The Art of SketchUp - part 1: Fantasy

ken28875

Hi guys,

I have been following this forum for a while now and was always amazed by lots of great models and renders. I never had the time to post my own stuff.

So here we go. I want to share some models that I did for work as well as personal projects. The genre of the first part is Fantasy. I will send out another email with Sci-Fi models later. Here it is http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030

Some of these were done a few years ago, but I think they still look good. I did them for an MMO called Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising, that was unfortunately canceled in early 2008. However, the latest news is that a new game company bought the rights and all the assets to revive that Roman Mythology theme game last months. So maybe GnH will rise again.

I've been working on a new MMO (http://www.heroesoftelara.com/ the past two years. I use Sketchup to build architecture, weapons and props. I hope to be able to show you some of these models someday.

But in the meantime, please enjoy the concept art and visual developments done for GnH as wells as some personal projects.

Have a great day!

_KN

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pilou

Cool reconstruction !

liam887

this is some good work what are you using form the clay renders? Im trying to get my avatar helicopter rendered the exact same way as your catapult my PC is down so no max for the foreseeable future and cant seem to bootcamp it so hopefully this render your using is Mac friendly?

EscapeArtist

Check it out! That's great stuff.

ken28875

Pilou: Merci, je suis content que tu as aime.

Liam: I used Podium. That was one of their first version back in 2007 I believe. Although I am into Vray for Sketchup now, I really like Podium due to its awesome radiosity. I think it's available for Mac but not sure. check out their website for more info.

Jeff: Thank you, I am glad you like my stuff.

Take care,

_KN

dolphus

Awesome my comments are the same as with your sci-fi thread brilliant ..keep it up ..please

artysmedia

i wanna fight against your catapult

Liked the greek temple

ken28875

Dolf: Glad you like my fantasy and sci-fi threads. I will try to post some new images whenever I have time. Thank you.

Roberto/Artysmedia: Anytime...bring you castle in the sky with the planes to fight my catapults!

Anyway, here are some concepts for basement of the Coliseum. In case you wonder, it is not oval, indeed. The reason is that it is easier for modelers to build it with a perfect circle. But I kept the architecture of the interiors as close as I can to the real building if I have reference images, if not i came up with my own interpretation.

Have a nice day!

_KN

ken28875

Hey guys,

So I have been digging into my files from GnH Concept and Visual Developments and will be posting some each day or every other day, when I have time.

Here are some concepts for bridges

Have a great weekend!

_KN

ken28875

A few props. As usual, modeled in sketchup with texturing in Photoshop.

Have a great week, everyone.

_KN

cmoreink

Hi Ken, I like your work, great

ken28875

@cmoreink said:

Hi Ken, I like your work, great

Thanks, Pawel. Glad you like my art work.

Here's a "making 0f" Greek Temple.

1-Modeling in Sketchup
2-Textures done in Photoshop and imported into sketchup
3-Paint-over to add broken pieces, dirt ,etc.
4-Final presentation with textures reference.