Arch

Challenges:

Using Line tool to retrace the shape Using Arch tool to create waive Color up the tower Designing even more complicated

shape using Push and Pool tool

Grouping the shapes

Opportunities:

Work with X-ray tool to find out what is behind and inside

Practice more the Arch tool Be careful with colors. I will use

water bucket next time instead of

coloring them blue

Understand the grouping

Paper airplanes

It was really an interesting class. We learned how to fold a paper airplane on Sketch Up. I experienced different Styles and I really liked the Genetic CAD style, which turns my airplanes black with white stroke. This tuned out to be really masculine, so I tried to make a story. I displayed fog, and also imported JPG images of war. This piece satisfies my a lot. Fog blinds my airplanes into the background image, and decreases the brightness.

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We started our class trying the folding technique using Rotate tool. At first it was quite confusing, but after practicing few times, I understood how to use this tool. Seems fun, but looks like all of us having bad day :D , and we moved to folding airplanes which was much more interesting

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Top view in parallel projection

Front view in parallel projection

Left view in parallel projection

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Then I practiced different Styles

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Strengths:

Experienced Rotate tool Learned how to change the Style Had fun a lot Learned really fast Taking good shots

Weaknesses:

Confused a little with rotation tool Dont know how to turn back to my first

version

Challenges:

Fold the paper Experience different styles

Opportunities:

More experience on rotation tool Try different styles

Pavilion with folded Canopy

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First we started folding the roof I made some the pallets transparent Perspective view from the back in order to show

the roof transparency

The front view of the pavilion The right view to show the beauty of folded roof The top view with beautiful floor pattern

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Strengths:

Mastered in Rotate tool Did better animation Put the previous parts in layer that I could

let then disappear without deleting them

Weaknesses:

Later realized that I should have add all the columns in one layer, because it slowed

down by software

Trees were driving me crazy. They were placing below the red axis, and looked awful

in parallel projection.

Challenges:

Folding roof Create better animation Discover the design of the pavilion

Opportunities:

Work with layers Discover my own style without copying

directly from Jerry

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Floor plan of my house

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Perspective view

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First floor

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Living room

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Dining room

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Dining room. I spent a lot of time to make the cup board. I am so happy that it looks exactly same as it is.

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The perspective view of second floor. The first picture from right is my room, the smallest in house. It also has window, but I did not include.

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I also tried different styles, and I loved it. My favorite is the sketchy one. It looks like hand drawing, and I like the darker finish of every line which look so natural.

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Strengths: Learned how to use tape in real life Realistic I learned a lot about the standard sizes of door Learned to create furniture Took better shots Became more comfortable with inches and feet Learned to draw floor plan sketch by hand

Weaknesses: It took so long to finish furniture, because they

are really detailed Computer was keep freezing

Challenges: Create furniture Measuring by tape Drawing floor plan by hand Working step by step

Opportunities: Work with tape Learn more about inches and feet More hand sketch Making plan before start on Sketch up Knowing the standard sizes

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Photo Match

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The photo match of Reins gallery was really fun class. It was a lot like being a detective. I really loved the way to guess and predict from images. I added more that was not on the photos.

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This is what I got generally. The perspective view

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Top view with shadows on

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Exploring different styles and taking different shots were the best part. I loved the black and white style

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Strengths: Learned how to use Photo Match tool Guessing predicting Taking good shots Creative I understood that if I want to do photo match, I

should take good pictures in real life

Weaknesses: I was sick one week and I stood behind a little,

but I was so glad Jerry helped me to catch up

Challenges: Being a good detective Comparing Predict the construction lines Thinking creative

Opportunities: Matching every photo that I like

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Final report

My final report was inspired by

Nicolas Lee. I found the house plan

in www.houseplans.com

It was a lot to finish to do my final

report. This house has 2 floors and

3 bedrooms. It took me days to

finish. I regret a lot, but I am super

happy that I finished. I thought it will

be easier because all the

measurements were online. This is

modern styled house. I loved this

huge window in Great room. I

learned a lot from this project. For

instance, I learned to read the floor

plan, to calculate floor steps basing

on the height of the floor and more.

It was challenging.

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Great room and the lovely shadow

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Bathroom and toilet in the first floor

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Great room

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First floor. Sight from bedroom

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Emphasizing windows, second floor

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Second floor plan

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Exploring different styles

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Strengths: Used everything I learned Created layers and groups Mastered in making windows Learned to make stares based on the height Enjoyed 3D components Took better shots

Weaknesses: Choose really hard one Too many windows to finish The components were keep appearing upside

down, and it was freezing every time when I scale them by -1

Challenges: Creating tons of windows Applying all the measurements in the

floor plan Being familiar with standard sizes Creating landscape Working step by step

Opportunities: Practice more

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This course was just an inspiration for me like a big step forward to my dream. Now I look back to the dog house. It looks so easy and funny. I am so glad that I learned a lot and skilled in Sketch Up. I am quite confident that I can create the design on Sketch Up which has always been in my head. The most fun part was my final assignment. Even though it was hard, I was able to show all my skills on it. The biggest lesson that I learned was split the tasks into smaller parts, and updating portfolio each week. In my next design studio class, I will accomplish it. Cant wait to take design studio class next semester.