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    cotty
    last edited by 25 Jan 2015, 07:11

    great! πŸ‘

    my SketchUp gallery

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      andyc
      last edited by 25 Jan 2015, 07:23

      Fantastic work. Great design ideas, beautifully presented as usual.
      I always look forward to your updates Ken. Inspiring!

      Cheers,

      Andy

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        pbacot
        last edited by 25 Jan 2015, 18:38

        Thanks for the updates Ken. Like the wireframe!

        How do you go about your textures for the SIM City demos? E.g. are the brownstone walls all one texture or separate for every brick or 2-3 textures separated by bricklike borders? And how do you go about acquiring or making the textures, e.g. if you need that tar roof texture?

        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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          jeff hammond
          last edited by 25 Jan 2015, 19:12

          @ken28875 said:

          Hello everyone,

          I dug into my Simcity concept folder and found a few more. I won't have anymore concepts for Simcity. These were some of the last ones I did for the game about 2 years ago.

          These concepts were inspired by Brownstone architecture.

          Enjoy and have a great week!

          _KN

          R_Gen_W1D2_Brownstone_05_01_Detailed_Concept

          that looks like my house! πŸ˜„

          dotdotdot

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            pilou
            last edited by 25 Jan 2015, 19:20

            LeMOG
            A cool modeler about the old Paris and other towns! πŸ˜‰ (site)

            modelings 😲 (workflow etc)

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

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              ken28875
              last edited by 17 May 2015, 00:12

              Thanks for your comment, Jeff.

              Merci Pilou for the LeMOG's link. I saw his stuff before. Really nice and detailed.

              @pbacot said:

              Thanks for the updates Ken. Like the wireframe!

              How do you go about your textures for the SIM City demos? E.g. are the brownstone walls all one texture or separate for every brick or 2-3 textures separated by bricklike borders? And how do you go about acquiring or making the textures, e.g. if you need that tar roof texture?

              Thank Peter for your kind words and interest.

              I used tileable/simless textures. I got them from CGTextures.com as well other websites. I usually open them in Photoshop and do some paintover, color correction, etc. to fit my needs.

              As for the borders between the different types of bricks, I use the free hand pencil tool and draw them as you can see in the image below.

              Have a great weekend! πŸ˜‰

              _KN


              Chicago_Apartment_textures.jpg

              Follow Your Dreams.

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                pbacot
                last edited by 17 May 2015, 03:02

                Thank you Ken. Real artistry indeed!

                MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                  ken28875
                  last edited by 17 May 2015, 04:39

                  @pbacot said:

                  Thank you Ken. Real artistry indeed!

                  You're welcome, Peter.

                  Hi all,

                  Here are some more concepts for the game Skylanders Trap Team.

                  This level is called Clock, where the players go through some clock mechanisms.

                  That was quite fun working on it. I will post more concept of the clock environment later.

                  SketchUp + V-Ray + Photoshop

                  Best,

                  _KN


                  Level_307_Clock_image_61a_concept.jpg


                  Level_307_Clock_image_61a_skp_lines.jpg


                  Level_307_Clock_image_62_concept.jpg


                  Level_307_Clock_image_62_skp_lines.jpg


                  Level_307_Clock_image_62_platform_concept.jpg


                  Level_307_Clock_image_62_platform_skp_lines.jpg


                  Level_307_Clock_image_62a_concept.jpg


                  Level_307_Clock_image_62a_skp_lines.jpg

                  Follow Your Dreams.

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                    cotty
                    last edited by 17 May 2015, 07:05

                    @ken28875 said:

                    That was quite fun working on it.

                    Not only working on it, watching it here too!

                    my SketchUp gallery

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                      pilou
                      last edited by 18 May 2015, 00:27

                      Amazing game! 😎

                      Maybe this can interest you ? πŸ˜„

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

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                        ken28875
                        last edited by 6 Jun 2015, 17:28

                        Thanks for the comment Carsten.

                        Merci for the video, Pilou. Very interesting.

                        Hello everyone,

                        Here's another concept for Skylanders Trap Team.

                        SketchUp + Photoshop

                        Have a great weekend!

                        _KN


                        325_Flynn_XP_view_03.jpg


                        325_Flynn_XP_view_03_skp.jpg

                        Follow Your Dreams.

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                          ken28875
                          last edited by 5 Jul 2015, 08:47

                          Hello everyone,

                          Here an interior concept of an arena for Skylanders Trap Team.

                          SketchUp + V-Ray FS + Photoshop

                          Take care, πŸ˜‰

                          _KN


                          361_Arena.jpg


                          361_Arena_skp.jpg

                          Follow Your Dreams.

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                            ken28875
                            last edited by 6 Sept 2015, 16:32

                            Hi there,

                            Here's another concept,

                            Have a great weekend!

                            _KN


                            325_Flynn_XP_view_04.jpg


                            325_Flynn_XP_view_04_skp.jpg

                            Follow Your Dreams.

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                              cotty
                              last edited by 6 Sept 2015, 16:34

                              From the rendered version alone I would have never thought about SketchUp as the modeling software, nict to see both versions!

                              my SketchUp gallery

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                                ken28875
                                last edited by 7 Nov 2015, 17:25

                                @cotty said:

                                From the rendered version alone I would have never thought about SketchUp as the modeling software, nict to see both versions!

                                Thanks for your comment, Carsten.

                                Hello all,

                                Here's a concept of the interior of one of the temples from the previous exterior concepts.

                                Have a great day!

                                _KN


                                325_Flynn_XP_interior.jpg


                                325_Flynn_XP_interior_lines.jpg

                                Follow Your Dreams.

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                                  pbacot
                                  last edited by 7 Nov 2015, 23:37

                                  That's fantastic! Wish i could watch your process and how it seems you model irregular shapes so well (always trying to figure out fast ways of doing stone).

                                  Inspiring--and when you say "Follow Your Dreams." It seems that is NOT just empty words. You're doing it.

                                  MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                    cotty
                                    last edited by 8 Nov 2015, 19:33

                                    πŸ‘

                                    my SketchUp gallery

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                                      ken28875
                                      last edited by 2 Dec 2015, 08:57

                                      @pbacot said:

                                      That's fantastic! Wish i could watch your process and how it seems you model irregular shapes so well (always trying to figure out fast ways of doing stone).

                                      Inspiring--and when you say "Follow Your Dreams." It seems that is NOT just empty words. You're doing it.

                                      Thanks for your kind words, Peter. πŸ˜„

                                      @ Carsten: Thanks for your πŸ‘

                                      Hi there,

                                      Here's another concept for Skylanders Trap Team.

                                      Have a terrific day!

                                      _KN


                                      353_Horde.jpg


                                      353_Horde_skp_lines.jpg

                                      Follow Your Dreams.

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                                        ken28875
                                        last edited by 13 Dec 2015, 17:24

                                        Hello there,

                                        I hope everyone had a great weekend.

                                        I mentioned to you that I have started a new job almost two years ago. The game Chronoblade has finally launched in Korea last May and in China on October. It is available on Android and iOS.

                                        It's coming to the West (USA and Europe) sometime in 2016.

                                        Here's a concept for the Hubtown, where the players start.

                                        The first image shows the background with UI (User Interface) and the second has the background without UI.

                                        Cheers!

                                        _KN


                                        Chronoblade_hubtown_01.jpg


                                        Chronoblade_hubtown_02.jpg


                                        Chronoblade_hubtown_03.jpg

                                        Follow Your Dreams.

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                                          ken28875
                                          last edited by 13 Feb 2017, 05:33

                                          Dear Friends,

                                          Wow, it has been more than a year since my last post.

                                          I disappeared for a while, but don't worry, I am still alive and back with a bunch of new concepts.

                                          In case you were wondering what happened to me, here a quick summary. The company that I was working for on the mobile game Chronoblade ran out of funding and they shut down the Art Department and laid off the Art Director and Concept Artists. 😞

                                          However, as someone once said, when one door closes another opens, I got a new job. But I had to move to Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks, to be exact). I am no longer working in the game industry, but in the entertainment/theme park type of projects. Indeed, the new company is Victory Hill Entertainment and I am currently doing concepts for Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N shows that opened in Paris, New York, Seoul, Las Vegas and Singapore. Check out the website:
                                          http://www.victoryhillexhibitions.com/

                                          I am also doing concepts for the upcoming Hasbro Transformers shows. I can't wait to share some of the latest concepts with you guys.

                                          In the meantime, I can show you all the concepts I did for Chronoblade.

                                          The concepts below are for the first chapter of the game.

                                          Chronoblade is a mix of fantasy and sci-fi, therefore I will split my concepts in the fantasy and sci-fi threads.

                                          Thanks for stopping and have a terrific week! πŸ˜‰

                                          _KN


                                          Ragnarok_Hjollborg_concept.jpg


                                          Ragnarok_Hjollborg_concept_Skp_lines.jpg


                                          Midgard_Burning_Village_concept.jpg


                                          Ragnarok_chapter_01_Dark_Woods_concept.jpg


                                          Ragnarok_chapter_01_Dark_Woods_skp_lines.jpg

                                          Follow Your Dreams.

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