I'll Remember This Little Talk Of Ours...

There I was, freshly inspired and ready to take on combat. There are a few projects I need to embark on, that I am desperate to have grace my portfolio, but when I was all set up and ready to go, my Vectorworks Student License had expired.

What a bummer. I have been living off the free year-long student licenses for the past few years now, due to a student card that has no date on it and an ever-changing e-mail account. I immediately applied for a new license, naturally, and I hope it will come through and I can continue my work in my personal time.

The projects are the following:
A personal project of a hotel bar that is very much exactly what I would design if I worked for myself.
It looks a little bit like this ---

It is my design completely. I loved designing the furniture and I am a little bit in love with the bar stools, made of pale green leather and brass details. The walls are made of feathers, a different colour from the one below. A very pricey option.

My problem is that the walls come across as too boring and I have yet to design a solution. I need another view of the banquette seating on the other side of the room, but the walls are causing issues. I am not much for putting up art, and want to deal with the issue with a more architectural approach.

I need some close-ups of the furniture and off it can go into my portfolio.


The other project is one from work: an area in a new shopping centre.
It is quite a high profile job, and I loved our presentation and most of our ideas. I am afraid we didn't get the job, but I designed the retail units, the decorative shutter doors and a variety of display units. We did not use all of my ideas, but I designed everything in 3D, and it's just waiting for me to render it and place it in the space.

At work we outsourced the 3D renders, but they did not do the best job, and I believe I can do it myself just as well. Well, maybe not as WELL, but I know I can do the job and make it look good. I am impressed with the capabilities of Renderworks and I enjoy the program. Rendering is always time consuming but I already did most of the modelling, and I would love to show such a large scale project in my portfolio, executed all on my own.

Now is just a wait to have a new version of Vectorworks approved. Soon, soon soon!