Not the best day

Everyone knows...such a cliche...Today wasn´t the best day ever, tommorrow will fix it, but now all I want to do is to wrap in a blanket, make myself a nice cup of tea and watch some serie... and that is exactly what I am doing ... Scandal s04e05 to be specific

Maybe I have mentioned before, I am in my last year of architecture university and that means I am currently working on my last project. I have presented my idea for the first time, I was quite sure and everything went just super wrong. And the worst part is, I have agreed with my tutor and his criticism. And the even worse part is, I am right where I was five weeks ago - right at the beginning.

I know that a failure is a part of every art and of course a part of life itself, but i just simply hate the blank canvas. I like the part of creating a building when I am all digged in and ,,got the flow" and I usually have that, but now I am just ,,waiting" for it to come :)

Well that basically made my bad day, but also it made me thinking that maybe I just should work more and dig in more, which is not such a bad result after all.

By the way this is not the only thing that made my bad mood today, but it is the most important and also the only one architecture - related.

And also, I am uploading this stright away and I don´t wait for my critical eye at the morning :)

Good night and have a nice day tommorrow!

Sport usually help me. What does help you? :)

My little trip to Paris - I. La Défense

La Défence is the major business district in Paris. Some people say that here are situated all the buildings the Parisians didn´t want anywhere else. But who knows. You really don´t feel like in Paris, but that shouldn´t be a bad feature of the place. It is so different and unique that it is deffinitely worth visiting. 

La Grande Arche

Beside the Grand Arche building on the beginning, this district shows a lot of amazing skyscrapers and just a lot different Paris. It is a working place, not historical or touristic like the most of Paris, but the athmosphere is just unique.

La Grande Arche

The Grand Arche building is a reminiscence of the Arche de Triomphe and it opens the major historical axis of Paris, which can be understood as a contrast, that modern buildings open the historical part of Paris. 

La Grande Arche

When you stay under the Grand Arche and the city opens itself under your feet, you can see the Arche de Triomphe in front of you and all the people around, it is simply breathtaking.

The view from La Grande Arche - La Arche de Triomphe in front of me

The view from  La Grande Arche - CNIT

Walking on La Défense

Walking on La Défense - seeing the Eiffel Tower, such a nice contrast

Changing seasons in Adobe PHOTOSHOP : SUMMER into chilly WINTER

DELL INSPIRON RECOVERY for Windows 8

Dell inspiron computers have a realy quick and easy recovery process. Basically the only thing you need to beware of is to backup all your files you don´t wanna loose.

After the recovery there is no problem with the sound or the internet which I sometmes had with my old computer.

3ds Max tutorial: EDITABLE POLY - window

This video will show you how to work with a BOX using some very simple steps and modificator EDITABLE POLY.

IMPORTANT COMMANDS for editable poly:
- edge - connect edges
- polygon - inset
                - bevel
                - tessellate

As you can see, with these four simple commands you can do a basic modelling in 3ds Max.

3ds Max: MY TIPS

I have made a few videos recently about the most basic modificators in 3ds Max. Today I will share a few tips for beginners with this programme.

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What I´m using in every tutorial is the command COPY. You can simply click on your object and either select the MOVE tool or press ,,E" on the keyboard. After this you just press SHIFT on the keyboard and you drag your object in one of the directions.

Tools: Move, Rotate, Scale

There are a few keyboard shortcuts for the commands:  MOVE          ,,W"
                                                                                            ROTATE       ,,E"
                                                                                            SCALE          ,,R"


As far as rendering is concerned, i don´t use the default 3ds Max engine which is called MentalRay, but I always use the V-Ray. I will make my next blogpost about the diferences. Basically, V-Ray has a better material setting, better shadows, reflections etc. Or maybe it isn´t so uch better, but I have never really workd with MentalRay and the truth is, that V-Ray is the most used rendering engine for 3ds Max. Also if you buy V-Ray once, you can also use it for Sketch up, Rhinoceros etc.

3ds Max - my experience/ opinion

I have always used Graphisoft Archicad for all my designs, plans, 3d model, finel layout,...but the rendering programme was never enough. The programme is perfect for me for everything else except rendering.

For rendering I have been using ARTLANTIS STUDIO for so long, but when I went to Germany, where I was studiing, they didn´t use this programme and thed didn´accept the output. That is why I have started to learn in 3DS MAX.

I think I have always wanted to try and learn how to work in 3ds Max, but I wasn´t sure if it is worth the effort. Now I have to say, sometimes it is and sometimes not at all.

I would divide my experience into INTERIOR and EXTERIOR rendering. I don´t do the building modelling in 3ds Max, just because I can do it faster and more effective in Archicad. And I also always do a postprocess in ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, which is just a necessary stuff for any architect I think.

Exterior render in 3ds Max + Postprocess in Photoshop

For EXTERIOR rendering I am not sure If you need to spend the time by setting the scene, lights etc... It is really a bit time-consuming and after the rendering you have to use Photoshop anyway. The result is nice and it is interesting to try it once and see If I like this method of creating an exterior render or not, but from my point of view it really isn´t necessary.

Interior render in 3ds Max + Postprocess in Photoshop

On the other hand, the INTERIOR rendering is a different topic. It brings you a lot of new possibilities. It is maybe a lot more demanding, but the result is definitely worth it. What is really amazing is the quality of materials, shadows, reflections etc... It is really worth trying. I always find post-process for interior renderings a little bit more tricky, because you have to be more careful about the materials you have used, so I am really glad there is a programme that doesn´t need it.

Interior render in 3ds Max + Postprocess in Photoshop

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