The Art of SketchUp - part 2: Sci-Fi

sepo

Great models and renders.

Phil Rader AIA

One word comes to mind.....WOW!

fantastic models.

liam887

good work! I was planning on entering this competition also but ran out of time!

dolphus

Truly amazing ...very well done...very original....

michaliszissiou

wow indeed.

Fletch

(using best Yoda voice) A master at SketchUp, you are.

pilou

2001

ken28875

@ Sepo: Thank you. Glad you like them.

@ Phil Rader: Thanks for your comments. Cool architecture projects that you're working on. I have been to Minneapolis once before with my wife to visit her parents. That was "meet the parents" trip. LOL

@ Liam: I would love to see what you'd come up with if you had time to enter the competition. i am sure it will be an awesome model. Just checked out some of your latest stuff. I love the lego model and the USMC tumbler. Great job!

@ Dolphus: Thank you, Sir. How is your airplane project going?

@ Michalis: Thanks for your thumbs up. check out the thread The Art of Sketchup - part 1: Fantasy. I replied to your message about the accuracy of the Greek temple.

@ modelhead: thank you for your comment.

@ Fletch: Thank you, I should.

@ Suc: Thanks. I wish I could post more of the Sci-fi stuff but i don't have anymore. Hopefully, it time allows I will do some for spaceships and futuristic cars.

@ Pilou: merci beaucoup. J'espere que tout va bien en France. A+

As promised, I have posted a couple images of the current personal project that I am doing lately. Check them out in the thread The Art of Sketchup - part 1: Fantasy.

Have a great day,

_KN

liam887

@ken28875 said:

@ Liam: I would love to see what you'd come up with if you had time to enter the competition. i am sure it will be an awesome model. Just checked out some of your latest stuff. I love the lego model and the USMC tumbler. Great job!

_KN

Cheers, yeah I was disappointed that I only found the competition when there was little time left.
I think sketchup is a great tool and I love taking it head to head with the 3dsmax and Lightwave users in competitions its always a fun challenge. It annoys me sometimes when people just dismiss sketchup as a sub standard piece of software, yes its true its not as powerful as the others cannot handle large files and has a few big flaws but its still pretty awesome!
What do you use to paint over your models just a tablet and photoshop I assume?

http://events.cgsociety.org/NVArt/05/ this was the competition i was thinking about by the way I assume its the same one?

ken28875

Hi Liam,

@unknownuser said:

I think sketchup is a great tool and I love taking it head to head with the 3dsmax and Lightwave users in competitions its always a fun challenge. It annoys me sometimes when people just dismiss sketchup as a sub standard piece of software, yes its true its not as powerful as the others cannot handle large files and has a few big flaws but its still pretty awesome!

Yes, Sketchup is not as powerful as the other 3D programs and cannot handle large files, but it is an awesome piece of software that sometimes allow one to do things that Maya or Max users would not be able to do in a certain amount of time. Indeed, Sketchup is so intuitive and really fast for modeling. Some of my coworkers who use Maya are really amazed by what I can do with sketchup. Things that I can do in an a few minutes or a couple of hours would take them hours or days to do the same things with all the details.

Also, Sketchup is free! The best things in life are free, right?

@unknownuser said:

What do you use to paint over your models just a tablet and photoshop I assume?

For this particular project, I used materials and rendered with Vray/ HDRI. No Photoshop post work.

But for other projects, yes I use a tablet and photoshop for post work most of the time.

@unknownuser said:

http://events.cgsociety.org/NVArt/05/ this was the competition i was thinking about by the way I assume its the same one?

Yup, that's the one.

Take care,

_KN

ken28875

Hi all,

So I mentioned in my other thread that I have stopped working on the two fantasy architectural interiors to focus on 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.

I started the model a few days ago. I have less than 3 weeks and working on it a few hours at night, I hope I will finish it on time.

Thanks for visiting and have a terrific day!

_KN