<p>Yeah for sure. My self portrait took me one night to do, and I am satisfied with how it came out. Granted, I spent probably 7 straight hours doing it.
I had like a few pieces that I did beforehand. Those were pretty good.</p>
<p>But what I meant was that it took me like three weeks to put it all together, the essay, the questionnaire, some of the exercises, etc.</p>
<p>i'm not very good at starting peices and putting them away and then doing them again (with the exception of sculpture and painting). usually when i draw, i do it in one sitting (with breaks of course) because the emotion and thoughts are fresh in my head.</p>
<p>i'll admit, a lot of my portfolio peices were done FOR the portfolio, but i think they still all turned out great and represented my ability fairly well.</p>
<p>noops, I agree and a person who works with national portfolio day and is the portfolio reviewer for SU arch told me she'd rather see a few simple, timed (3-10 minutes) line sketches than yet another 'perfect' hand drawing that obviously was worked and reworked over and over. I remember her saying an important skill is being able to communicate an idea on a sketch in a few minutes with a few lines. Sooo, I put some simple line drawings (and noted the time spent sketching on each) in my portfolio. -Although I decided not to apply to SU- Guess I'll find out soon enough if I did the right thing.</p>
<p>-sara</p>
<p>ahahah i agree completely with angie and sara.</p>
<p>Yeah, I do have those simple sketches in my portfolio too. I didn't feel it was necessary to put complete line weight sketches in my portfolio though, since Syracuse already knew I did a godzillion of them while I was at their summer program and they weren't really emphasizing anything in particular that wasn't elsewhere in the portfolio (example: I have 6 minute models instead of 6 minute sketches). A good exercise are quick gesture drawings, which are similar to the timed line sketches. </p>
<p>(This is my portfolio in case anyone was wondering (minus the last picture): here</a>)</p>
<p>yeah my aunt who is a visual arts teacher recommended that i do gesture drawings. i didn't submit any though, i probably should have...</p>
<p>yeah i think that i spent about three weeks on mine latogether. the main problem with mine is that i don't really have enough drawings, or at least i don't think that i do. i had lots of simple sketches but they really looked more like little scribbles so i put in better or rather more competed drawings instead and there are so many like other things that i wanted to include that were in other media and things that i did when i went to cornell this past summer that looked better than my drawings. i guess i should have out in more drawings after all. oh well.</p>
<p>i really wanted to put in a few sketchbook pages, but im very selfconcious about my personal doodles and scribbles so i decided against it even though i heard its pretty recommended.</p>
<p>aaah! same here...
i agree</p>
<p>actually i dont let anybody see any artwork of mine...i guess that explains why i cant be an artist haha</p>
<p>haha, i hate showing people my stuff in general. i care way too much about what other people.</p>
<p>but criticism is good!</p>
<p>yeah i like showing other people...most of the time i am proud of my work, and i like criticism.</p>
<p>hahaha whenever i have criticism on something, i always am bitter but i always fix whatever was being criticised i guess...</p>
<p>indeed, it is. i just need to toughen up before i get to architecture school, or if i get in i guess is a better way to put it.. .</p>
<p>shorty, do you still want to go to u of o? i didn't get into cal poly, so i am gearing myself towards going there!
i looked at what the average applicants stats are...they are pretty low, at least a lot lower than mine. i have a good feeling that i got in.
:]</p>
<p>I keep forgetting that you guys aren't even in arch school yet. Be prepared to get pummeled during crits!</p>
<p>yeah whatever...it's really not that big of a deal. i mean if someone thinks there is something wrong with it, then i would appreciate the feedback, so i can change it for the better.</p>
<p>i'm a little wussy when it comes to getting shot down, but i have good composure, so don't think i'm going to run out crying haha.</p>
<p>actually im not scared of criticism as much as i am scared of showing my emotional touch to everything i do haha.</p>
<p>I've sat in on a few crits. They are tough. My favorite comment was by a prof concerning a drawing project where the students re-designed a courtyard between various existing buildings on campus. One kid had designed and drawn an elaborate fountain with a series of pools and waterfalls. Looked real cool until the prof pointed to the building on the drawing and said "I'd invite you to consider that 18 inches behind this 4' deep pool is the main exit from this building." Poor kid turned red.<br>
A couple projects later someone had designed a lawn area with benches and said the main idea was it would allow students to sunbath and relax between classes. The prof again said "I'd invite you to consider" and I knew it was coming. Seems the narrow space was along the north side of a 10 story building.
My take was whenever that prof said "I'd invite you to consider", it was time to hide.</p>
<p>-sara</p>
<p>Well during my Rice interview, the prof said that I had a point on my building that was going to build up with water, and that I was contradicting myself from saying I wanted things with a practical design. It was kind of funny, I just explained what I was going for then he was like I was only joking, I didn't really mean it.
And I know at my crits at Syracuse, there were times that the prof was about to throw projects out the window (only if the windows weren't locked shut) and took to just ripping models apart.
They're tough, but they are really fun at the same time. I have lots of stories from reviews.</p>