Looking for a tutorial for drawing a flower

Mike Lucey · 3 Oct 2009, 21:58

Hi Oma,

I am not aware of any particular tutorials for flower making but you could learn a lot by downloading some flowers from 3D Warehouse and dissect them to see how they were modeled and put together. Its really not as complex as it looks at first glance. Be sure to switch 'ON' Hidden Geometry in the View Menu as it shows the construction.

I am attaching a picture of a flower modeled by Top Sketch and uploaded to the 3D Warehouse. This is the link, http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=e96e0f3375e5f601bd54aff0ec2d4573&prevstart=0

Keep us posted on your progress.

Mike

Oma · 4 Oct 2009, 15:21

thanks you I managed to get the download and the hidden geometry showing. but from there I'm at a total loss. I'm so new to this 3d graphics I'm not sure what all the little mesh like lines indicate on the drawing.

so its back to square one for me. thanks for trying to help.

ciao OMA

Ecuadorian · 4 Oct 2009, 16:18

@oma said:

I'm so new to this 3d graphics

I think you should first try modeling simpler things before attempting to model a flower. First stop, the video tutorials:
http://sketchup.google.com/training/videos/new_to_gsu.html

On second thought, I don't think SketchUp is the best program for modeling flowers. It was created for modeling buildings. Some of the things you see in the 3D warehouse were actually modeled in another program and then converted to SketchUp. You might want to try other options, such as Z-brush, MOI, Blender, etc.

d12dozr · 4 Oct 2009, 17:53

Here are a couple links to help you model irregular surfaces in sketchup:

This site is FULL of excellent tips, tricks, and methods:
http://sites.google.com/site/sketchupsage/tips-tricks

d12dozr · 5 Oct 2009, 16:29

Wow, Johnny, that's really good...thanks for your ideas!

Mike Lucey · 5 Oct 2009, 18:19

Thanks for doing the Tut Jean. Hey! you 'squeezed' a lot of petals in there

Oma · 6 Oct 2009, 01:25

thanks you for the tut. I now have some reading to do to figure out how to do each of these steps. It will take me a bit but to get my flower done but now I at least know the proper sequence.

thanks ever so much

ciao OMA

mitcorb · 6 Oct 2009, 02:49

Just an observation here. I tried to download Jean Lemire's flower.skp
I cannot open it, because it requires Sketchup 7.1
I do not currently have 7.1
This may be a difficulty for others, also.

Jean Lemire · 6 Oct 2009, 07:47

Hi Oma, hi folks.

See this SU file for ideas.

Flower.skp

Gaieus · 6 Oct 2009, 07:48

SU 7.0 should open SU 7.1 files just fine. I've "downgraded" the file above to version 6 however.

Jean Lemire · 7 Oct 2009, 14:45

Hi Gaieus, hi folks.

Thanks, I am so used with SU 7 now that I have forgotten that some peoples are still using SU 6.

Best regards.

Anssi · 7 Oct 2009, 20:50

Thanks Jean,

I love your modeling tutorials. It's like being a small kid again, watching as my father started to shape something out of a small piece of wood or tin, wondering what it would become, and usually it became something totally unexpected...

Anssi

wayne06oh · 15 Jul 2013, 03:50

Hi Jean I cant seem to get to step 8 as the program says there is a limit problem. how do i get through that??