kill kill kill

[jazzfish]

Do you know how hard it is to cut a rectangle from a roll of tracing paper?

HARDER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. The paper curls, and tears, and generally refuses to cooperate along straight lines and at right angles.

My hatred of design lab stems in part from not being a terribly visually-oriented person and in part from simply not being any good at crafty-type things. I can't even color within the lines, I wind up with bits that go outside and uneven shading.

This is like being in third grade and getting NEEDS IMPROVEMENT on all my handwriting papers.

On the "bright" side, the fundamental design flaws will be almost wholly obscured by the superficial design flaws.

. . . and once I get this bastard built I have to do a colour sketch of it. Gah.

Comments

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Smooth, rigid surface.
Straight-edge.
Razor blade or X-Acto knife.

[rbandrews]

Yeah, I do; this is why I hate wrapping gifts. : )

I second the x-acto knife thing. Scissors are for things you can easily hold in your hand; knives are for anything where you need skill. It's just like using a pen, only drawing on your hand is more painful. Same set of muscles; same muscle memory.

[dasphios.livejournal.com]

Cheer up. I got "NEEDS IMPROVEMENT" (or its equivalent) on all my papers in school, and look what happened to me. At least you KNOW you're doomed.

[platypusgirl.livejournal.com]

if it's any consolation my ability to draw stopped somewhere at a bout a 1st or 2nd grade level. Of course when you're working with 5 year olds they think you're great...
You'll get what you need done - and the ideas that you are trying to impart will shine through.
Don't think of it as an inability to stay within the lines, but rather as your ability to go "outside of the box".

[troyfish.livejournal.com]

Hey man, wish I could say it gets easier. I just got a contract today that reads:

For the above referenced project, (Company) will provide 3-D CAD electronic modeling of Room 1100 indicating a minimum of seven (7) primary views of Room 1100 interior with all required furniture and supporting equipment in place for an Alternate Chamber, as specified in the RFQ. The renderings will be provided to (Other company). for inclusion in their presentation packages. The models will be deliverable electronically and in a single unformatted 8” x 11.5” color photo-quality copy for reproduction by (other Company) in the format matching the rest of the presentation package

Best part? I haven't done 3D in a few years, and now this is for big, huge multimillion dollar stuff... No pressure. Really. Sheesh.

Have fun while you can. This isn't one where if I screw it up I'll get a "Needs Improvement" on it. I miss the days when that's all that would happen. :-)

[jazzfish]

. . . yow.

On the bright side, "contract" implies payment, so you're getting something out of this beyond a couple extra words on your degree / transcript. :)

[jazzfish]

the ideas that you are trying to impart will shine through

Thanks, I think, since the ideas are no great shakes either. :)

Don't think of it as an inability to stay within the lines, but rather as your ability to go "outside of the box".

A useful life philosophy. Less so when your grade depends on boxiness. But, again, thanks.

[troyfish.livejournal.com]

Yes, but if it gets screwed up, I don't get a chance to make it up again next semester. Double Edged Sword my friend.... On the plus side I found out today that I'll have a decent amount of time to get it all working the way I want. I originally thought it would be a time line of 1 month, but the latest estimation is that it will be about 8 months. Now I just have to ge the time to do it. On the negative side, I think by the terms of the contract I won't be technically allowed to use the images in anything else, including portfolio stuff. Of course I'll find a loophole for that.