Scifi Sketchup Modeling

liam887 · 8 Feb 2011, 21:34

Really nice work. How do you make the organic shape of the model?

Making orthos in Photoshop and then making the rough shape using them in either sketchup with a few plugins or in 3ds max and import into SU to be worked on.
This shape is much smoother than usual luckily I have been able to use the new Artisan plugin for subdivision and smoothing.

@krisidious said:

this should be inserted into Microsoft Flight, Lock-on Flaming Cliffs 2 or X-Plane... would love to fly it.

Already on it, have somebody working on it for me, or me for them? anyway hopefully have a fully working model within the year for FSX.

stonebreaker · 8 Feb 2011, 21:48

@liam887 said:

Making orthos in Photoshop and then making the rough shape using them in either sketchup with a few plugins or in 3ds max and import into SU to be worked on.
This shape is much smoother than usual luckily I have been able to use the new Artisan plugin for subdivision and smoothing.

Thanks! I want it too

liam887 · 8 Feb 2011, 22:13

Well keep your eyes and ears about the forum I am sure more details will be released soon.

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 18:42

Have to take a break from personal projects for a few weeks now have to many live briefs to finish. Here is one I need to get boxed off asap, its a city for a video game so far I just have the plans and will have to build upon that.

SketchUpNoobie · 9 Feb 2011, 19:40

Ooh. Looking forward to seeing this one.

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 20:01

So am I, cant wait for it to be in the game and blow it up! Just edited a space elevator I made for fun a few years ago and started working on the city blocks skyscrapers etc. They dont look detailed and they are not but its going in a game so it cant be too huge, the textures will make short work of it im sure and make it look great! Plus the model wil be absolutely huge!

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 22:03

Ah sick of the push pull tool and still so many city blocks to do! If only I had a plugin for this!!

Rich O Brien · 9 Feb 2011, 22:08

There is.....

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 22:12

If its the city generator or the other one I tired them already didnt work, although it looks random its not the buildings slowly get higher towards the centre, although I guess im missing a real obvious one so please share before I try to attempt to do the other three blocks manually

Rich O Brien · 9 Feb 2011, 22:52

Have you tried....

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=16599

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 23:52

Thanks Pilou and Rich I have got all of these except compo spray ill check it out. I had forgotten about greeble actually haven't used it in a ling time I found it very fiddly and trial and error ill have a look into it tomorrow. Maybe no need to use a plugin after all as the building district is nearly complete.

pilou · 10 Feb 2011, 00:27

You can't use Compo Spray by Didier Bur?
That's allow you 8 modules and no supperposition, and some parameters so making a town is a game boy
And you can use it as a fractal process
Make 8 little towns with it and take these 8 little towns as module
etc
in a minute you have a new universe !

Also Protrude by Jim Foltz but more randomly result

dyl · 10 Feb 2011, 01:13

Still a bit of a sketchup newbie but here are some of the sets I'm building for my next comic.

dyl · 10 Feb 2011, 02:10

Oops , sorry Liam just realised this seems more like a section for your stuff thought it was just a place for sci fi models. Do you want me to move it?

liam887 · 10 Feb 2011, 10:10

No please keep them im hapy for anybody to post anything scifi in here, in truth I wish more people would but I think they are put off by the unwritten rule of thread hi=jacking.
im sure I have seen your work before that last image is familiar in my mind, have i seen another version painted over?

EDIT:
Now I know where I have seen you before http://dylansdrawingboard.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-11-22T02;20;00-08;00 your work is truly awesome! Cintiq is next on my list how do you find it to your digital drawing, im using a Intuos3 A5 wide (I find the smaller working space easier and more accurate than the A4) but am looking to upgrade. With a student discount I can get one for £1000 still pricey tho.

artysmedia · 10 Feb 2011, 11:28

You are starting with a city and maybe you can finish with a planet!

A work worthy of Atlas!

liam887 · 10 Feb 2011, 11:40

@artysmedia said:

You are starting with a city and maybe you can finish with a planet!

A work worthy of Atlas!

Planets already done you can see it in the background here>

dyl · 10 Feb 2011, 12:21

Thanks Liam. Love your models, really inspiring me as to what is possible in sketchup.

I've got the 12 inch Cintiq. I really like it though it's not quite the jump in quality from the intuos you might expect. You lose a bit of accuracy especially round the edges. It is great for drawing on though. I used to use the Intuos(I had and A4 Intuos 3) for colouring and it was brilliant I could never quite draw with it though. On the Cintiq drawing is much easier I tend to do most of my rough work on it using Manga Studio. I still prefer to do my finished work by hand.

liam887 · 10 Feb 2011, 12:52

@dyl said:

Thanks Liam. Love your models, really inspiring me as to what is possible in sketchup.

I've got the 12 inch Cintiq. I really like it though it's not quite the jump in quality from the intuos you might expect. You lose a bit of accuracy especially round the edges. It is great for drawing on though. I used to use the Intuos(I had and A4 Intuos 3) for colouring and it was brilliant I could never quite draw with it though. On the Cintiq drawing is much easier I tend to do most of my rough work on it using Manga Studio. I still prefer to do my finished work by hand.

Yes I have the same problem, coloring and filling is a dream on the intuos although the drawing leaves much to be desired I have to do that by hand and then scan it in or use a base 3D model. Love your work its pretty epic, I notice you do a lot of 2000AD thats pretty cool I actually wanted to model some of your images a while back.
I have seen mange studio but never tried it what are the benefits over photoshop/illustrator?

dyl · 10 Feb 2011, 13:11

Manga Studio is brilliant for comics. You can really tell that it's been designed for them from the ground up. It has tools for specifically for panelling up pages, letratone patterns, a whole section for lettering, special filters for speedlines I could go on. One of my favourites is the perspective ruler you can setup anchor points for one, two or three point perspective and get your tools to lock to them. Also, even though I still do most of my inking by hand, I think it's got the best inking tools of any digital program out there.