The Art of SketchUp - part 1: Fantasy
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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/ -
@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!
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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/ -
WoW nice!
I love that Caer Mathos. It does look a lot like Gothic Church. -
@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
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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/ -
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@ 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/ -
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
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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
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Sounds exciting. Looking forward to it.
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@adorno said:
Sounds exciting. Looking forward to it.
>> Thanks, Adorno.
@cotty said:
great news! Congrats
**>> Thanks, Carsten.
Here's another concept for luxury apartments.
Have a good 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/ -
Hello there,
Here are some of the first concepts I did for Simcity 5 during my first week on the job at Electronic Arts/Maxis office.
Just some simple townhouse designs.
Have a good week!
_KN
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Hi there,
After 3 different design of buildings (e.g. the ones above) are approved, I am assigned to generate a dozen of new quick concepts.
The ones below were examples of new townhouse concepts generated based on the footprints from the 3 initial approved detailed concepts.
Have a great day!
_KN
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Ken, your work is fantastic. It would be nice to see all these buildings assembled in a scene.
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Great buildings.
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hello mr.Ken . I stumbled across this topic of yours tonight and couldn't help myself writing this reply . Basically , I'm amazed by your works , I read them all from the beginning and I just want to let you know that you just gave me a lot of thoughts and inspirations . I also noticed that this topic is made 3 years ago and the newest post was just 3-4 days ago . Isn't that cool that a topic could live this long ? This fantastic topic have been going strong for 3 years and i wish your work is going well and you can keep inspiring more people like me by showing more of your beautiful works and keeping this topic alive forever
little question : are you Vietnamese ? cause that would make you super awesome in my book of inspiration !
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@daniel said:
Ken, your work is fantastic. It would be nice to see all these buildings assembled in a scene.
>> Thank you, Daniel. Actually, you can see some of these buildings in a scene by searching images for Simcity 5. You should see lots screen grabs from the game and might recognize some of my buildings.
@pbacot said:
Great buildings.
>> Thanks for your many
. Glad you like them.@heavengreen2000 said:
hello mr.Ken . I stumbled across this topic of yours tonight and couldn't help myself writing this reply . Basically , I'm amazed by your works , I read them all from the beginning and I just want to let you know that you just gave me a lot of thoughts and inspirations . I also noticed that this topic is made 3 years ago and the newest post was just 3-4 days ago . Isn't that cool that a topic could live this long ? This fantastic topic have been going strong for 3 years and i wish your work is going well and you can keep inspiring more people like me by showing more of your beautiful works and keeping this topic alive forever
little question : are you Vietnamese ? cause that would make you super awesome in my book of inspiration !
**>> Thank you very much, Green. Please call me Ken.
I really appreciate your kind words. I am always happy to see that other people are inspired by my work and learn and enjoy my models as much as I learn from other's wonderful models and renders.
To answer your question: Yes, I am originally from Vietnam. With a last name like Nguyen, it's not hard to guess.
However, I left the country when I was 4 back in the late 70s. I actually grew up in Paris/France, then moved to the USA. I am therefore a dual French/US citizen.Alright, here are some more concepts I did for Simcity 5.
This one if one of my favorites. This is actually my future house whenever Electronic Arts pays me $$$$$ in royalties for helping them designing tons buildings for their game...j/k
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Below are some luxury boutiques. I did post them before, but they were the wrong images (older versions). These are the final approved concepts.
I also have added the different designs. I usually do 15 different concepts for each category.
**Hope you like them.
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/
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