The Art of SketchUp - part 2: Sci-Fi

pilou · 26 Jul 2013, 09:14

For this Copter you use Artisan , Subdivide and Smooth or other... for the subdivision faces?

ken28875 · 29 Jul 2013, 02:00

For this Copter you use Artisan , Subdivide and Smooth or other... for the subdivision faces?

**>> Bonjour Pilou. I am mainly using TIG's set of extrusion tools (Extrude Edges by Rails, etc.). I have been using the Create Mesh from Tgi3D for lots of my organic models lately. I do have Artisan. It is a great plugin, but I somehow don't have the chance to use it a lot.

Have a great day!

_KN**

tomislavm · 29 Jul 2013, 06:12

Futuristic helicopter is one of the best for me!

pilou · 29 Jul 2013, 07:30

Thx for the infos and have happy modeling!

ken28875 · 1 Aug 2013, 23:38

@tomislavm said:

Futuristic helicopter is one of the best for me!

--> Thanks, tomislavm. Glad you like it.

@unknownuser said:

Thx for the infos and have happy modeling!

**--> You are very welcome, Pilou. Anytime. Have a great day!

_KN**

ken28875 · 18 Aug 2013, 05:42

Hi there,

Here's another futuristic helicopter.

Have a great one!

_KN

ken28875 · 1 Sept 2013, 04:42

Hello everyone,

I hope you have a good weekend.

Here are some old SketchUp models/ Alien and human props I did for the game Defiance back in early 2010.

Take care,

_KN

Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

cotty · 1 Sept 2013, 09:36

I missed the helicopter, very nicely detailed!
And really a monster forklift

ken28875 · 10 Sept 2013, 16:21

@cotty said:

I missed the helicopter, very nicely detailed!
And really a monster forklift

Thank you for your kind comment, Carsten. Glad you like the helicopter.

Good day to you!

_KN

ken28875 · 18 Sept 2013, 01:35

Hi there,

Here's a personal project. I did a few of these sci-fi interior concepts. I posted a couple of them before and will post some more later.

SketchUp + V-Ray for SketchUp + Photoshop

Hope you like it.

Have a great day!

_KN

cotty · 18 Sept 2013, 05:44

Impressive how the "simple" geometry turns out with textures!

Adorno · 20 Sept 2013, 14:42

The texturing is great, with plenty of variation giving it life.
But I'm guessing most of it is painted in PS (like scrathes and highlighted areas).

ken28875 · 26 Sept 2013, 19:14

@cotty said:

Impressive how the "simple" geometry turns out with textures!

Thanks for your kind words, Carsten!

@adorno said:

The texturing is great, with plenty of variation giving it life.
But I'm guessing most of it is painted in PS (like scrathes and highlighted areas).

Glad you like the texturing, Adorno. The SketchUp model is actually fully textured and rendered with V-Ray for SketchUp. I did the glows, high lights, scratches in PS postwork.

Here's a visual development I did a few months ago. I imported the SketchUp models into Lumion3D, rendered the image and did some PS postwork. The helicopter is from FormFonts. The boats are from Lumion3D.

I did the offshore oil rig and used one of my submarine models.

Hope you like it.

Have a great day!

_KN

Rafferty94 · 26 Sept 2013, 19:17

Awesome models and renders Ken!

ken28875 · 7 Oct 2013, 04:57

@rafferty94 said:

Awesome models and renders Ken!

Thanks for your kind words, Scott.

Hello everyone,

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

I think I posted the helicopter in my one of my older posts.

The alien UFO is a simple Sketchup model. Mountain environment in Vue and postwork in PS as usual.

I have been having fun with some police chase visual developments. Sketchup models by me, from Google warehouse, 3D models from my resource folder or Formfonts. Lumion3D for rendering and PS postwork.

Have a great week!

_KN

Gubermensch · 7 Oct 2013, 14:43

Elite! Always amazed at how poly-conscious you are. Limited file size without diminishing detail.

ken28875 · 22 Oct 2013, 00:25

@gubermensch said:

Elite! Always amazed at how poly-conscious you are. Limited file size without diminishing detail.

Thanks for your kind words, Jacob. Glad you like it.

Here's another of my sci-fi interior concepts.

SketchUp + Vray for SketchUp + PS

Have a good week!

_KN

ken28875 · 30 Dec 2013, 05:15

Hi guys,

Sorry for not posting anything for a while. I have been quite busy with work and personal stuff.

I hope you all had a great holiday season so far.

You saw this helicopter below. It is one of my favorites. Therefore I use it a lot in many of my visual developments. Lately I am in love with Lumion3D, that's why I use this software for pretty much all of my environmental concepts.

Have a wonderful new year 2014 filled with success, love, joy, prosperity, good health, friendship and everything you wish for.

All the Best,

_KN

ken28875 · 14 Jan 2014, 17:06

Hi there,

Some more concepts using the same helicopter.

Sketchup models + Lumion3D + PS

For those who play video games, these concepts are similar to the ones for FPS games like Call of duty or Battlefield.

Speaking of game, I have released my first iOS game for iPhone/iPad, using some sketchup models in there. If you have not seen it check it out:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snowyville-pro/id786865681?mt=8
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81%26amp;t=55842

Have a good day!

_KN

ken28875 · 16 Feb 2014, 08:42

Hi there,

It has been a while I have not posted any images I did for the game Defiance (http://www.trionworlds.com/en/games/defiance/).

So here they are.

Have a good weekend!

_KN