The Art of SketchUp - part 2: Sci-Fi
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@ Oliver Shea, Daniel Cooter and Karl KΓΌnstler:
Thank you very much for your kind comments. Much appreciated.
@unknownuser said:
Have you somewhere a step by step of an airplane ? Video ?
Bonjour Pilou...sorry I don't have any videos. Maybe someday.
@solo said:
Ken, your work is mind blowing, I'd really love to see your texturing techniques, all your stuff is so well made and textured.
Thanks, Pete! Sorry for the late reply. I finally have the time to gather some images and put them together.
I do most of my texturing in Photoshop as postwork with different types of layers (diffuse/colors/materials; grimmaps; highlights, etc.). I play with the layer styles (multiply, overlay, etc.).
I hope the images below will be useful to you. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Have a great one!
_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 -
Hi guys,
I hope you had a great weekend.
Here's another tutorial showing a little bit more layers than the previous images. Usually most of my renders have an alpha channel so I can separate the vehicle from the background.
You can have the alpha channel either with the option in Vray for Sketchup (or any other rendering engines should have it, too), or create your own in Sketchup my making your model all black and the background white.
I have also shown a Decal layer here. I always have lots of them for the little details. I have somewhat merged them in the Diffuse/Colors layer in the previous tuts.
Hope this helps.
Have a wonderful week!
_KN
Here's another tank.
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html -
Hi there,
I have posted some sci-fi concepts before but never mentioned about the game they were for. That game, Defiance, just shipped a couple days ago. You can check it out here:
http://www.defiance.com/en/game/?CAS_REDIR=trueI did some 3D conceptual models for this MMO game back in 2010.
I did post some images of alien props if you go back in the earlier posts.
Here are some more.
Cheers!
_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 -
Hi there,
Here are some more spaceships.
Good day to you all!
_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 -
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@cotty said:
Looks like energy harvesters?
Inspiring as always!Energy Harvesters? Don't know...maybe...why not. Thanks for your comment, Carsten.
Here's a couple of tanks.
By the way, there is a tutorial on Sketchupartists.org about my texturing techniques. Here's the link http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/, alghough you probably saw all of them already in my previous posts.
Thanks for stopping by. Good day to you.
_KN
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html -
Does the operations in your tutorial are automatised ?
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@unknownuser said:
Does the operations in your tutorial are automatised ?
Salut Pilou. No, they are not automatised. I have to render each pass individually and combine them in Photoshop. Thanks for asking. I hope this answers your question.
Bonne journee!
_KN
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Thx for the precisions!
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Amazing!
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absolutely spectacular. seriously blown away!! The interior is incredible. I'm running out of adjectives.
I hope you finish it some day, what a project! when you finish, please post some large images so I can drool!
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Nice! I love that submarine hangar one.
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@unknownuser said:
Amazing!
Merci, Pilou.
@olishea said:
absolutely spectacular. seriously blown away!! The interior is incredible. I'm running out of adjectives.
I hope you finish it some day, what a project! when you finish, please post some large images so I can drool!Thanks, Oliver. Really appreciate your kind words. Honestly, I don't know when I will have time to finish it. I have lots of WIP that I need to work on, too. Since I have so many images to post, I have been trying not to post huge images so that my Photobucket account won't explode.
@unknownuser said:
@olishea said:
absolutely spectacular
Indeed.
Thank you, Tom.
@coremaster110 said:
Nice! I love that submarine hangar one.
Thanks for you comment, Karl. I have another WIP of a hangar for my spaceships. I will post it soon.
Here some old Sketchup conceptual models for the game Defiance (http://www.defiance.com/en/) that I worked on in late 2009 to mid 2010.
I did not do the Photoshop background painting. It was done by another in-house concept artist.
Have a great week!
_KN
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
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 there,
Here are some misc sci-fi props done for the game Defiance.
Have a great weekend!
_KN
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
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/ -
love your work, but do you think you could help me with mine cause I'm a bit stuck
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@jason-hanson said:
love your work, but do you think you could help me with mine cause I'm a bit stuck
Hi Jason,
Just ask me your question(s) and I will get back to you as soon as I can. I am always busy, and it might take days, but you will get a reply.
Take care.
_KN
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@unknownuser said:
Thx for the precisions!
You're welcome, Pilou. Bonne journee!
That sci-fi/steampunk submarine I did before needed a hangar.
So here it is. A WIP, it has been over 4 months and I still have not had the time to go back to it, but I will finish it someday.
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/ -
Hi there,
Here's another tank from my military vehicle concepts.
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/ -
Hi there,
Some more conceptual models I did for Defiance (http://www.defiance.com/en/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/
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