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    • urgenU Offline
      urgen
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      ...good low-poly collection Pete! ๐Ÿ‘

      --pupil forever...------

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      • pbacotP Offline
        pbacot
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        Nice sturtiums, Pete, They look very realistic, especially the leaves. They are a very rangy plant that crawls all over in happy disarray and the flowers tend to be floppy and rarely perfect like this, but this is fine, very fine.

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        • soloS Offline
          solo
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          Thanks guys, and I noticed they are very rangy, I will try modify them to look less organised.

          Fern, Adenium, Daffodils and rocks.


          http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9770/evenmoreplantszp5.jpg

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • DanielD Offline
            Daniel
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            Pete, your work is always amazing. I've a few requests:
            A larger, denser liriope; they are very popular here, growing about 18" tall and very dense.
            a hellebore (linten rose)
            flowering crepe myrtle

            My avatar is an anachronism.

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              rcossoli
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              excellent job Pete!!!, something normal in you, the truth you can buy these plants is because they are very good and in sketchup is not always easy with vegetation so real, I guess that tell us where you can buy, grating

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                steelers05
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                Solo these look great, I havent completely read through this thread so I apologize if I am repeating this question, but what did you use to map the textures? Im pretty sure photoshop cs4 can handle mapping on 3d objects, as well as zbrush...did you use any of these or was it in 3ds max?

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                  Roger
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                  Solo I am doing a photography collection of desert flora. Any interest or too limited in its reach.

                  http://www.azcreative.com

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                  • EarthMoverE Offline
                    EarthMover
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                    Pete, I know quite a few landscape designers and architects that will jump on your collection. If I may add my requests....

                    More ornamental grasses. Specifically Miscanthus Gracillimus Maiden Grass, Karl Forester Feather Reed Grass and Karley Rose Fountain Grass. These are staples in northeast landscape design and something I'm currently lacking in my collection.

                    Just to give you a run down of what LA's in my zone (6b) would be looking for:

                    Perennial staples - Rudbeckia (Black Eyed Susan), Echinacea (Coneflower), Perovskia (Russian Sage), Shasta Daisy, Lavendula, Gaillardia (Blanket Flower), Autumn Joy Sedum, Hosta, Phlox, Daylilly, Huechera (Coral Bell) & Dianthus.

                    Evergreen Shrub staples - Boxwood, Otto Luyken Cherry Laurel, Schipkaensis Laurel, Ilex Glabra (Inkberry Holly), Pieris, PJM Rhodedendron

                    Flowering Shrub staples - Spirea, Knockout Rose, Hydrangea, Crape Myrtle, Weigelia, Lilac, Forsythia, Viburnum

                    Other things would be ornatmental trees such as weeping cherry, dogwood and flowering crabapple
                    Dwarf and weeping conifers such as globe blue spruce, hinoki cypress, weeping blue atlas cedar, weeping alaskan cedar

                    Those are just a few of the many I use all the time in my designs. Even having just a few of these in 3D format would be worth the purchase of the collection.

                    What you posted so far would not be of much benefit to a landscape designer in my climate, except as use in annual gardens and planters, with the exception of the liriope and ferns.

                    Overall A+ on the modeling. I think it would behoove you to also release this collection in .vob format for Vue users, perhaps on cornicopia3d.com

                    3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                    Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                    Content Creator at Skapeup

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                    • soloS Offline
                      solo
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                      Thanks again guys.

                      Adam, that's quite a list, you giving me room for a few collections there.

                      The first collection is nearing an end, here are a few more:

                      Daffodils (re-done), English meadow flowers, Hydreangeas and some generic wild flowers.


                      http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2882/solocollection2wa0.jpg

                      And the water lily.

                      SU output

                      http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6522/waterlilysuwi7.jpg

                      Vue render

                      http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4169/waterlilymr1.jpg

                      http://www.solos-art.com

                      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                        steelers05
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                        Solo did u see my previous post? Still really curious how u mapped the textures

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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
                          last edited by

                          Steelers, sorry 'bout that.

                          I am planning to put my texturing process in form of a tutorial that will be available soon when the new SCF happens, I can say that it's a combination of projected textures and polygon sampling (difficult to explain, hence video is needed)

                          I have started setting up my 3D gardens page for soon release here : http://solosplace.com/3Dgarden.aspx
                          I am still posting images of the Solo 3D Garden pack1 and I explain about the textures also.

                          http://www.solos-art.com

                          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                          • StinkieS Offline
                            Stinkie
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                            Looking forward to both the tut and the models. ๐Ÿ‘

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                            • EarthMoverE Offline
                              EarthMover
                              last edited by

                              Looks like a great collection Pete. Any idea of what the cost will be? Even just a price range will help. I moderate on a forum for landscape and outdoor construction guys and I'd be happy to spread the word over there for you. I've turned a lot of those guys on to Sketchup and they all complain regularly about the lack of plants.

                              Have you thought about whipping up a few quick variations of flower pots to include in the collection? Even in my climate, the palms and such would be useful if they could go on a patio in a pot.

                              3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                              Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                              Content Creator at Skapeup

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                              • soloS Offline
                                solo
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                                Adam

                                Good Idea on the pots, I will look into it.

                                Thanks for the offer to promote my collection, every bit counts.

                                Did you see my recent inclusion?, that's mean't as a joke...or is it? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                As for price, I have looked around at Cornicopia, Turbo squid, and a few other sites for an idea but they are just rediculously expensive, I would not dream of such prices, I was wondering what y'all think (hope this question doesn't bite me on the ass) I should charge.

                                http://www.solos-art.com

                                If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                  EarthMover
                                  last edited by

                                  haha the flamingo! Nice touch! Or did you mean the gnome? Either way, very clever.

                                  Pete, you've gotta talk the ruby guys into creating a Scatter Ruby for sketchup. I've been playing with scatter tool in max lately and can't help but thing how much that would help in sketchup with things like plants and grass. Since all components have gluing planes and snap to faces and edges, I don't think this would be impossible. I'd image for what you are doing, it would be great to scatter leaves on branches or quills on a cactus. Just a thought.

                                  3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                  Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                  Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                    thomthom
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                                    @earthmover said:

                                    haha the flamingo! Nice touch! Or did you mean the gnome? Either way, very clever.

                                    Pete, you've gotta talk the ruby guys into creating a Scatter Ruby for sketchup. I've been playing with scatter tool in max lately and can't help but thing how much that would help in sketchup with things like plants and grass. Since all components have gluing planes and snap to faces and edges, I don't think this would be impossible. I'd image for what you are doing, it would be great to scatter leaves on branches or quills on a cactus. Just a thought.

                                    Like Component Spray?

                                    Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                    • EarthMoverE Offline
                                      EarthMover
                                      last edited by

                                      As far as I've tried, I can't get compospray to work on things like cylinders and spheres. Here's a video showing how scatter works in Max if you want to take a stab at it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpCRPf0ARtg&feature=PlayList&p=05436D32294883CD&playnext=1&index=2

                                      I'd imagine in sketchup. a scatter tool would have to be limited to the individual faces that form the sphere. I was just thinking for making things like trees and plants, scattering along a cylinder type object would be very useful. Perhaps you can do it with compospray and I'm just missing how.

                                      3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                      Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                      Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                        steelers05
                                        last edited by

                                        Sounds great. These look really awesome and I trust they willl be well worth whatever you charge. Anxiously awaiting. Thank you in advance

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                                        • R Offline
                                          Ross Macintosh
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Pete!
                                          I see your plants collection is now offered for sale. (http://solosplace.com/3Dgarden.aspx) I'm happy to be one of the first to purchase the set and to support you in this venture. I'm sure the components will be very useful.

                                          Regards, Ross

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            Textures have been carefully mapped and applied using projections and polygon sampling, so exploding groups will destroy the UV mapping.

                                            I've not experienced that.

                                            Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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