I have no idea what week it is, so I’ll just call this T-11 days.
You know that you’re getting tired and stressed, when despite planning things out, you miss bits and pieces here which throw off your workflow, and have to go back and re-do various bits and bobs. Yeh, that has happened a lot over the past couple of days.
We have our final tutorials over the next two days - sessional tutors on Thursday (today), and visiting architects & engineers on Friday. My primary focus tomorrow will be on getting as much help on the 1-50 technical section as I can. The spruced up façade that my tutor was hinting at has not materialised. How much of a detriment that will be is, well, to be seen. I’m extracting the last linework for the 1-50 from the model as I type this, and originally I was thinking about going for a completely different 1:50 section, but decided against it as I did not feel the tradeoff was worth it (basically what gets shown where didn’t feel any better).
Speaking of models - the physical model. The only year I seem to actually have had my arse in gear with respect to that was last year’s archive project, but on the flip side, I never finished inhabiting that digital model or finished the plans. Plans are in a better state for this project, but there are still some howlers that will ideally need to be corrected (and have been waiting for a while). But back to the physical model. The queue for the 3D printers at Uni was 1 week, as of yesterday, so probably beyond that now, which means that if I wanted to 3D print any parts, I’m looking at purchasing and getting them delivered. A laser cutter slot is booked for Monday courtesy of a colleague, and I’ll need to figure out how to tackle the model tomorrow.
I have definitely overstretched with this project. Frankly, i would prefer to (re)-learn this lesson now - as a 3rd year undergrad, rather than in professional practice. I’ve realised for a while, but only recently accepted, that I still struggle to deal with the stress.
1-50 section render, 14k x 10k pixels - 68131s, or 19hrs. I’ll be giving my GPU a rest tonight. A little overbright in parts, but I’ll fix that in photoshop. Already darkened elements of the interior, and I think I’ll give that another pass - the library and reception areas are too dark now.