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    • I Offline
      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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                    • I Offline
                      Iglesias
                      last edited by

                      Very beautiful composition. I like it very much

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                      • david_hD Offline
                        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_hD Offline
                          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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                            • GaieusG Offline
                              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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                                          • david_hD Offline
                                            david_h
                                            last edited by

                                            So . .. what is this "Catmull-clark" of which I hear tell? And is this something I need?

                                            tell me. . .. I want to know. . .


                                            Hello. .. . Newman

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

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