ABSTRACT
References This was maybe the most difcult part of this job. When I started this project, I had only two images from a magazine (not featured here; the two images in this “making of”, Fig.01-02, were kindly supplied by the architect Sidonio Porto). Although they helped in guiding the modeling process, they didn’t show the right angles necessary in order to understand the entire structure, or how the different parts corresponded with each other. So, before starting the job in 3D, I made a lot of drawings to get a feel for the project; the proportions, angles and so on. This part was very important because it helped me to avoid lots of mistakes and misunderstandings that would have happened if I had chosen to start the modeling following the pictures only. Perhaps, due to my architectural education, I just couldn’t start something without these preliminary drawings. It is time consuming, indeed, but it keeps the work organized and much more uid.
