Some sketchup stuff

gaganraj

sketchup and photoshop

a rather fantastical green roof idea, a lab, and some redesigned wind turbines.

roadkill

wow very nice images... post some more, looks very interesting, can you tell us a bit more about your work and process, what do you use to render>?

boofredlay

Wow, those are great. Did you use any rendering engine at all or just SU + Photoshop?

Are you able to talk about the project? I would be interested in hearing the story behind why you created this. Very nice and thanks for posting.

Edit: roadkill beat me by half a click.

gaganraj

thanks guys. It was a personal project in conjunction with another designer to address sustainability issues. Keeping it more on the conceptual/fantastic side. I think that not censoring ideas can sometimes inspire some more realistic solutions. plus its really fun. The wind turbines are based on a venturi and a reduction in size of individual turbines. So instead of one very large cantilevered prop, you have a vertical series of smaller turbines, better able to handle variations in wind speed. The interior shape of the entire structure serves to speed up / concentrate low wind conditions.

the lab is pure fantasy.

sorry, i forgot to mention i used vray. So built in sketchup, vray render, then composite and adjust color and paint in photoshop.

i have a small sample of work at: http://www.totalrihal.com

Aernoud

Those images are great! Did you matte paint the background in photoshop? i really wanna learn that
Fantastic photoshop and sketchup skills!

gaganraj

ya, the background is matte painted, as well as all of the plants, people etc.

thanks again. this forum has taught me alot!

Teezer

Fantastical, indeed. That must be a future Los Angeles -- I recognize that smog layer...

Great work.

marked001

wow...lots of work into all of these images.. really great.....

modelling looks really great in all of them....LOVE the composition in the first image..

fella77

Wow impressive work! They are all great images but I especially like the first one....awe inspiring!

gaganraj

thanks all. ya....you gotta love LA air

archkiranjith

great renders dude..nice PS work too..i liked the lab!!what is that mechine spse to be??!!

tomislavm

Impressive work and idea!

j3nsen

WOW, great work!

jeff jacobs

These are great. The first one is especially nice. I'm a great fan of Syd Mead and your first image has Syd's influence written all over it. Great depth, great contrast between the dark foreground and the structures in the distance. Very nice work.

gaganraj

thanks guys.
ya, i attended the same school as syd mead. his influence is written on everyone that comes out of that place! but thanks again. I will post more stuff as I make it. have a great NYE!