sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

    The Art of SketchUp - part 1: Fantasy

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Gallery
    304 Posts 64 Posters 123.1k Views 64 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • pbacotP Offline
      pbacot
      last edited by

      Just wow on those buildings! You could definitely be an architect, but I think you will be happier if you don't and stick to what you are doing. Would love to see large pictures of the house. This and the fantasy work is re-inspiring me to model more (outside of work).

      MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • ken28875K Offline
        ken28875
        last edited by

        @pbacot said:

        Just wow on those buildings! You could definitely be an architect, but I think you will be happier if you don't and stick to what you are doing. Would love to see large pictures of the house. This and the fantasy work is re-inspiring me to model more (outside of work).

        Thanks for your kind comments, Peter.

        I actually graduated from architecture school and worked as an architectural designer for about 5 years. I was in charge of conceptual and schematic designs and design development of projects; presentations and meetings with clients; and design boards for competitions.

        I loved to draw and wanted to work as an artist for video games and movies ever since I was a little kid. That's why I quit my architecture job to make the dream of my childhood come true. 😍

        Here are some more hotel concepts for Simcity.

        Have a great weekend! β˜€

        _KN


        C_Tourism_W3D1_Hotel_02_01_Detailed_Concept.jpg


        C_Tourism_W3D1_Hotel_01_01_Detailed_Concept.jpg


        C_Tourism_W2D1_Hotel_02_02_Detailed_Concept.jpg


        C_Tourism_W2D1_Hotel_01_01_Detailed_Concept.jpg

        Follow Your Dreams.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • ken28875K Offline
          ken28875
          last edited by

          Hi there,

          Here's something a little bit different.

          I used the Sumerian City by LordGood from Google warehouse.

          Sketchup + Lumion3D + Photoshop.

          Have a great weekend!

          _KN


          Babylonian City_skp.jpg


          Babylon_01.jpg


          Babylon_02.jpg


          Babylon_03.jpg

          Follow Your Dreams.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • Bryan KB Offline
            Bryan K
            last edited by

            Incredible as always. πŸ‘

            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Lara Croft revival! β˜€

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • A Offline
                Adorno
                last edited by

                Wow 😲
                Nice lighting. What's with the Lara Croft character? πŸ˜„

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • ken28875K Offline
                  ken28875
                  last edited by

                  @bryan k said:

                  Incredible as always. πŸ‘

                  Thanks, Bryan. πŸ˜‰

                  @unknownuser said:

                  Lara Croft revival! β˜€

                  Merci, Pilou. πŸ˜„

                  @adorno said:

                  Wow 😲
                  Nice lighting. What's with the Lara Croft character? πŸ˜„

                  Thanks for your comment, Adorno.

                  Well, about the Lara Croft character, the game was release on April 2013. I was quite impressed by the art and hope to have the chance to work on this game in the future. So I decided to to a bunch of Tomb Raider inspired art.

                  Here are some more. I got the Hikone Castle by Noboru from the wareshouse. It is a simple model, but it has the proportions figured out. So I used it as a template to do my high rez model.

                  As for the Tempio_di_Venere_e_Roma_Cella, the original model is by Saikindi from the Warehouse.

                  Sketchup + Lumion3D + Photoshop

                  Have a great day!

                  _KN


                  Japanese_Castle_Tower_Temple_GodRays.jpg


                  Japanese_Castle_Tower_Temple_snow.jpg


                  Hikone_Castle_skp_01.jpg


                  Hikone_Castle_skp_02.jpg


                  Hikone_Castle_skp_03.jpg


                  Hikone_Castle_skp_04.jpg


                  Hikone_Castle_skp_05.jpg


                  Japanese_Castle_fire_sundown.jpg


                  Japanese_Castle_fire_night.jpg


                  Tempio_di_Venere_e_Roma_Cella_skp.jpg


                  Tempio_di_Venere_e_Roma_Cella.jpg

                  Follow Your Dreams.

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • ken28875K Offline
                    ken28875
                    last edited by

                    Hi guys,

                    Sorry for not posting anything for a while. I have been quite busy with work and personal stuff.

                    I hope you all had a great holiday season so far.

                    It's been a long time since I have posted concepts for Simcity. So here are a few of factories that I designed.

                    Have a wonderful new year 2014 filled with success, love, joy, prosperity, good health, friendship and everything you wish for.

                    All the Best,

                    _KN


                    I_Ext_W1D3_Coalbreaker_01_01_DetailedConcept.jpg


                    I_Ext_W1D3_Coalbreaker_02_01_DetailedConcept.jpg


                    I_Ext_W1D3_Coalbreaker_03_01_DetailedConcept.jpg

                    Follow Your Dreams.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • ken28875K Offline
                      ken28875
                      last edited by

                      Hi there,

                      I noticed that there were no comments on my posts for weeks sometimes. I don't know if you have problems with viewing this thread (or sci-fi one).

                      I am aware that people brought in the issue of slow loading and Photobucket.

                      I have uploaded the images directly instead of pasting Photobucket links for the past few months. I hope that will solve the problem of my threads taking too much time to load or not loading at all.

                      If you manage to get in without problem, please let me know.

                      Thanks!

                      _KN

                      Follow Your Dreams.

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • tademaT Offline
                        tadema
                        last edited by

                        Hello Ken, your images are loading up ok πŸ‘

                        I think the lack of replies to your threads id down to them being a "WIP", people tend to hold off with their comments until the end, I know I'm certainly guilty in this respect. I have followed these two threads (and with almost 80,000 views) so have a few others.

                        The attention and effort that goes into your models always shines through and anyone new to Sketchup should look at your work and try to emulate it in the future.

                        Keep it coming πŸ˜„

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • ken28875K Offline
                          ken28875
                          last edited by

                          @tadema said:

                          Hello Ken, your images are loading up ok πŸ‘

                          I think the lack of replies to your threads id down to them being a "WIP", people tend to hold off with their comments until the end, I know I'm certainly guilty in this respect. I have followed these two threads (and with almost 80,000 views) so have a few others.

                          The attention and effort that goes into your models always shines through and anyone new to Sketchup should look at your work and try to emulate it in the future.

                          Keep it coming πŸ˜„

                          Thanks fro your kind words, John.

                          Hi everyone,

                          Here are some more images of the Caer Mathos fortress from the game Rift that I posted a few months ago.

                          Have a good weekend! β˜€

                          _KN


                          persp_front_top_back_top_render.jpg


                          persp_front_top_back_top_skp.jpg


                          front_elevation_render_skp.jpg


                          side_view.jpg


                          side_view_skp.jpg


                          Caer_Mathos_interior (5).jpg


                          Caer_Mathos_int_05_skp.jpg

                          Follow Your Dreams.

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • boofredlayB Offline
                            boofredlay
                            last edited by

                            WOW!

                            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • pbacotP Offline
                              pbacot
                              last edited by

                              Always love checking what you have to post. All such advanced and imaginative work!

                              In a project like this keep, are the interiors a part of the exterior model or a separate construction? Is that the way it needs to be for games (all one piece inside and out)?

                              oh and I really am enthralled with the Hikone Castle work. Just shows what you can do with real or imaginary places.

                              MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                Notre-Dame (Paris) revival! 😎
                                An incredible site made by a frenchy! πŸ‘ (explore anywhere that is gorgeous! Fullscreen Quicktime VR / Flash view ) 😲 😲 😲

                                Frenchy Pilou
                                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                My Little site :)

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • cottyC Offline
                                  cotty
                                  last edited by

                                  @boofredlay said:

                                  WOW!
                                  +1

                                  my SketchUp gallery

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • pbacotP Offline
                                    pbacot
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks for the link Pilou. SketchUp? Yes, the "Keep" architecture is wild cathedral extrapolation!

                                    MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • Bryan KB Offline
                                      Bryan K
                                      last edited by

                                      Yes. Wow!

                                      See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • ken28875K Offline
                                        ken28875
                                        last edited by

                                        @pbacot said:

                                        Always love checking what you have to post. All such advanced and imaginative work!

                                        In a project like this keep, are the interiors a part of the exterior model or a separate construction? Is that the way it needs to be for games (all one piece inside and out)?

                                        oh and I really am enthralled with the Hikone Castle work. Just shows what you can do with real or imaginary places.

                                        **>> Thanks for you kind words, Peter. πŸ˜‰

                                        To answer your question, the interiors and the exteriors are parts of the same model in this case. But keep in mind that all of my models are not the real in-game assets, therefore it does not really matter whether they are separate or part of one same model. They are conceptual models for 3D modelers to use as reference to build the real in-game assets, which sometimes have exteriors and interiors as part of one model, or sometimes they are separate pieces.

                                        I am glad you like the Hikone Castle images. I had lots of fun working on them.**

                                        @boofredlay said:

                                        WOW!

                                        >> Thanks, Eric!

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        Notre-Dame (Paris) revival! 😎
                                        An incredible site made by a frenchy! πŸ‘ (explore anywhere that is gorgeous! Fullscreen Quicktime VR / Flash view ) 😲 😲 😲

                                        **Thanks for sharing the link, Pilou. I was indeed inspired by Notre Dame when designing Care Mathos.

                                        Did you know that I used to walk by the Seine and doing sketches of Notre Dame for assignments when I studied architecture in Paris a long time ago? Good times and good memories.**

                                        @cotty said:

                                        +1

                                        >> Thanks, Carsten!

                                        @bryan k said:

                                        Yes. Wow!

                                        **>> Thank you, Bryan!

                                        Speaking of architecture, here are some more concepts I did for Simcity. A couple of bank designs and some more apartment concepts similar to the ones I posted a while ago.

                                        Have a good week! β˜€

                                        _KN**


                                        C_W2D1_Bank_01_01_Detailed_Concept.jpg


                                        C_W2D1_Bank_02_01_Detailed_Concept.jpg


                                        R_Gen_W2D3_Apartment_concept_sketches_01.jpg


                                        R_Gen_W2D3_Apartment_concept_sketches_02.jpg


                                        R_Gen_W2D3_Apartment_concept_sketches_03.jpg


                                        R_Gen_W2D3_Apartment_concept_sketches_04.jpg


                                        R_Gen_W2D3_Apartment_concept_sketches_05.jpg


                                        R_Gen_W2D3_Apartment_concept_sketches_06.jpg

                                        Follow Your Dreams.

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • GubermenschG Offline
                                          Gubermensch
                                          last edited by

                                          Ken, could I trouble you for a screenshot of your plugin libraries? I know you model for the gaming industry, but I'm not sure if you're familiar with the vernacular. These images make me want to call hax. πŸ˜›

                                          http://www.jacobgubler.com/

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • ken28875K Offline
                                            ken28875
                                            last edited by

                                            @gubermensch said:

                                            Ken, could I trouble you for a screenshot of your plugin libraries? I know you model for the gaming industry, but I'm not sure if you're familiar with the vernacular. These images make me want to call hax. πŸ˜›

                                            Hi Jacob,

                                            Sorry for the late reply. I have been quite busy with the new job.

                                            Here's a screenshot of my plugins.

                                            Have a nice day!

                                            _KN


                                            KN_plugins.jpg

                                            Follow Your Dreams.

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 12
                                            • 13
                                            • 14
                                            • 15
                                            • 16
                                            • 14 / 16
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Buy SketchPlus
                                            Buy SUbD
                                            Buy WrapR
                                            Buy eBook
                                            Buy Modelur
                                            Buy Vertex Tools
                                            Buy SketchCuisine
                                            Buy FormFonts

                                            Advertisement