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    • S Offline
      silver_shadow
      last edited by

      awesome work dude, love your works. Hi 5
      I love the whole process. Do you build these sets for games,or game development,cg painting over models, or is this just for the kick of things. Anyways, great work, keep it up, would love to see bigger scenes you have developed made from su.

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        dolphus
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        Amazing work Ken always worth seeing please keep going.....

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        • pilouP Offline
          pilou
          last edited by

          Versailles in another style! β˜€

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

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          • ken28875K Offline
            ken28875
            last edited by

            Hi everyone,

            @ alvis: thanks for your comments.

            @ Jacques/silver shadow: Coming from you, it's quite a compliment. I am glad you like my work. You too have some really nice models and great renders (Titanic, helicopter, architecture stuff).
            These are personal projects, but they are similar to the things I do at work that are for the game/movie industries. The older sketchup projects were done for the MMO game Gods and Heroes back in 2006/2007.
            I wish I can post some of my current projects from my current company http://www.trionworlds.com/en/someday.

            @ dolphus: Thank you, Sir. Welcome back to the gallery forum.

            @ pilou: bonjour et merci pour le link de Versailles. It is quite a fantastic piece of architecture. I have been there a long time ago. So much memory. Thanks for sharing.

            Ok, so here are the latest renders from last week. I added some more details, fixed the ceiling, replaces the sculptures with statues.

            http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/Hallway_view_01_skp_a.jpg

            http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/Hallway_view_01_a.jpg

            http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/hallway_view_02_skp_a.jpg

            http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/hallway_view_02_a.jpg

            I have to stop working on both the interior temple and this interior hallway for the next few weeks as I have started a new model for the EVE Online -Create a Starship contest (http://news.deviantart.com/article/128272/. Thanks Liam for letting me know. More sleepless nights ahead but it will be worth it. The prizes are so sweet.

            If you want to see what I have so far, click here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030

            Thank you and have a wonderful day β˜€

            _KN

            Follow Your Dreams.

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            • artysmediaA Offline
              artysmedia
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              @ken28875 said:

              http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/Hallway_view_01_a.jpg

              Awesomamazing work! πŸ‘Š

              Only crit is the bummp of the water. too little.
              Can you be my master, please? πŸ˜„ Waiting to see people on this scene...

              Working with: Win7 64 bit OS - Core i5 - 2,27GHz and 8GB RAM

              Blog: Artysmedia

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              • ken28875K Offline
                ken28875
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                @artysmedia said:

                Awesomamazing work! πŸ‘Š

                Can you be my master, please? πŸ˜„ Waiting to see people on this scene...

                LOL, thanks for your comment, Roberto. I don't know if I can call myself a master. You do have some cool stuff too and there are a bunch of sketchup users in this forums who have terrific Sketchup modeling skills and could therefore be Masters of Sketchup. I think everyone can model the way I do. It's just a matter of patience and practice, practice and practice.

                I will keep on working on the fantasy architecture after I finish the EVE contest that is due in 3 weeks. http://news.deviantart.com/article/128272/

                Here are the latest WIP: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030

                Thanks and have a great one!

                _KN

                Follow Your Dreams.

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                • ken28875K Offline
                  ken28875
                  last edited by

                  Sharing some old student projects.

                  The fortress was modeled in Sketchup, exported into Maya for texturing and rendering.

                  Have a nice day,

                  _KN

                  http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/dark_fortress_screenshots.jpg

                  Follow Your Dreams.

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                    Prisoner
                    last edited by

                    your work blows me away every time. amazing level of detail

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                    • michaliszissiouM Offline
                      michaliszissiou
                      last edited by

                      Excellent work ken, always πŸ‘

                      @unknownuser said:

                      The fortress was modeled in Sketchup, exported into Maya for texturing and rendering.

                      Exported, but how? And a clean geometry! You don't use a continuous push-pull, you prefer groups. This is good. Clean subdivisions, how?

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                      • ken28875K Offline
                        ken28875
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                        @prisoner said:

                        your work blows me away every time. amazing level of detail

                        Thanks, Prisoner. I am glad you like my stuff.

                        @michaliszissiou said:

                        Excellent work ken, always πŸ‘

                        @unknownuser said:

                        The fortress was modeled in Sketchup, exported into Maya for texturing and rendering.

                        Exported, but how? And a clean geometry! You don't use a continuous push-pull, you prefer groups. This is good. Clean subdivisions, how?

                        Thank you, Michalis. I am not so sure about what you are asking. What I did was exporting my model as Obj from Sketchup and importing it into Maya.

                        Ok, since I am done with the Starship, I have started a few new things.

                        http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/Ferrari_tesla_01_skp_screenshot.jpg

                        http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/Ferrari_tesla_01.jpg

                        Have a nice one,

                        _KN

                        Follow Your Dreams.

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                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          Funny merry-go-round β˜€

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

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                          • ken28875K Offline
                            ken28875
                            last edited by

                            This is an older personal project called "A New World". I built the flying ship in Sketchup. The environment is all done in Vue. Postwork in Photoshop as usual.

                            Thank you for viewing and have a terrific day!

                            _KN

                            http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/A_New_World_render.jpg

                            Follow Your Dreams.

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                            • artysmediaA Offline
                              artysmedia
                              last edited by

                              MOSKIS! OUCH!

                              All right, you are working on Avatar 2, arent you? πŸ˜„

                              Working with: Win7 64 bit OS - Core i5 - 2,27GHz and 8GB RAM

                              Blog: Artysmedia

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                                Viztecture
                                last edited by

                                great stuff ken, i really like the last one, is the scenery rendered in vue?

                                http://www.viztecture.mfbiz.com

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                                • ken28875K Offline
                                  ken28875
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                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  INCREDIBLE!

                                  @ Coen: Thank you, glad you like it.

                                  @artysmedia said:

                                  MOSKIS! OUCH!

                                  All right, you are working on Avatar 2, arent you? πŸ˜„

                                  @ Roberto: Yes, that was my secret project...James Cameron told me not to tell everyone...lol...I wish. Well, my goal is to work for the movie industry someday. Right now I am enjoying being a concept artist for the game industry.

                                  @viztecture said:

                                  great stuff ken, i really like the last one, is the scenery rendered in vue?

                                  @ Adam: Wow, the great Vray master...Congratulations on winning the Vray contest. I checked out your website. Really nice stuff. πŸ‘ πŸ‘ Are these all modeled in Sketchup and rendered with Vray?
                                  Yes, the scenery was done in Vue.

                                  After I saw some of the renders from masters Teo, Adam McPartland and others in the Vray contest, I told myself I need to learn more about Vray and improve my rendering skills. So besides the Auto Show, I have been quite busy working on a few other projects at the same time and will post them as soon as they are finished.

                                  Here's this one called "Karoline, clean up your room!". Karoline is my little princess who will turn 2 years old this December. πŸ˜„

                                  Hope you like it. C&C are welcome.

                                  Have a nice day!

                                  _KN

                                  http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/Karoline_Room_final_photobucket.jpg

                                  Follow Your Dreams.

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                                  • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                    michaliszissiou
                                    last edited by

                                    The great ken.
                                    Beautiful

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                                    • boofredlayB Offline
                                      boofredlay
                                      last edited by

                                      Very nice work. πŸ‘

                                      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                        delineator
                                        last edited by

                                        hi ken, these renders are very fantastic, most especially the temple and the one with the cars!! 😎

                                        learn from the masters, for they too, have adored and praised great men.

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                                        • ken28875K Offline
                                          ken28875
                                          last edited by

                                          @ Michalis, Eric/Boofredlay and delineator: Thank for your kind words. I am glad you like it.

                                          Just dug out an old visual development from that game I worked on. I will post some more later.

                                          The ship and boat wreckage are a mixture of Sketchup and Maya models. Environment done in Vue. Postwork in Photoshop as usual.

                                          http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchup - Fantasy/ShipwreckCoast_TyrianWash.jpg

                                          Have a great week!

                                          _KN

                                          Follow Your Dreams.

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                                          • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                            michaliszissiou
                                            last edited by

                                            More a scene from odyssey, could be. Except the palm trees, but could be. Pine trees are more appropriate. LOL
                                            Beautiful work.

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