HOW TO BUILD AIRCRAFT DIORAMAS

JohnReid · 19 April 2009, 07:11 AM

Wow ! thanks paul ! I had been mistakenly looking under row housing.This will help me a lot for designing the doors and windows.

ludwig113 · 19 April 2009, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnReid

Wow ! thanks paul ! I had been mistakenly looking under row housing.This will help me a lot for designing the doors and windows.

no problem john.
p.s. a typical door of that design is 80 inches tall and 32 inches wide.

paul

JohnReid · 19 April 2009, 08:03 AM

Although I don't plan to be making bricks any time soon,I would like to share with you where my research has led me so far.Andi has been very helpful in sharing his knowledge with me, as well as helping me with a lot of the compositional elements of this piece.
At his suggestion I went out and bought a paper trimmer and watercolor paper.Because my piece will be in 1/16th scale I bought the 300 LB variety with a heavy texture.
It is amazing what can be gleaned from a plain brick wall if you treat it as a work of art in its own right.When you really look at an old brick wall it too has its story to tell.Just look at the following Norman Rockwell painting.The story is there if you know how to read it.Example: the subject is WW2 but the building is from earlier in the century ,not only because of wear and tear but not so obviously the changes made to the windows, from Victorian to a more modern style.Someone has bricked up part of the window to give it a more modern look and maybe to save on heating costs etc...
People love Rockwells work for the stories they tell ,he would have been a wonderful storyboard dioramist.I wonder if he ever did anything in 3D? I know that I have learned a lot about art from him.

JohnReid · 19 April 2009, 08:19 AM

JohnReid · 19 April 2009, 11:44 AM

JohnReid · 19 April 2009, 11:54 AM

Doors and windows design #1
Comments please .............
For reasons of plumbing I put the bathroom above the backdoor, which would usually lead into the kitchen.The doors are based upon a 32 inch width.Floor to ceiling is 8 feet on both levels.

JohnReid · 19 April 2009, 11:58 AM

JohnReid · 19 April 2009, 11:59 AM

I think that the upper middle window may be too large?

JohnReid · 19 April 2009, 02:30 PM

JohnReid · 20 April 2009, 07:48 AM

What to leave in,what to leave out?
The older I get the more I wonder will I ever live long enough to see all my projects finished,well the answer of course is no because I keep starting new ones.This has especially been on my mind recently when I was debating whether to start another long term project or not or finish up what I already have on the go.Sure,all my life I have known that we are all just one heart beat away and have had many close calls to prove it.So what !you say ,that is just the nature of life.Why should an artists life be any different?Maybe being involved in the creative life and being goal oriented I sometimes tend to lose sight of the process.It is the process of creating that is the reward not the end game.
I have always known this but as you get older you tend to want to finish things up.
Last night I watched a tv show about what would happen if man ceased to exist today?It kind of brought me back on track.We know that nothing lasts forever but this show really brought it home.In about 10,000 years there would be little trace that we ever existed.In a 100 years most of the history of our existence would be gone.Books,films,DVD's,computers etc... Gone forever.
So where does that leave us? It is the process that matters,the fun of creating in the here and now.Forget about finishing ,that is just an illusion.Funny how a program like that can put things back into perspective.Now I will shut up,get down off my soapbox and go have some creative fun.Who cares if it ever gets finished. Not me anymore!