The Art of SketchUp - part 1: Fantasy

ken28875

Hi guys,

Long time no post.

I hope all is well.

Here are some old Sketchup Conceptual models I did for the MMO Rift.

Have a great one!

_KN

Interview with Sketchupartists.org
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Interview on Nomer's blogspot.
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html

pbacot

Good to see you here and all this new work. Love your work! wonderful little Moss Houses and Kilns.

Thanks! Will visit the interviews too. Peter

ely862me

Duude ! Wonderful job ! Love it all the way ! Keep it going !!

Cyberdactyl

Hey Ken, in celebration of the Mayan calender, your image below reminds me of this video, most especially this point in the video?

ken28875

@pbacot said:

Good to see you here and all this new work. Love your work! wonderful little Moss Houses and Kilns.

Thanks! Will visit the interviews too. Peter

>> Thanks, Peter. Glad you like the Moss houses and kilns. It was fun building them as they are more organic than the usual architecture buildings.

@ely862me said:

Duude ! Wonderful job ! Love it all the way ! Keep it going !!

>> Thank you, Elisei. I will keep them coming.

[quote="Cyberdactyl"]Hey Ken, in celebration of the Mayan calender, your image below reminds me of this video, most especially this point in the video? /quote]

>> Thanks for sharing the video, Cyberdactyl. Very interesting.

Some more old sketchup concepts for Rift.

**Have a great weekend!

_KN**

Interview with Sketchupartists.org
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Interview on Nomer's blogspot.
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030&p=337096#p337096

sh00ks

Awesome work!

Cant wait to see what your input/work is in SimCity

ken28875

@sh00ks said:

Awesome work!

Cant wait to see what your input/work is in SimCity

**Thanks for your kind words, Ronald. I hope I will be able to post some of my building concepts I did for Simcity 5 soon.

Here are some fairy house concepts.**

**Please watch for my next post on my sci-fi thread in a few days. I will post some new personal sketchup models that I did during the past month after my contract ended with EA/Maxis (Simcity).

Happy holidays to you, your family and loved ones!

_KN**

Interview with Sketchupartists.org
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Interview on Nomer's blogspot.
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030&p=337096#p337096

cotty

@ken28875 said:

Here are some fairy house concepts.

They might be a little bit drafty, but they are very nice!

ken28875

@cotty said:

@ken28875 said:

Here are some fairy house concepts.

They might be a little bit drafty, but they are very nice!

**>> Yes, kind of drafty indeed. Thanks for your comment, Carsten.

Here are some spider egg and wasp hive.

Have a great day!

_KN**

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030&p=337096#p337096
Interview with Sketchupartists.org
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Interview on Nomer's blogspot.
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html

ken28875

Hello everyone,

I went to my archived files and I digged out one of my first tasks working on the MMO Rift. It was back in early 2006, almost 7 years ago.

The first image is the conceptual model that was approved by the Art Director, although I kind of like the second one which is a little bit more fantasy.

Have a great day!

_KN

The approved conceptual model from 2006 was later re-used and redesigned into a different fortress about two years later. I did post some images earlier in this thread. But this is the one I was referring to in case you have not seen it.

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030&p=337096#p337096
Interview with Sketchupartists.org
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Interview on Nomer's blogspot.
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html

liam887

@ken28875 said:

Hello everyone,

I went to my archived files and I digged out one of my first tasks working on the MMO Rift. It was back in early 2006, almost 7 years ago.

The first image is the conceptual model that was approved by the Art Director, although I kind of like the second one which is a little bit more fantasy.

Have a great day!

_KN

The approved conceptual model from 2006 was later re-used and redesigned into a different fortress about two years later. I did post some images earlier in this thread. But this is the one I was referring to in case you have not seen it.

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030&p=337096#p337096
Interview with Sketchupartists.org
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Interview on Nomer's blogspot.
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html

I remember this...awesome!

pilou

@unknownuser said:

I hope I will be able to post some of my building concepts I did for Simcity 5 soon.

This one ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88OHcL-JouQ

ATLAStudio

I suspect my rate of work will drop off significantly when this game comes out...looks great

Daniel

impressive, inspiring work, Ken.

Bryan K

Dang! I WANT that game!

And yes, impressive work Ken.

ken28875

@ Pilou, James, Daniel and Bryan K:
Thanks for your kind comments and interest in the game Simcity 5.

It is coming out on March 5th.

Check out the website:
http://www.simcity.com/

I worked on all kind of buildings : commercial (hotels, boutiques, supermarkets, etc.), residential (apartments, houses, trailers, etc.), industrial (Warehouses, Coalbreakers, etc.).

Hopefully, when the game is out and I get permission from PR, I will post lots of higher res architectural concepts I did.

Since I am still under NDA, I cannot post high resolution images to show you what I did work on. But here are some screenshots from the games (you can find the videos on youtube) as well as corresponding concept art.

We had 3 in-house concept artists in charge of doing some buildings for Paris, London and Berlin. I got the task of designing the British apartments. But at the end, I was assigned to do all of the 3 cities.

So here are the London ones for our English friends. I know we have lots of them in the Sketchucation forum.