I keep going back to look at your Cow(Cowl)Boy and every time I see more than the last time. Is there any chance that you could share the .skp file with us? I would love to see it and maybe get a better idea of how he was constructed. If it is too big to be posted here maybe you could e-mail it to fortysixsouth@yahoo.com ? 😄
Cheers Bill

This is something very nice, i like it.

Dylan, James, thanks - that's exactly what I was looking for.

Kris, thanks for your tips and encouraging words.

Btw, I found the thread I was thinking of - it was Canoek who had posted a watercolor process. I think I'll give that a shot sometime soon - I like the look. Here's the thread: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=5624

Thanks for the comments guys!

Anssi - I actually didn't have too much say in the design on this one, just did the model and some presentation work for it. I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean by the addition introducing it's own symmetry but I can sort of see what you're talking about. The original idea was to tear down the existing house which is really in poor shape. Due to the requirement of keeping it, there were a lot of additional factors that had to be taken into account.

thanks for hall coments, dylan i'm use kerkythea for rendering and now the version 2008

looks like an Aztec or Myan Pyramid...

Yes, I am pleasantly suprised by the back side as well. Thanks for adding more.

Fantastic work. Sweet job on the presentation. The animated .gif is a splendid touch.

poster-Director Bob

james,
they would be protected from the rain by the plexiglas roof. and, since the room is the bottom of a light well, there is no way to steal them from there.

mike, you are right. and, being the design a gift to the owner, i have more freedom to suggest what I think is best.

edson

Very nice, thanks for sharing and welcome.

That Is a nicely well done first SU model. But be careful you might find SU addictive and before you know dinner is burnt and the sun is coming up. But the up side is one day you think it will take hours to get a part to look like you would like it to and “bam” dinner isn’t burnt and the sun is still up and you just set there looking at a completed item and think of what to work on next. 😲

poster-Director Bob

Nice work CADken. I like the exploded perspective view in the presentation.

poster-Director Bob

thanks guys..much appreciated.. i'll post up the finals when its done.

Thats a rather large project.
That would look rather nice using some of Todd wood, ripple something.
Alan

Twin front disc brakes?! That must be one heavy rider Ivica!

Cool models, nice renders.

Jackson

Thanks all for the nice words.

CraigD, "Tropical Garden" by Stu Mayhew displayed in the KT site gallery is photorealistic even from 18" away!!

Tom, at 974 x 623 pixels resolution and "PhotonMap+Caustics - High + AA 0.3" setting it took 33 minutes on a P4 3ghz 512mb RAM and 128mb VRAM.

Fletch, Wow! a comment from a KT guru! I had also noticed those two light behaviour (KT Lights - Ceiling3) and tried changing to spotlights but didn't like it either. Thanks for the pointer on PS shadow/highlights.

Guite

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is it not a demo version?

sorry, i took it off to make some alterations, i have put it back up now thanks for the comments guys has been really helpful

Damnit 4get to attach image 😳 here goes

[tom yong]

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Modelhead,

Thanks for the positive feedback. It always helps!

There are a bunch of issues around selling images of SketchUp models. Some of these are technical, like finding a good way to print models, but most have to do with the nature of art itself and the market for art. At the inexpensive end of this practice of hanging images on walls, there is the poster market. People purchasing posters don't really care that a poster is mass produced. Low price is crucial. At the expensive end of the art market exclusivity is key and price doesn't seem to be much of a factor. In the middle -primarily lithographs and the like- scarcity is artificially created by the artist destroying the plates after a certain quantity of numbered prints are produced. I think something similar will be necessary for SketchUp art (digital art in general) if we want to sell our work outside the poster market. One interesting possibility is to sell a certain number of unique (numbered) views into a model and then destroy the model. The same practice could apply to walkthroughs of models.

I'd love to hear what others have to think about this issue.

Fred