Just in case you desperately need some art. I now have a store available at Etsy.com
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7527502
If you would like something commissioned
Commissioned , just email me at
MollyatEtsy@gmail.com
Friday, June 12, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Reflecting Back
I am still unable to process that I don't have any more reviews to prepare for, no more desk crits to endure, no more jurors to fend off. It's absolutely over.
As I find ways to pass the time in my unemployment, I find the occasion to think back over the past year or past five years. It's been long. It's been painful. But it's been necessary.
I received my copy of my process book in the mail yesterday. This morning must have been the fourth time I've paged through it. Man it is long. It's 167 pages. And about 100 of those pages document the process work I've done in the spring semester.
What's funny, in an ironic sort of way, is that as I'm looking through these pages, particularly at earlier schemes, I find ideas that I had presented to earlier jurors, who subsequently shot them down instantaneously. At the final crit, though, these same ideas were the ones the jurors were throwing out at me in their rebuttal. Hmm. You really never can win. Much like the customers at my yardsale this weekend, jurors always want to undercut you.
I wonder if Retley will be reading this ever again? We needs to be in touch. And I need an actual profile picture.
As I find ways to pass the time in my unemployment, I find the occasion to think back over the past year or past five years. It's been long. It's been painful. But it's been necessary.
I received my copy of my process book in the mail yesterday. This morning must have been the fourth time I've paged through it. Man it is long. It's 167 pages. And about 100 of those pages document the process work I've done in the spring semester.
What's funny, in an ironic sort of way, is that as I'm looking through these pages, particularly at earlier schemes, I find ideas that I had presented to earlier jurors, who subsequently shot them down instantaneously. At the final crit, though, these same ideas were the ones the jurors were throwing out at me in their rebuttal. Hmm. You really never can win. Much like the customers at my yardsale this weekend, jurors always want to undercut you.
I wonder if Retley will be reading this ever again? We needs to be in touch. And I need an actual profile picture.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Winter Break
Well, since I can't remember what we talked about threading up in here, Cormy, I am making a new post. This one shall define all these elaborate ambitions I plan to accomplish over the break. I am suspecting that perhaps one or two of the items may even be attempted, much less completed.
1.) Site model(s) - not yet certain how grand an area to select, though I suspect a couple blocks to either side should suffice. Should probably include each of the selected sites although it is unclear yet as to whether or not I shall be doing all 4 or just 2 or 3.
2.) Program study - to discern pragmatics of gas stations, with particular emphasis on below grade tanks, building codes, scheduling and negotiation of fuel replenishment, pump specifications, among other things.
3.) Legitimate site analysis - thusfar it is mostly surface scratching. I have done research of historical and current conditions, but have done no real first hand reconnaisance.
4.) This kind of site analysis will make it easier to develop appropriate concepts and/or program manipulations and/or site responses. Depends how you look at it I suppose.
5.) Look into this competition deal that is supposed to happen at the start of the sem.
6.) Oh, and also finish reading them books.
Corm, what were we going to write about in here? Let's find some hooligans to join our "blog."
1.) Site model(s) - not yet certain how grand an area to select, though I suspect a couple blocks to either side should suffice. Should probably include each of the selected sites although it is unclear yet as to whether or not I shall be doing all 4 or just 2 or 3.
2.) Program study - to discern pragmatics of gas stations, with particular emphasis on below grade tanks, building codes, scheduling and negotiation of fuel replenishment, pump specifications, among other things.
3.) Legitimate site analysis - thusfar it is mostly surface scratching. I have done research of historical and current conditions, but have done no real first hand reconnaisance.
4.) This kind of site analysis will make it easier to develop appropriate concepts and/or program manipulations and/or site responses. Depends how you look at it I suppose.
5.) Look into this competition deal that is supposed to happen at the start of the sem.
6.) Oh, and also finish reading them books.
Corm, what were we going to write about in here? Let's find some hooligans to join our "blog."
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Boathouse Uno, Two, Trois
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/BOATHOUSE-UNO-84379440
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Boathouse-TWO-84379577
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Boathouse-TROIS-84379815
In 6 days is the final...so I guess technically......
IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!! DA DA DA DA!!!!!!
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Boathouse-TWO-84379577
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Boathouse-TROIS-84379815
In 6 days is the final...so I guess technically......
IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!! DA DA DA DA!!!!!!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
RE: uncontrollable power, wealth and evil
My Dearest Imperator Hadrian,
Yes, yes a million times yes. I will always follow your architecture. And as for the question of designing for good or for awesome? I choose awesome, awesome being pumpkin domes and etruscan/egyptian-inspired hypostyle halls. You don't need to apologize for killing your previous architect, he deserved it, he lacked vision. We will meet in one week, in your study at the Villa Adriana and we will plan our attack.
sinisterly,
Molly McCormick
Friday, March 14, 2008
The Anti-Bell-um
So after an almost full day of sleep, two hot pockets and a cup of coffee I can slowly feel sanity returning.
The Project One critique went very well I think, not without it's hurdles but as far as crits go, pretty well. On the plus side they thought the roofscape was poetic, on the negative end, the delivery spaces were not practical. ( something I naturally disagree with, but am probably wrong about.) I tell myself every year that I'm not going to pull an all-nighter, but it happens at least one a semester. This year I stayed up not working on the drawings or the model, but the graphics.
For whatever reason there is a need to fight with and against Adobe Illustraitor to come up with a presentable layout. It just goes to show that ideas always need a pitch. During the class critique I was realising that for the most part it wasn't the ideas jurors had problems with, it was presentations. It makes one wonder, can a good idea stand on it's own as a good idea? Unfortunately, I think probably not.
Maybe it's the enviornment i'm in but it seems that a medium level project with enough pizazz can win out against a superior idea. Architects can be people of vision, trapped by visuals. It might actually be their greatest flaw. Everyone probably has it to some extent, if something looks cool you want it, but Architects seem to carry those blinders with them everywhere they go.
They always tell us, especially as children, that it's the inside that counts. Sometimes I question that; how many times have you been passed over by somebody good looking? Yeah, it's the inner beauty that's important, but it's outer beauty that gets the most foots in the most doors. People like pretty things, if it doesnt have the graphics or the sharpest renderings, it's not readable, it's not a good project.
Don't get me wrong, i'm not anti-beauty as a matter of fact, I'm just as guilty as the jurors. I just wish it could be different sometimes. But the point of inner beauty is that it's past the outer beauty, so for the most part, we're never going to get passed the facade in a five min. presentation.
We're not going to get a buzzer that says "HEY HEY YOU YOU> THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT". So I guess the moral, even if it's not too moral is that when it comes to ideas, yeah it's shallow, but you gotta make it pretty even if it should'nt need to be.
I think that's probably why I love theroy, it's just ideas, very few graphics. Yeah thery'res that pesky rheotric aspect, but at least you're not distracted with bangs, pops and zooms of the optical kind.
It all presents the question, do you fight the system, or fight with the system? Good reasons to do both. I like to hope you can do both.
"if you're not cheating the system, you're cheating yourself"
-Kyle Hazleton
As a side note, i also have completed another concept drawing for dro:
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Monk-for-Dro-79908261
goodnight and goodluck.
The Project One critique went very well I think, not without it's hurdles but as far as crits go, pretty well. On the plus side they thought the roofscape was poetic, on the negative end, the delivery spaces were not practical. ( something I naturally disagree with, but am probably wrong about.) I tell myself every year that I'm not going to pull an all-nighter, but it happens at least one a semester. This year I stayed up not working on the drawings or the model, but the graphics.
For whatever reason there is a need to fight with and against Adobe Illustraitor to come up with a presentable layout. It just goes to show that ideas always need a pitch. During the class critique I was realising that for the most part it wasn't the ideas jurors had problems with, it was presentations. It makes one wonder, can a good idea stand on it's own as a good idea? Unfortunately, I think probably not.
Maybe it's the enviornment i'm in but it seems that a medium level project with enough pizazz can win out against a superior idea. Architects can be people of vision, trapped by visuals. It might actually be their greatest flaw. Everyone probably has it to some extent, if something looks cool you want it, but Architects seem to carry those blinders with them everywhere they go.
They always tell us, especially as children, that it's the inside that counts. Sometimes I question that; how many times have you been passed over by somebody good looking? Yeah, it's the inner beauty that's important, but it's outer beauty that gets the most foots in the most doors. People like pretty things, if it doesnt have the graphics or the sharpest renderings, it's not readable, it's not a good project.
Don't get me wrong, i'm not anti-beauty as a matter of fact, I'm just as guilty as the jurors. I just wish it could be different sometimes. But the point of inner beauty is that it's past the outer beauty, so for the most part, we're never going to get passed the facade in a five min. presentation.
We're not going to get a buzzer that says "HEY HEY YOU YOU> THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT". So I guess the moral, even if it's not too moral is that when it comes to ideas, yeah it's shallow, but you gotta make it pretty even if it should'nt need to be.
I think that's probably why I love theroy, it's just ideas, very few graphics. Yeah thery'res that pesky rheotric aspect, but at least you're not distracted with bangs, pops and zooms of the optical kind.
It all presents the question, do you fight the system, or fight with the system? Good reasons to do both. I like to hope you can do both.
"if you're not cheating the system, you're cheating yourself"
-Kyle Hazleton
As a side note, i also have completed another concept drawing for dro:
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Monk-for-Dro-79908261
goodnight and goodluck.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Spring Project #1
basically the building is a fabric in construction. and then you walk through it
it's pretty sweet, unfortunately this rendering is a jpeg so you don't get the clarity. but I figured i'd give you an idea.
basically the building is a fabric in construction. and then you walk through it
it's pretty sweet, unfortunately this rendering is a jpeg so you don't get the clarity. but I figured i'd give you an idea.
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Textile-Museum-1-79901197
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Textile-Museum-2-79901645
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Textile-Museum-3-79902415
http://chillicheesefries.deviantart.com/art/Textile-Museum-interior-79903127
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