The Art of SketchUp - part 2: Sci-Fi

ken28875

Epic!

Merci, Pilou.

awesome ken! I may buy the game just so I can see your models

Thanks, Oli. Actually you won't see these models. There were done back in 2009. They got some new designers and a new Art Director on board the next year, and they changed most of everything based on the new directions. I was back to working on Rift at that time.

Here's another personal project in my series of Sci-Fi interiors.

Skp + VrayFS + Photoshop

Have a good day!

_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 there,

More stuff from the game Defiance. They were done a while ago back in 2009.

Have a great day!

_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/

iichiversii

As usual Ken, nice work

andyc

Lovin' your work Ken

Especially the giant, sculptural machines a few posts above.

Some of your more orgainc stuff reminds me of Sparth's paintings - http://sparth.tumblr.com/

Was wondering if he was an influence Either way, awesome work - I always check out your threads first when I visit this site.

A.

ken28875

@iichiversii said:

As usual Ken, nice work

>> Thanks for your kind words, iichiversii.

@andyc said:

Lovin' your work Ken

Especially the giant, sculptural machines a few posts above.

Some of your more orgainc stuff reminds me of Sparth's paintings - http://sparth.tumblr.com/

Was wondering if he was an influence Either way, awesome work - I always check out your threads first when I visit this site.

A.

Thank you for your compliments, Andy. Yes, I know Sparth's concepts. Very inspiring.

Here are some more conceptual models of alien stuff from Defiance game.

**Have a great day!

_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/

Adorno

It certainly looks very organic, like insects.

cotty

Reminds me of something else

I like your clean meshes!

ken28875

@ Carsten: Thanks for you comment. LOL...Snoopy, good comparison. Thanks for the laugh.

@ Adorno: Thank you for your comment.

Have a wodnerful day!

_KN

pbacot

Love following your work here. It's great you share them with us!
These last ones lead me to ask have you experimented with structures that grow semi-organically or fractal-like like space stations or Paolo Soleri concepts?

ken28875

@pbacot said:

Love following your work here. It's great you share them with us!
These last ones lead me to ask have you experimented with structures that grow semi-organically or fractal-like like space stations or Paolo Soleri concepts?

**>> Thanks for your kind comments. Since you ask the question, I'd thought I post some more of my personal projects/sci-fi environments during the in-between job period. I hope this will satisfy your question about fractal.

This is one of my favorite sci-fi models. Lots of details and challenges.**

The alien spaceship is one of my alien vehicles from my earlier posts.

Just for fun, I exported into Lumion3D to add glass material.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful week!

Best,

_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/

pilou

ZBrush like!

CoreMaster110

Very inspiring work!

ken28875

@ Pilou and CoreMaster110: Thanks for you comments guys.

Have a wonderful day!

_KN

olishea

mind blowing detail!! great work ken!

ken28875

@olishea said:

mind blowing detail!! great work ken!

Thanks, Oliver. I appreciate your kind comment and .

Have a great day!

_KN

ken28875

Hi there,

Here's a view from below of that Alien interior environment posted above.

This one is a raw render with no postwork and paintover yet.

Take care,

_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/

pilou

Beauty of the repetition!

ken28875

@unknownuser said:

Beauty of the repetition!

Thanks for your comment, Pilou.

Here's a futuristic helicopter I did some months ago. I think it's one of my favorite vehicle models.

Have a great weekend everyone!

_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/

pilou

For this Copter you use Artisan , Subdivide and Smooth or other... for the subdivision faces?

ken28875

@unknownuser said:

For this Copter you use Artisan , Subdivide and Smooth or other... for the subdivision faces?

**>> Bonjour Pilou. I am mainly using TIG's set of extrusion tools (Extrude Edges by Rails, etc.). I have been using the Create Mesh from Tgi3D for lots of my organic models lately. I do have Artisan. It is a great plugin, but I somehow don't have the chance to use it a lot.

Have a great day!

_KN**