The Art of SketchUp - part 2: Sci-Fi

ken28875 · 12 Oct 2010, 06:18

@ Marcus and Michalis: Thanks for your feedback. Yes, the plan was to have the lines thinner so you can see the details.

@ Liam: I would not mind to give the file to you if you want to do a paintover. But it is huge...something like 40 MB. For those who love numbers, the model has over 100 components and it has almost 2 millions polygons.

All right, I finally finished it. It took me 3 weeks, working a few hours each night. I am like a zombie now, but I think these sleepless nights were worth it.

Here is the final submission:

You can see the DeviantArt submission here:

(browse.deviantart.com)

What's next? I will go back to finish my 2 fantasy interiors that I was working on.

I hope you had enjoyed following this thread of the WIP of the Starship as much as I enjoyed working on it. I really appreciate everyone kind comments and support.

Thank you and have a good night (I will be sleeping for the next few days... )

All the Best,

_KN

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shura · 12 Oct 2010, 07:38

MASSIVE!

liam887 · 12 Oct 2010, 10:34

Yeah thanks it has great lines to will be easier to paint and dont worry 40MB is ok but wont get round to it for a while im really busy with work and university.

amazing!
Be careful tho im sure the rules stated 6 line drawings and then an optional 'single' piece of concept work that can be rendered painted etc. You sure you can have that many images on the submission?
Anyway good luck thats a sure winner or top three it has to be if not I cant wait to see what the other entries were!!!!

Solidseal · 12 Oct 2010, 16:21

Very nice.
You are allready a winner. However, there are a few in the contest that have very very impressive ships.

Good luck

ken28875 · 12 Oct 2010, 16:27

@ Shura: haha, that's the idea. Thank you.

@ Liam: Yes, I did carefully read the rules and was wondering how to break them without being disqualified. Rules are made to be broken, right? I browse all the other entries and most of them (the best ones) somehow broke the rules. Technically, we added more to the submission. Anyway, I think the most important parts are the 6 views as the colored render is optional. I believe this contest is not about who can have the best render but who can give them what they need to build a starship, which is the schematic line drawing . People at CCP have their own textures and set of colors for each race already. So this is my strategy, if I give them the best line drawing with details in real and accurate dimensions, I will have more chance to get a prize.

My other plan is actually to sell them the model if I win. They want the line drawing to build their model. But why do it when they can actually have the real model. I am guessing, it will take more than 3 weeks (working 4-5 hours a day) for a Maya or Max user to build this kind of detailed model. So they will save time and money if they buy mine. It's a win-win situation.

So I may not be able to give you the model, if assuming I win and they want to buy my model. Will see.

Take care,

_KN

Ghalko · 12 Oct 2010, 21:13

Just an idea for the contest: I play a bit of Eve, so "Typhon" is awfully close to "Typhoon" a ship in an enemy faction. You might not want to actually name the ship, allowing CCP to do that as they have naming schemes.

I was thinking of submitting with an Angel faction ship (seen by unknown pilots and only recently confirmed as a background story.) But I am no where even close to as good, my ideas might be good, but can't get them to form very well. Only recently picked up plug-ins.

I wish you the best, though I will probably be shooting at yours rather than flying it. Though it looks like it could certainly put a dent in anything it comes across.

dolphus · 13 Oct 2010, 04:54

Holding thumbs for you Ken....you ARE a winner..the best!!! Good luck

teofas · 13 Oct 2010, 06:42

wheres the bow icon!!!! i cant find it!!!! hehe well you know what i think of your work, an inspiration brother!!

ken28875 · 14 Oct 2010, 03:54

@ Solidseal: Thanks for your kind words. Yes, there are many great submissions. It will be a tough decision for the judges.

@ Ghalko: Thanks for the feedback. I am not an Eve player and did not know much about the Eve universe till this contest. I just checked, and you were right, there is ship named Typhoon. Oh well...it's not a big deal...they can always rename my ship. LOL

@ Thank you for you support, Mr. Cochrane.

@ Thank you for your nice comment, Teo. I am glad my sketchup models are an inspiration to you. Your Vray renders really inspire me to learn and improve my Vray skills.

Have a nice day!

_KN

liam887 · 18 Oct 2010, 00:36

epic, my work is in today so ill celebrate not having time to enter the competition by making one for fun anyway, wish me luck!
looks great by the way, you far exceeded my expectations on this job!

ken28875 · 18 Oct 2010, 17:44

@liam887 said:

epic, my work is in today so ill celebrate not having time to enter the competition by making one for fun anyway, wish me luck!
looks great by the way, you far exceeded my expectations on this job!

Hi Liam,

Thanks for your kind words. Honestly, I wasn't sure where I was going and how the model would end up looking like. I just kept on working, adding details and figuring out at the same time how to model some parts of the starship. It's kind of a trial and error since it is the first time I did such a big detailed model.

Glad to hear you did finish yours. Which one was it by the way? Could you please send me the link?

Best,

_KN

ken28875 · 18 Oct 2010, 19:47

Sharing some old student projects.

Modelled in Sketchup and exported into Studio Max for texturing and rendering.

Have a great day,

_KN

numbthumb · 18 Oct 2010, 20:03

Wow...Stuff like this makes me feel totally incompetent. Congratulations, Ken!
BTW whats´ wrong with the girl´s leg?

liam887 · 19 Oct 2010, 02:29

@ken28875 said:

@liam887 said:

epic, my work is in today so ill celebrate not having time to enter the competition by making one for fun anyway, wish me luck!
looks great by the way, you far exceeded my expectations on this job!

Hi Liam,

Thanks for your kind words. Honestly, I wasn't sure where I was going and how the model would end up looking like. I just kept on working, adding details and figuring out at the same time how to model some parts of the starship. It's kind of a trial and error since it is the first time I did such a big detailed model.

Glad to hear you did finish yours. Which one was it by the way? Could you please send me the link?

Best,

_KN

ahh no you misheard I never submitted but im going to make one anyway just for fun as I have more free time now and no looming deadlines I just posted some pre-lim work but its subject to change. I think I want the ship vertical orientated and change the whole design but still keeping some of the core components I have still modeled.

ken28875 · 20 Oct 2010, 19:18

EVE Online Contest

The 15 finalists were chosen and I am quite disappointed with the judging.

I did not even get in!

Lots of people commented and disagreed with the chosen ones.

You can see them here:

302 Found

(news.deviantart.com)

Oh, well...it was not a waste of time for me as it was quite a great experience working on my starship and improving my Sketchup modeling skills.

Thanks for all your kind comments and support during the 3 weeks I was working on the Starship.

Regards,

_KN

dolphus · 22 Oct 2010, 05:05

Ken I had a look at the other entrants and I must say I am astounded that your ship was not included, one can only wonder what the "judges" are smoking, in my opinion I would have been disappointed if you were not voted No 1, you been robbed......

ken28875 · 18 Nov 2010, 06:51

Hey there,

Here's a personal project I did a couple of years ago.

Buildings and cars are modeled in Sketchup and the rest as well as the final render was done in Photoshop.

Have a great one,

_KN

michaliszissiou · 18 Nov 2010, 11:40

So the creature is a 2d painting?
Well done, you need a sculpture app Ken. Its time to involved with this.
I could work some more on shadows, a hard-light overlay of a wall-plaster-painted tex could do the GI trick.

orgelf · 18 Nov 2010, 14:28

the Giant Spaceship is clearly a Masterpiece

incredible !!

thanks for posting

Ghalko · 3 Dec 2010, 00:03

So about that awesome spaceship:

Another chance has come up, very similar rules but this time all Eve community feedback. http://www.evecontest.com/finalvote/

I might try but a 3 week window is really too small for someone with many ideas but no solid spaceship experience such as myself. Hope you resubmit, it would get my vote.

Let me know if I should post a separate thread or something.