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      blajnov
      last edited by

      by urgen, moai.skp+Artlantis Studio 2.0.2.1

      http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9582/moaiutrohr1.jpg


      http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9582/moaiutrohr1.ae0baed548.jpg


      Moai_Zakat_19_20f.jpg


      Moai_Zakat_19_20v.jpg

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        Iglesias
        last edited by

        Hello, here you are three boulders one tree and seamless Asturian grass texture.
        The rock texture is seamless. It is made of a photograph near the Cantabrian sea, near my home.
        Ejoy


        boulders.jpg


        boulders.skp

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          lapx
          last edited by

          Looking for a good workflow for creating a stacked limestone wall. Any ideas would be helpful. I started off with basic shape as rectangle. Is there a ruby script to select and make square somewhat irregular at the edges?

          Stone in background was done by fillet block ruby and then subdivided for editing by scaling.


          STACKED-LIMESTONE.jpg

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            Ross Macintosh
            last edited by

            Just thought I'd add that the boulder techniques can be used to create landscapes too...

            I attach an old quickie I made using Alan's trike and boy from Formfonts. The big rock is a very low poly model with a large texture image applied to it.

            Regards, Ross


            big-rock.jpg

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              remus
              last edited by

              Whres the pic/component ross? 😄

              http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                boofredlay
                last edited by

                Nice image Ross 👍

                http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                  remus
                  last edited by

                  Indeed that does look very good, the scene reminds me of the beach...apart form the trike

                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                  • david_hD Offline
                    david_h
                    last edited by

                    I have had my own fun making rocks. . . .thanks for the technique. rendering not so great. . .but hey

                    D20080731123842_8m15s.jpg

                    If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                      solo
                      last edited by

                      David,

                      I see you are getting into sub-smooth, there are a few new tools like 'UV tools' that can map your textures pretty well these days in SU.
                      If you use bumps and/or displacement you can create some really cool rock textures too.
                      I saw on another thread you enquiring about flower beds, Clipmaps will work on one view only (unless you are up to moving each on individually as 'face me' will not suffice)so I suggest modeling some low poly flowers (mapping the textures right) and using them as components.

                      Here is a basic idea of different rock textures and some plants arranged as a rock bed. Rendered with Vue 6 xstream.


                      http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/5835/rockgardenlg7.jpg

                      http://www.solos-art.com

                      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                        Iglesias
                        last edited by

                        Very beautiful composition. I like it very much

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                          david_h
                          last edited by

                          @solo said:

                          David,

                          I see you are getting into sub-smooth, there are a few new tools like 'UV tools' that can map your textures pretty well these days in SU.
                          If you use bumps and/or displacement you can create some really cool rock textures too.
                          I saw on another thread you enquiring about flower beds, Clipmaps will work on one view only (unless you are up to moving each on individually as 'face me' will not suffice)so I suggest modeling some low poly flowers (mapping the textures right) and using them as components.

                          Thanks solo. . .as usual. . .I think I have UV tools. .. I just don't know what to do with them. . .I guess I need to play around with thos alittle bit more. I have so many rubies in my files it's hard to keep track of them all.
                          Thanks for you input on the flower beds too.

                          EDIT p.s. I do have UV tools. .. .I have no idea what it does. . . 😳

                          If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                            david_h
                            last edited by

                            oka--this is getting to be like "look what I did in school today Mommy" .. .but i have played around with the UV tools. . ..(thanks Solo) . . .and now I am starting to get it. okay .. it takes me a while. . .

                            anyway. .thse are starting to look better. . .not like stupid dinosaur eggs or something. n'est-ce pas?20080801093644_1m42s.jpg20080801092535_1m54s.jpg20080801094610_3m49s.jpg

                            If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                              neoshed
                              last edited by

                              Pardon my ignorance but where would I find the UV tools?

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                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                Here you are
                                http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10404

                                Gai...

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                                • EarthMoverE Offline
                                  EarthMover
                                  last edited by

                                  I thought I'd add a collection of boulders I made a while back. They could use some retexturing, but the shapes are there. I used FFD on a sphere.


                                  Boulders.zip


                                  Boulders.jpg

                                  3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                  Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                  Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                    lz2008
                                    last edited by

                                    thanks!!

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                                      lz2008
                                      last edited by

                                      I like it very much!!!

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                                        utiler
                                        last edited by

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        Thanks solo. . .as usual. . .I think I have UV tools. .. I just don't know what to do with them. . .I guess I need to play around with thos alittle bit more. I have so many rubies in my files it's hard to keep track of them all.
                                        Thanks for you input on the flower beds too.

                                        EDIT p.s. I do have UV tools. .. .I have no idea what it does. . . 😳

                                        I need to do this too, Dave, I drool over Pete's work!!!!
                                        Best make some time at big lunch to have a play....

                                        purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                          BTM
                                          last edited by

                                          my personal way of making boulders uses a rectangle, zorro, FFD, catmull-clark, polyreduce, and then texturing.

                                          I make the rectangle, then I use zorro to add more organic subdivisions ( not uniform squares), then FFD to morph it, catmull-clark to get rid of some sharp edges (if you want), then polyreduce to lower the... well... polycount (if that's a real word). Then I texture it with U.V. tools or projected textures, and result:
                                          boulder.jpg
                                          I've got pics of the steps too, but can't post them here yet.

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                                          • utilerU Offline
                                            utiler
                                            last edited by

                                            why not? would love to see then....

                                            purpose/expression/purpose/....

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