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    • Mike LuceyM Offline
      Mike Lucey
      last edited by

      Ross, I like this style also. Sometimes a b/w image can show more than a coloured image and I think this is the case here.

      Mike

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      • DanielD Offline
        Daniel
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        Rossy Baby, I usually don't pay too much attention to styles, preferring raw SU, but this looks really great.

        My avatar is an anachronism.

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        • rodrigonotorR Offline
          rodrigonotor
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          @ross macintosh said:

          Thanks Edgar. I think you have one of the nicest avatar images here on the forums. Is it one of your drawings?

          Regards, Ross

          Thanks Roos, yes, is one of my drawings, I made with a genius tablet, is supposed to be my family (Me, my wife and my two kids)

          @unknownuser said:

          Xara indeed is one of the cool apps at this moment.
          It has really become the Sketchup of graphical design and DTP.
          Very easy to use and great results with zip learning curve.

          kwistenbiebel, what is meant DTP?

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          • soloS Offline
            solo
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            DTP = desktop publishing

            http://www.solos-art.com

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

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            • rodrigonotorR Offline
              rodrigonotor
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              Thanks Pete, If I may ask, why your nickname is SOLO? , in spanish Solo means "alone" 😉

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              • soloS Offline
                solo
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                LOL, strangely enough after all this time you are really the first person to ask.

                Firstly it has nothing to do with Star Wars, it's just a name I had for my modeling and rendering business a few years back, and I thought that Solo-art (as it was called) made it pretty clear that I worked alone hence I was well priced. Anyway time passed and I was known as solo after signing my work 'solo-art'.

                I did however have a dog called 'Chewbacca' once. 😉

                http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                • boofredlayB Offline
                  boofredlay
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                  Well to this day if I see a Solo brand cup I can't help but think of you... thanks Pete 😄 .

                  Nice image Ross. Your posts are few but always loaded with great work and wisdom.

                  http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                  • M Offline
                    mateo soletic
                    last edited by

                    I love it. 👍Great 👍

                    [Concept Illustrations](http://concept-illustrations.com/)

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                      guzman tierno
                      last edited by

                      Really nice image Ross, great.

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                      • J Offline
                        Jackson
                        last edited by

                        Great image Ross, the wash and linework is very convincing!

                        Jackson

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                        • tinanneT Offline
                          tinanne
                          last edited by

                          Love it, love it, love it....

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                          Architectural Rendering

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                          • K Offline
                            KDSDESIGN
                            last edited by

                            i see a lot of people like it

                            Regards,
                            █Kevin█

                            (about 20% done)

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                            • B Offline
                              BTM
                              last edited by

                              @solo said:

                              Ross,

                              I really like that image, any chance of you working your magic and making a style similar to that?

                              ... I couldn't agree more.

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                              • R Offline
                                Ross Macintosh
                                last edited by

                                Thanks for the positive feedback.

                                With regards to styles, the sketchy linework used is one of the ones I developed for FormFonts and is available to that site's subscribers. It's the one called "smooth graphite". In general it isn't posible to create one style that would create a 'inkwash' effect as it involves manipulations of textures not possible within SketchUp. It is however fairly easy to create such effects in post processing. I started with a jpg colour export (edges turned off) and processed it like a digital watercolour. Rather than just leave it as a watercolour I adjusted its balance to, in effect, overexpose it. It was then converted to greyscale and had the lines overlaid. Making it greyscale had the effect of greatly simplifying the image. Once made greyscale I toyed with the idea of doing it as a sepia wash or coffee wash - as each would simply have required just doing a contone version of the image.

                                Regards, Ross

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                                • rodrigonotorR Offline
                                  rodrigonotor
                                  last edited by

                                  @solo said:

                                  I did however have a dog called 'Chewbacca' once. 😉

                                  LOL, I can imagine: Here comes Solo and Chewbacca.. 🤣

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                                    matteo
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                                    ross,

                                    forgive me for the off-topic that will follow. first of all, congratulations for your inkwash work: at first i was attracted by the image you posted here.

                                    reading through the comments, i've found the posts of rodrigo and solo - what a coincidence!
                                    i was asking myself the some question last night, before sleeping. i was just focusing mi attenction on some inspiring drawings of lebbeus woods - http://lebbeuswoods.net/ - i wish i could find some time to redraw some of his masterpieces in sketchup, just for fun. one of his works is called solohouse - http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/solohouse-20/ - and this recalled me our solo. in italian the word has the some meaning as in spanish and this makes me curious about this nickname too. then, thanks rodrigo for asking about it.

                                    hire me: http://www.nonsolo3d.it/ !

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                                      Ross Macintosh
                                      last edited by

                                      Matteo - if things are going to go off-topic I can't imagine a better topic twist than that! That Solohouse is so inspired. It would be a great modeling subject.

                                      Regards, Ross

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                                      • J Offline
                                        Jackson
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                                        Sorry Ross, I'm hijacking really badly here, but it's funny that "solo" is perceived only in it's negative sense in Spanish and Italian- although it also essentially means "alone" in English, it is usually used in a positive sense, as in someone can attempt or achieve something "solo" rather than needing a team of people to assist them.

                                        Back on topic (kind of) it's very impressive what Ross has achieved "solo"!

                                        Jackson

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                                        • rodrigonotorR Offline
                                          rodrigonotor
                                          last edited by

                                          @matteo said:

                                          then, thanks rodrigo for asking about it.

                                          Yor welcome Matteo.

                                          @jackson said:

                                          Sorry Ross, I'm hijacking really badly here, but it's funny that "solo" is perceived only in it's negative sense in Spanish and Italian- although it also essentially means "alone" in English, it is usually used in a positive sense, as in someone can attempt or achieve something "solo" rather than needing a team of people to assist them.

                                          Back on topic (kind of) it's very impressive what Ross has achieved "solo"!

                                          Jackson, I don`t see "solo" in negative sense, I see "solo" exactly like you say
                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          as in someone can attempt or achieve something "solo" rather than needing a team of people to assist them.
                                          becouse most of the time, I work "solo" 😉

                                          Best Regards

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