@sketchgirl1 said: Glad you're making use of the hand-drawn look that only SketchUp can do. Autocad and Revit couldn't do this; it was photorealistic or nothing. So I have no interest in plug-ins with SketchUp. I mean the photorealistic renderings look very beautiful but leave nothing to the imagination! Very true. I think there is some anime and comic book artists using SketchUp for just this reason.

Cheers John, getting some good textures helps a lot, limited otherwise.

The render program is renditoner V3 pro and the water is a pre-set finish with light set for a cloudy day, also a pre-set level. Thanks for the kind words, appreciated.

Head over to the hoverbike thread and look at the latest post.

That's awesome. You guys did a great job. I look forward to seeing the final model/render. Have a good weekend! _KN

Very nice!

@bryan k said: Did you use a plug-in to create the roof and if so, which one? Love the design! Yes I did use three plugins called fredoScale, Fredo joint push pull and the Tigs extrude tools and toolsOnSurface plugin, I use them a lot. I am going to get Artisan and the vertex tool so I can create even better organic roof and wall shapes. Thanks for liking the design.

Thanks for the tips on how to post well and comment Bryan K, pbacot and ely862me I'm going to ask some admin move the post

Nice work! would you happen to have a model of this that you would be willing to share? I'm doing a rendition of my own for my studio and need an accurate model to work with.

Congrats, Artistic.

Thanks for the reply, Ken. I've been using Maxwell Render. I like how the settings act similar to a camera setup. The one is quite grainy indeed. I didn't give it as much render time as I should've liked. I needed my main rendering machine for other tasks at the end of that weekend. My rendering setup isn't that complex. I've got a mac mini with a quad i7 and 16GB of ram. The larger, less grainy render took all of a weekend to get to the point it is. There were a lot of specular reflections from the light fixtures at the ceiling, and the "EXIT" signs added a lot of time, too, with the SSS material. TK2

Update3 @carloh said: looking good! are you using HDRI lighting only? at least in the daylight scene i guess some direct sunlight would give the scene some extra beauty Thanks Carloh! I knew I was missing something. Enabling the sun along with the IBL made a huge difference. [image: IIT8_Stonebrook_Sunshine.jpg] Now I really have to work on better textures.

Reading is for suckers... Looks a lot like Lumion.

Thanks mate. I think i can do some things better, but i dont have time for this .

Well that's it. Done for now. Might fiddle with it some more in the future, but it certainly was a good slump buster. (thanks Andre!) [image: gBqJ_practicerobotandrefritztutfinal1.jpg] [image: 0ppg_practicerobotandrefritztutfinal2.jpg] [image: OIJi_practicerobotandrefritztutfinal3.jpg] [image: 2Xgo_practicerobotandrefritztutfinal4.jpg] [image: je3v_practicerobotandrefritztutfinal5.jpg] [image: 5Chb_practicerobotandrefritztutfinal6.jpg] [image: zsV5_practicerobotandrefritztutfinal7.jpg] [image: vJ1E_practicerobotandrefritztutfinal8.jpg]

@numbthumb said: Thanks, guys! @bryan k said: Looks like you nailed it. I was afraid I screwed it up

Thank you once again Richard!! Umm yes I agree with you on chairs, maybe a bit too heavy handed with the PS work, they look a bit rough around the edges. Easily correctable

@utiler said: Ride like the wind, Bullseye!! Something like that Thanks for stopping by.

Great stuff Andy. Mr Fox can write this one off as he has no hope of a dinner here I got a great laugh out of this picture, [image: 5mQU_Chickensonladder.jpg]

Much better! I noticed you changed the lighting direction, among other things. That seems to have made a big difference.