Meh Architorture Portfolio

Can scroll down to see my portfolio straight away if you dowan to read my long winded advices and stuffs!!


People who know will know that I'm applying for architecture course. 

And I applied for RMIT University which requires portfolio. I so good, thinking to share my portfolio here cos I know how hard it is to find portfolio examples for undergraduate admissions. I think probably it's because they don't want ideas to get stolen or what. In fact, I don't even know whether it's safe for me to share my portfolio here or not but I've already watermarked my pages with the UGLIEST font ever: COMIC SANS!! And it's a big big big sample word on each page, so please please don't steal or what. 

I know it's super duper hard to find a portfolio made by some highschool students for undergrad admissions into art schools (although I'm not highschool anymore, but I didn't take Art in A-levels so, my drawing is err.. pretty much high school level lah...). Because this is an architecture folio, I don't know if it's gonna be useful for you if you're applying graphic designs or what. And also, architecture portfolios are even more difficult to find online compared to other design courses, I don't know why. T.T

Flunyway, I got accepted to RMIT! So I only share it out. 

But the sad thing is that they're only accepting me for next year's intake which I don't want, so I'm waiting for another uni and see how it goes. :) Ya, so my folio is RMIT accepted, should be ok for you to refer. 

Portfolios I found in Google are mostly done by undergraduate students (that means they're already in degree, obviously they're good. I totally cannot refer cos I still not so good yet!). Yeah, so yay, an extra reference for your architecture student hopefuls! :)

I used a month and a half to finished it. One month to do it and then I think, another two weeks, to edit stuffs and redo some things. It was kind rushing towards the end cos.. beginning I was a bit lazy like that, always procrastinate all those, and I also didn't really have much idea on how to start doing. T.T But thank God for some friends in degree and masters, they helped the very noob me, I got through it. So honestly, haha, start your folio as soon as possible, then you can procrastinate longer without feeling guilty! No la, you start earlier then you got more time for preparation and no need to rush so much, you can actually enjoy what you're doing. :) 

And also remember, remember, you will need to redo things you've done, probably some drawings not good enough, you have to redo them, etc. So don't expect your entire portfolio to be perfect the first time you finish it! Get some pros to help you so that they can give you constructive criticism then you can improve and it's gonna be even more beautiful. :)

  

  

 

Yeah, that's how my portfolio is. :) Because my 3D drawings are not.. haha, what I'm good at, I only did my best with what I could. I only started learning 3D when I had to do this portfolio (ya, cos I'm lazy like that). The program I used is Google Sketchup, friend introduced it. Totally suitable for noobs like me. Even if you've never drawn anything in your entire life before, you will know how to do it using Google Sketchup! And because I'm not good using digital media, I usually use the traditional ones. Watercolour, pen, pencil la.. I'm better at all these, hence you can see most of my pictures done with traditional media. When I started using AutoCAD and GoogleSketchup, I'm like.. boyyyyyyyyyy, these computers really make things easy, don't they?! Can draw triangles and circles so easily. I'm so shocked because I spent my entire live trying to perfect a circle using pencil and I can do it so fast using computer. Tsk, computer cheat one..

Flunyway, stress on what you're better in your portfolio (that's what one of my friends advised me, haha). If you're good in traditional drawing, then draw those more la.. haha.

Also, arrangements of your layout is important. At first I thought it's not that important so I just simply arranged my drawings for each page cos I thought what they really want to see is my drawings, not types of fonts, arrangement of layout or what. Turns out to be really important cos' you need to present your portfolios really well too so that it's comfy for the eyes of the professors.

Not all uni requires portfolios. I don't think any uni in Malaysia needs it. I'm applying in Aussie one, only RMIT needs it. I think quite a lot of universities in US and UK will need it and in fact, you need to apply quite early. I'm not so sure, so in case you have the thoughts of taking up architecture, it's better you check their websites as soon as possible because some requires you to apply it one year before the intake. :)

Also, must check their portfolio requirements. RMIT's a tough job cos' they need us to have 15-30 pieces of work and have to do a design exercise. 15 pieces at least! Most universities I saw probably wants only about an average of 7-15 pieces (ya, so do 7 only, haha!!)

If you're interested in RMIT University, you can go to this website to check it out. Flunyway, I said bye bye to it already.. since I'm not accepting its offer. :(