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    • andybotA Offline
      andybot
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      michalis, this is amazing! Really wish I had more time to tinker, but paying work comes first, and family, so the only thing left is sleep πŸ˜† I am getting my head around the nodes though, it's not as complicated as it seems πŸ‘ β˜€

      http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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      • Bryan KB Offline
        Bryan K
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        I first experimented with Blender years ago. Loved it! But yes, the learning curve is very steep. Due to time problems (as usual) I was very happy to find SketchUp and become productive must faster than Blender.

        But I hope to eventually go back to Blender because it IS so versatile. It can even make games!

        See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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        • pilouP Offline
          pilou
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          @unknownuser said:

          I know nothing about blender maybe someone can tell me the difference in freestyle ,and others on this website

          For the prog itself ?
          It's the most amazing polygon subdivision modeler prog at this day! 😎
          He can makes quasi all from a cube to a Movie and games and like Sketchup a plugin or a new function born all the days! β˜€

          And it's free! 😎

          But there is a little "but" πŸ˜‰
          The learning curve is not in minutes like Sketchup, or hours or weeks or months ; Minimun a year if you fall in love with it! πŸ’š

          Of course it's free and that is also one reason of its success like Sketchup πŸ˜‰

          Frenchy Pilou
          Is beautiful that please without concept!
          My Little site :)

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          • pbacotP Offline
            pbacot
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            Great sculpting. I thought I asked before but curious why do you use the computer for this? You obviously can do this by hand. I would think it it more direct by hand in clay or wax. Or is it?

            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
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              Maybe the CTRL + is not the same and more light (not heavy) than marble πŸ˜„
              And less problem for the health-enhancing!
              And some times won if you want make some serial editions, you have yet the file! πŸ˜„

              And no need some tools πŸ˜‰

              http://pascalfrancois.com/sculpteur-peintre/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/outils-web.jpg

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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              • michaliszissiouM Offline
                michaliszissiou
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                @unknownuser said:

                I thought I asked before but curious why do you use the computer for this? You obviously can do this by hand. I would think it it more direct by hand in clay or wax. Or is it?

                πŸ˜†
                Not that simple. I'm a lazy artist.

                1. for real sculpting, you need a studio, far away from neighbors, especially if you work at night and on stones.
                2. I'm a 2d artist, in 3d sculpting, I found a nice tool for studying drawing.
                3. Yeah the tools, funny, because such tools exist in digital form too. ha ha

                Anyway, computers is just another medium. Some people asked me once, why watercolors? You can do better in oil painting. (and ask for better prices actually 🀣 )

                @ Bryan K
                It's about blender sculpting, which is much different than modeling. It's not fair to compare it with SU, artisan for instance, we're talking about huge meshes, retopology, UVs and baking workaround.
                After all these last years, blender became a much better app than it was. I don't see any reason to be more productive in SU. After all, blender 2.6x has pushpull and inset tool (F) as well. LOL (it also supports ngons which I, personally, find it a little useless).
                We also have two fine artists on this forum (french, je ne l'oublie pas, pilou πŸ˜„ ), who use both SU and blender.

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
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                  Alas no I don't use very much Blender, I would like but this prog don't loves me! 😳
                  I know how it works but every time I open it, I have all forgotten! 😳

                  http://mythologica.fr/grec/pic/sisyphe.jpg

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
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                    @Pilou

                    Blender and wine don't blend πŸ˜‰

                    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
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                      @michaliszissiou
                      It's exactly my case : so I put the stone on the bottom's mountain and use more funny progs! πŸ˜’ πŸ˜„
                      Maybe a day on some years some friendly UI will be appear πŸ˜„

                      @ Rich
                      But with this particular Wine Yes! πŸ’š

                      Frenchy Pilou
                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                      My Little site :)

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                      • michaliszissiouM Offline
                        michaliszissiou
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                        "My" blender involvement isn't so far different from what you describe.
                        After spending a peaceful year with SU I started learning zbrush and blender.
                        A love story 🀣
                        No, two love stories.
                        We should say Eros stories.
                        (since Eros was the child of Night (Nyx)
                        Like his mother he still blossoms at nigh, he also doesn't care about money.
                        From his fisherman father he also learned how to use nets.
                        Sorry, unable to recollect correctly, (from Plato's symposium)

                        Now, think about the language barrier.
                        Eros and love are two quite different words-meanings in greek language. Ancient or modern.
                        How can I translate them? Love and love?
                        Don't even dare to translate Eros as sex or something. It's quite irrelevant.

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                        • michaliszissiouM Offline
                          michaliszissiou
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                          @Pilou
                          This image of sisyphos... describes blender better than a thousand words. No jokes, it's so true.
                          Maybe I'll try it on the next blender splash-screen contest. What an idea!
                          πŸ˜†

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                          • Bryan KB Offline
                            Bryan K
                            last edited by

                            michaliszissiou, you have caused me look at blender again. I see they now have better tutorials than ever before. (yes, it's been a few years)

                            Dang it! Not enough time in the day! πŸ˜†

                            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                            • michaliszissiouM Offline
                              michaliszissiou
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                              @ Bryan K
                              Always download latest version of blender 2.6x from graphicall.org. The trunk builds, except if you like to experiment with sculptring dyntopo branch.
                              And a small addon to all users. My favorite UI skin. A little modified from an existing preset. Just copy it to application support/blender/2.63/scripts/presets/interface themes
                              Open blender prefs and under Themes tab enable it (upper left pulldown menu). Save prefs if you lie it.
                              https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24090090/michalis.xml

                              Another fast one doodle. If byzantines where sculpting... how it could look like? πŸ˜†

                              https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24090090/byzant2.jpg

                              https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24090090/byzHeads2.jpg

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                              • stefanqS Offline
                                stefanq
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                                Michalis, I admire your talent and dedication, but I keep ask myself why you still have that avatar and not one of your amazing "doodles" . πŸ˜„
                                And by the way...if that is a doodle, we all should grow corn.
                                Regards,
                                Stefan

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                                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Mick's avatar was done in Artisan. His favourite sculpting tool πŸ‘

                                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                  • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                    michaliszissiou
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks for the kind comments.
                                    I call them doodles because this is what they are.
                                    I don't have any particular concept in mind when sitting and sculpting.
                                    I may do some boolean operations first, then sculpt on it, then translate it to something else.
                                    As for the avatar, I like it. It's a bit funny. Made by artisan and rendered as a SU raw export.
                                    I like all the sculpting tools-apps I tested so far. All of them. It's a bit irrelevant to what I prefer to work with.

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                                    • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                      michaliszissiou
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                                      Testing Oli's hdris. A blender/cycles render. 30 secs. 300 passes, 1600x1200 px (before cropping)
                                      I used a very wide lens for testing possible distortions. Great work from Oli!
                                      This produced quite out of scale effect, but it's a test.
                                      There's a trick to use jpgs as hdri lighting. I made a second image 32 bit, lot of contrast. This is is invisible to cycles camera and only lights the scene. Another node for the original jpg background.

                                      https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24090090/OliHDRtest.jpg

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
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                                        Auguste Rodin ? β˜€

                                        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Rodin-cropped.png/220px-Rodin-cropped.png

                                        Frenchy Pilou
                                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                        My Little site :)

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                                        • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                          michaliszissiou
                                          last edited by

                                          Is this a request?
                                          It's coming soon. πŸ˜†

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                                          • pilouP Offline
                                            pilou
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                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            Is this a request?

                                            Not aespecially i had found some resemblance with your last work πŸ˜„

                                            Frenchy Pilou
                                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                            My Little site :)

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