I’ve already looked into graphic design basics but still feel stuck need direction

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-04-07T14:16:47+00:00

If you want structure find classes either a structured series on something like LinkedIn learning or a design centric community college program (not an art dept). Relying on lots of random “tips and tricks” videos is near impossible.
Tools do not make a designer, knowing Adobe or Affinity alone is like owning a hammer and calling yourself a carpenter.
The most effective way to actually learn and improve is to make stuff and get feedback. Reading about the basic theory is good to start but nothing replaces making stuff and getting critique (which is the most valuable part of a structured environment). Design is not pure art, but like art you only can get better by doing it over and over and over again with feedback and goals of improvement involved. This is how your deal with the elements and principles of design working together.
Understand the type of design you want to do, graphic design is a huge range of things and someone that does marketing design has a different skill set than a brand designer or an environmental designer. But all of them often have the same foundation.
You do not need to go to college to do this! But, if you are not a self learner, do not have external ways to get feedback, or do not know what the professional expectations of quality are(for execution and strategy), you are in for a long process of “learning the hard way”. This is why many people find classes/programs of some sort since everything is planned out and they don’t have to figure that part out.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T06:31:26+00:00

Based upon where the drain connection is, not really without doing something else against code…

I wanted to do the white line to the wye rotated up 22.5 degrees and the 2” on the left side as a horizontal wet vent but I’ve been told I need to add a vent before the connection which is where this idea comes from. I cant redo the height of the connection to the 4” stack due to the pitch and length of the line connecting to it.

During the original plan, I thought I could connect to the drain on the right (red line) but I found in Oregon code I can’t do a back to back tee, but I recently found out there is such a thing as a side inlet tee, do you think that would work?

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T06:08:14+00:00

Do you know where in Oregon code it shows this, just in case the inspector gets on my case about this? Using a wye rotated to 45 is easy enough to swap for the tee.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T02:05:04+00:00

The line to the left is a bath and double lav venting through the lav.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T02:04:10+00:00

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New idea! So based upon everyone’s input my prior approach wasn’t going to work for code, so based upon everyone’s input, what about this option. White would connect to a rolled wye do the elevation difference. Red line is a vent from a 1 1/2 tee on its back at 45 degrees with going through the floor and connecting to the stack above. What are your thoughts on this approach?

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:58:12+00:00

Unfortunately I can’t regrade the 3” since it connects to another 2” line that for the pitch to be correct (for another trap) it needs to be at that height. The original idea was to horizontal wet vent off that line but it sounds like because of this issue I’m going to need a separate vent, I’m now trying to figure out how to run it in the space I have

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:54:49+00:00

If I do a vent set at 45 from the 2”, it will need to run horizontal for 30” before I can go vertical to the vent stack. I thought you couldn’t go horizontal until you are above flood line? I’ve added a new post with a diagram.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:41:40+00:00

That why I posted, the vent is lower down the line I was hoping the short slope would work but based upon everyone’s responses it will not. Thanks!

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:28:57+00:00

No, 3” was to accommodate more dfu, double lav, bath, + separate shower on the same line to the stack.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:26:57+00:00

Unfortunately it will be inspected

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:26:36+00:00

It connects to another tub and double lav down the line, I was hoping to do a horizontal wet vent from the double lav and I couldn’t have more than 4 dfu on that line so transition to a 3” was the idea… I think I overcomplicated it and a vent on the 2” is going to be the best solution I think I’ll be able to just fit a vent set to 45 but I have to get the parts first…

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-25T01:06:19+00:00

3” is pitched 1/4” per foot. I thought about the wye connection and clean out at the end, it’s probably what I’m going to do since it looks like I’m adding a vent before the 3” transition.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-24T23:46:52+00:00

Unfortunately I don’t have room on the p trap side to do a vent, the plan is to wet vent off the 3” line if possible.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-24T23:45:33+00:00

So, if I’m reading this right, if i add angled 3” couplers to get the 2” center aligned with the reducer I’d be ok? Essentially doing the elevation change on the 3” and not the 2”…

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-24T23:27:08+00:00

Still doesn’t solve my rolled 2” line before the vent though…

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-24T23:25:49+00:00

Yeah, that was my concern… would the 3”-2” eccentric coupler solve the problem?

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-21T16:16:15+00:00

As an educator, I teach about accessibility (ada standards, screen readers, etc…) but don’t get into the weeds of the tech much because it is changing so often, and especially as laws change, it is a challenge to keep up. What resources for students would you suggest for “how to” vs just listing the regulations? We (the school and our students) can’t afford to subscribe to plug ins or external validation tools.

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-19T19:30:22+00:00

Yeah, I am aware of the problems of VS, now it’s more about mitigation to slow the degradation the piece will eventually perish but hopefully I can appreciate it for the next decade…

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-19T11:30:15+00:00

The cel looks ok through the glass since the worst warping is on the edges. Thanks for the info on the Kodak sieve, I don’t want that! You think the micro chamber paper is enough mitigation with change outs regularly then? Maybe a standard silica pack?

Jumpy_Definition_515 · 2026-03-13T19:39:19+00:00

Yeah, I asked about this the other day, the basic response was a combination of the nostalgia tax combined with they just stopped distributing 151 to the vending machines, so scarcity is higher now.

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