alexanderSIMPLE on Viewbook.com

Hello everyone, just a quick note that I will be moving most of my gallery to another site. It is very cool and easy to use and I highly recommend it to photographers, designers, and other creative people. The link to my Gallery page is here:

alexanderSIMPLE.viewbook.com

Thanks, and Happy Holidays!

Original Design - The Sunny Creek House

The Sunny Creek House. With two bedrooms and two baths, this contemporary home is placed on a sloping lot. It is actually a "design study" that I did on a lot I was thinking of purchasing in Indianapolis. The lot had a creek on the property that did not allow for a "normal" house to be built on it. As a result, the house I have designed is oriented to face the creek and maximize the views.



Interior renderings will follow. Original design by Alexander Prostyakov.

Who is alexanderSIMPLE?

Hello Basecampers!

I'm Sasha. Also known as "alexanderSIMPLE". I'll be putting up more stuff on the blog and will also have a real website in the near future. My university one disappeared (a year after I graduated) so I'll rebuild it soon. For the meantime, "alexanderSIMPLE.com" will route here.

A little about me: I live in Indianapolis and work in the manufacturing industry after having received my Bachelor's degree in Computer Graphics Technology from Purdue. I am in the process of implementing SketchUp at my work but in addition to that I've been working with it for fun for a few years now. I do full-builds of self-designed floor plans. My models are detailed but I use them mainly to figure out if my designs can be built. I started designing floor plans after picking up a Unique Homes magazine in 1996 and would draw stuff up on Staedtler paper. SketchUp has made my life much easier in recent years.

Anyways, due to working 40 hours a week, I don't have as much time as I want to for SketchUp. I think that after 3DBC, I'll try to display some more elaborate work. I'm backed up by about 100 models since the last time I posted here, so the best will be up soon!! :)))

As most people say, it's true... it's an addiction. Be sure to check out my Picasa web album too. Thanks for stopping by!

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From the SketchUp Vault: My Excessively Complicated Townhouse

Once upon a time, about a year ago, I got in over my head. I had a major plan to create a large-scale luxury townhouse in SketchUp, from scratch. The difference between mine and the typical designer's was that I chose it to be represented "as-built"... with the first layer of walls being drywall over studs, followed by a space between the exterior and interior walls, the exterior stone/stucco walls themselves, subfloor, floors, ceilings, soffits, roofs, etc.... ...you get the picture.. (!)

To make a long story short, it was COMPLICATED, and it turned into an unfinished project. Nevertheless, I learned from my mistakes and I will make one of these work one day, hopefully when I'm actually getting paid for it.. :)

For now, here are the pics of my attempted creation.



Basically, while still in college, and focusing on getting a job and final exams, this thing got too complicated for my own good. I do, however, think that 3D modeling in this fashion keeps things realistic. Hopefully I can make one work soon!!!