EduardoNL, I've found that the stock textures that come in SU materials don't look very realistic and they get worse when they are tiled over a big area like your last building. I think it was Remus who pointed me to a really useful texture site (http://www.cgtextures.com/). For roofs and walls this is great. Also, I've begun to make up a libray of my own photo textures that I can use on different buildings. The other thing is to spend some time messing with the seamless tiling feature on you photo-editor to get the right effect for big areas. The issue is not that the texture IS acurate, it's that it LOOKs acurate. Tom

the first idea that jumps into my mind is to use SketchUp no, honestly. I would use your SU model, select all the top faces of the roof construction and look up the size of it in the entity info. then simply dra an overall shape arround the area and get its size. but that would only work if the sun came directly from above... so you will end up having more shadow than the mere top faces of your construction.

here there are 3 of 4 images that began earlier, these are rendered in Kerkythea, the image of the loft, the third, or maybe can not find the delete jajaja, greetings [image: 98008200vt5.th.jpg] [image: interiorterminado2chicakb1.th.jpg] [image: 15edificiofrente1kd6.th.jpg]

Absolutely FANTASTIC! I love it!! ...when can I get a ride!? Great work! Thanks for sharing and keep it up! Cheers, - CraigD

yes! and i like them! especially i like the look of the glass in the first render.

ok...here are some photos finally.... i think, ultimately after so many back and forths..the only design idea of mine that remained was that angled glass wall at the call screeners..haha..and the monitor/mic layout... i did document and detail the space as well.. here are the pics..

Thanks everyone for the feedback. Igor... I have a brother named Mike but not Steve... and my last name really is Love!

Dear Hugo, My main interest is not photo-realism, but accuracy. I suppose that trait comes from my physics and engineering background. I would not make an architect as I like to design to micron accuracy (okay, I will accept acuracies of +/- 0.01 mm). I would like to thank you, and all the other forum members who have posted comments for your kind remarks. Best wishes, Bob

Dear James, Just a few ideas for you to play around with when you have nothing better to do. How about cutting the back half of the house in half with the atrium. The atrium would bisect the balcony, with double doors leading to the balcony on either side. The atrium would also contain the stair way between floors. Another idea would be to extend the living space under the balcony and then to use full height glass walls to improve illumination. Regards, Bob

Nice stuff, amy i ask how you did the people in the stadium? Cool church as well, the roof looks pretty interesting.

the last images have defenitely something of a game environment - very atmospheric and well textured! yahoo will be happy

It's not that serious but it's just a personal preference of mine, I think the yellow trees is taking all the attention away from the house which is I think is the focus of your illustration. What I see here is that your aiming on a more artistic style, is that right? gian

Thanks Nick... I did mean to lighten the bottom but it totally slipped my mind. I'll get that done soon!

I prefer the building with the newly added screens - thus the two shapes seem more united and the building is much more integrated in the sculpture. Fred, you should seriously consider going into rendering! I think the building-sculpture would be much more pronounced in it's depth (through indirect lighting, shadowed corners...) surely you would produce some stunning results

@lapx said: You should seriouly consider writing a book on technique etc... oh yes - a book for "pros" to get a step closer to SketchUp Godhood! Solo, you are the Architect... and SketchUp is the Matrix!

hi kwistenbiebel if I bright a little bit more the image, window is too similar to a mirror and it's not so realistic. hi johnsenior1973 @unknownuser said: I don't understand why you positioned the image like that though. I've tried an aluminum material on the rod and I wanted to see how it was rendered. I am happy with the result. Thanks for feedback

@unknownuser said: I thought your talents were just in the area of 'picking the right horse' and 'money management'. Eh well de fact of de matter Mike, is dat i actually did legitimately come into possession of numerous amounts of moneys from my transactions with de horses. @unknownuser said: Anyway, welcome to SketchUcation, great work Thankin you very much, Bertie

@igor said: ...sorry to all the 38 year olds for making you feel old... I can't even remember that age

You can find good discount on CS2 books at borders and such since they are outdated. Many of the tutorials at lynda will work for cs2 as well unless they are specific to a feature in cs3. It is work the small monthly fee for the wealth of information they have there. Scott

Very nice indeed. I could see that being framed in an office anywhere. Scott