The Art of SketchUp - part 1: Fantasy

ken28875

It's completely inconceivable to me that one person could churn out so many fantastic creations. You are like an amazing-idea factory, and in comparison I'm like a guy puttering in his garage.

WOW

Thanks for your kind words, Mr. M. You might be puttering in your garage as you say, but I saw the stuff that came of that magic garage of yours: wonderful car models and super renders of gas station and other buildings...from Sketchup without any rendering engines! Wow

@iichiversii said:

Ken as usual I'm in awe looking at your work, looking forward to seen some more

Thanks for your nice comment, iichiversii. See below for more images.

@jo-ke said:

Wow, as usual!

Thank you very much, jo-ke!

A few more Simcity concepts:

This Dive Bar below was the first assignment on my first day at work @ EA/Maxis.

Burgers and fries, anyone?

Just a simple apartment building.

Thanks for visiting!

_KN

Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

ken28875

Hi guys,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

So I finally got the green light to post the concepts I did for Simcity 5 (http://www.simcity.com/).

Here are some of them at larger resolution than the ones I posted earlier. Keep checking this thread as I will add more concepts whenever I have time.

For those of you who have played the game, you may recognize some of the buildings.

Comments + questions are welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html

ken28875

Hi there,

Here's a couple of trailer homes for Simcity.

Have a great day!

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

pilou

Very cool as usual!

ccaponigro

Beautifully done. I supose there not ADA compliant ether. (Ha)

Adorno

Impressive. The red car looks kind of small, and it's also a nice car for someone living in a 'shed'.

ken28875

@unknownuser said:

Very cool as usual!

>> Merci, Pilou.

@ccaponigro said:

Beautifully done. I supose there not ADA compliant ether. (Ha)

>> Thanks, Ccaponigro. I included ADA compliance in the design of some of my first concepts, but the Art Director told that we can skip it and have a more simplified design since these buildings are for video games.

@adorno said:

Impressive. The red car looks kind of small, and it's also a nice car for someone living in a 'shed'.

>> Thank you for your kind words, Adorno. Similar to my answer above, vehicles, props and people are also simplified and smaller than real life proportions.

**Hello everyone,

It has been a while I have not posted some stuff for Rift. (http://www.riftgame.com/en/)

So I dug out some older conceptual models I did.

Have a great day!

_KN**

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

pilou

Middle age Lego!

ken28875

@unknownuser said:

Middle age Lego!

LOL...merci for your comment, Pilou.

Some more Rift conceptual models:

This Elven palisade is a set of modular pieces that can be use to create different designs. This was one of my first projects when I started working for Trion world.

Sometimes when I was not assigned to come up with the design, I built conceptual models based on another concept artist's art. The left images in these two following images were done by the lead concept artist. What I did was build the conceptual model and solve problems like perspective, interior section, etc. I also was able to come up with my own designs for parts that were not well thought out.

Thanks for visiting.

Have a great week!

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

ken28875

Hello everyone,

Here's a conceptual model that I did for the game Rift more than 3 years ago. This is one of my favorite and most detailed models.

It is called Caer Mathos and is located in Mathosia. It is a fortress of some kind of evil knight or something. Due to the change of design directions (new stories) and a new art director, Caer Mathos was unfortunately cancelled.

But I really had fun working on it. It took me a couple of days to finish it...J/K maybe a few weeks.

I have some bird's eye renders as well as interior concepts that I will post soon.

Cheers!

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

cotty

@ken28875 said:

...This is one of my favorite and most detailed models.

My first thought too
I hope there are some components in there

Nice model!

ken28875

@cotty said:

@ken28875 said:

...This is one of my favorite and most detailed models.

My first thought too
I hope there are some components in there

Nice model!

**>>Thanks for your comments, Carsten. Yes, lots of components. I use components in all of my models all the time.

Have a good day!

_KN**

ken28875

Hi there,

An interior section of the fortress Caer Mathos.

Have a great week!

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

CoreMaster110

WoW nice!
I love that Caer Mathos. It does look a lot like Gothic Church.

ken28875

@coremaster110 said:

WoW nice!
I love that Caer Mathos. It does look a lot like Gothic Church.

Thanks, Karl. I appreciate your and kind comments. Yes, it does look like a Gothic Church because I was inspired by images of Gothic Church when I designed it.

Have a nice day!

_KN

ken28875

Hi guys,

Here are some more interior concepts of Caer Mathos.

Have a great day!

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

CoreMaster110

ken28875

@ CoreMaster110: Thanks for your kind "comment, Karl.

Hi guys,

I have not posted some Simcity concepts for a while.

So here they are.

For those who play Simcity, you know you have many options for one building style.

As an example, below I have 3 different designs for the "Chicago Style" buildings.

And here is a strip mall.

Have a great weekend!

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

ken28875

Hi guys,

I have posted this one a few months ago, but the image was really low rez due to Non-Disclosure-Agreement when Simcity was not shipped yet.

So here's a larger size.

Have a great day!

_KN

ken28875

Hello everyone,

I hope you had a great weekend.

I forgot to mention that I have started another contract with Electronic Arts/Maxis, the people behind Simcity.

Indeed, a few weeks ago I got an email from the Development Director with whom I worked on Simcity 5, who said they needed my help with concepting architecture for their next project and offered the job.

It is an unannounced game, and due to Non-Disclosure-Agreement, I cannot say anything yet. But I have been working on it for the past two weeks and I am quite excited about it.

I hope to show some Sketchup models/Renders in the near future.

_KN