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    • hellnbakH Offline
      hellnbak
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      @bryan k said:

      Where ARE all the old posters?

      I'm old, and I post. Does that count?

      "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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      • Bryan KB Offline
        Bryan K
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        @hellnbak said:

        @bryan k said:

        Where ARE all the old posters?

        I'm old, and I post. Does that count?

        ๐Ÿ˜† Of course!

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

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        • shuraS Offline
          shura
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          ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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          • C Offline
            Click Draw
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            I was looking for inspiration today. I just got it!!!! Absolutely amazing models and renders here. Great work everyone. Sketchup is so under valued and estimated for its ability of what it's capable of doing. Again, amazing work here by everyone.
            Thanks all,
            Jeff

            Have I mentioned how much of a laugh I get out of some of the Signatures on here!

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            • N Offline
              nicoag
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              good, very good

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              • C Offline
                Cyberdactyl
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                Very nice. Being able to copy and paste for additional perceived detail is a nice feature when the opportunity arises. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
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                  By SamBrown (6 pages)found at CGHUB (he makes also classic "Speed Painting" landscapes! )

                  • Toshop

                  http://cghub.com/files/Image/103001-104000/103206/737_max.jpg

                  http://cghub.com/files/Image/093001-094000/93036/086_max.jpg

                  http://cghub.com/files/Image/093001-094000/93037/649_max.jpg

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

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                  • pietervP Offline
                    pieterv
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                    One of my favourite compositions I have seen that is made in sketchup. It is made by Aleksandar Vrangaloski. http://www.cgarchitect.com/2012/07/pixel

                    http://www.cgarchitect.com/content/portfolioitems/2012/07/55654/1prvfinalenrender_large.jpg

                    This is my website:
                    Citypixels - 3d Visualisatie Architectuur

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                    • ken28875K Offline
                      ken28875
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                      @sketchupnoobie said:

                      You cannot leave out this Massive starship by Ken. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ That is of course, if it's alright with him. ๐Ÿ˜‰ If you add it, make sure to show multiple views to showcase the tremendous amount of detail and talent involved.

                      **>> Hi SketchUpNoobie,

                      My apologies for the really late reply. It's long overdue. Of course, you can post any of my works anytime. However the image you uploaded was a WIP/low res image.

                      Please allow me to post the final renders below. These were done two years ago. I wish I can have time to revisit them and maybe add gun turrets or something, and some textures/colors.

                      Anyway, thanks for visiting and may you all have a wonderful new year 2013 filled with good health, happiness and prosperity! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                      All the Best,

                      _KN**

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/Pandemonium_Amarr_Battleship_zps8e89c4f2.jpg

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/persp_top_front_zps93b80a03.jpg

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/persp_top_back_zpsdd60a70e.jpg

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/persp_bottom_front_zps9e0ac7f2.jpg

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/persp_bottom_back_zpsb8a4056c.jpg

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/render_06_zpsd82afe1f.jpg

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/render_05_zpsd92b5d19.jpg

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/starship_render_4images_02_zps79c3e361.jpg

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/starship_render_4images_03_zps71473f01.jpg

                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/Art of Sketchhup - Sci-Fi/Misc Sci-Fi concepts/starship_render_4images_zps027246a1.jpg

                      My interview with Nomer:
                      http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
                      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&start=120
                      Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030&p=337096#p337096

                      Follow Your Dreams.

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                      • sh00ksS Offline
                        sh00ks
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                        Wt*!!! You must be an alien Ken ๐Ÿ˜„
                        (More then) phenomenal skills you've got!

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
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                          Love the insanely densely populated details!

                          Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          • DesertRavenD Offline
                            DesertRaven
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                            @marian said:

                            @desertraven said:

                            To be completely honest, none of the great samples shown in this thread would be possible without Plug-ins and painful long hours of recreating surfaces over and over again (work around's) until it fits. Right?

                            And you think that with other 3d apps you do it differenly? They may have all the plugin functions integrated but you still need patience and hard work to make cool stuff, in fact much more patience and hardwork to just learn the UI.

                            There is nothing wrong in having a simple and friendly interface that is augmented with mostly FREE plugins. Why would it benefit you to have a cluttered UI with all the possible tools and maybe just use 10% of them, instead of having a flexible UI?

                            Please? When was I asking for a cluttered up interface!!!!!

                            @ken28875 said:

                            Hi Ken that looks very impressive. Can you give us a rough run down of how you created this masterpiece in SU? Can you even move around in that massive scene how many tris? How is this structured (Components, groups)?
                            What plug ins did you use most and what were the biggest challenges using SU to create this?

                            simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

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                            • DesertRavenD Offline
                              DesertRaven
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                              c below

                              simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

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                              • ken28875K Offline
                                ken28875
                                last edited by

                                @desertraven said:

                                Hi Ken that looks very impressive. Can you give us a rough run down of how you created this masterpiece in SU? Can you even move around in that massive scene how many tris? How is this structured (Components, groups)?
                                What plug ins did you use most and what were the biggest challenges using SU to create this?

                                Hi Olav/ DesertRaven,

                                Thanks for you nice comment. I really appreciate that you are interested and ask questions about the process.

                                If you want to see the different steps, please check out this thread:
                                http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030&start=30

                                Basically, I started with basic shapes (cubes, cylinders, etc.) and slowly added details.

                                The file is actually not that big, about 41MB. The model has 1,808,844 faces (tris and quads), or maybe a little bit more.

                                I used groups as well as lots of components for repetitive elements.

                                It took me about 3 weeks, working a few hours each night to finish the starship.

                                The plugins mostly used were:

                                • Tools on Surface
                                • Basic tool set (Line, Arc, Circle, Push, Pull, scale, etc.)
                                • TIG's Extrusion Tools
                                • Joint Push Pull/NUL Transformation

                                Hope this helps. If you have more questions, please feel free to ask. ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                Best,

                                _KN

                                Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
                                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030&p=337096#p337096
                                Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
                                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028&start=120
                                My interview with Nomer:
                                http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
                                My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
                                http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/

                                Follow Your Dreams.

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                                • V Offline
                                  vonB
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                                  I occasionally work on this SketchUp model of an old sixties style dragster. It is accurate and period correct.
                                  Low Res images here.

                                  vonB


                                  1FED_SeriesA2.jpg


                                  1FED_SeriesA6.jpg


                                  1FED_SeriesA10.jpg


                                  1FED_SeriesA4.jpg

                                  vonB

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                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
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                                    By Lone Wolf

                                    http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1065/thrhinofinalweb.jpg

                                    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GC_GvLEpZ-A/TrQAivbYKLI/AAAAAAAAAbc/Xjh0ngCjVYc/s1600/Specs.jpg

                                    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s6_zXYVIXfs/TrQAi1YsyrI/AAAAAAAAAbk/wOA4IdNx30c/s1600/Final-Pose.jpg

                                    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xCIov6VnE1w/TuphfIUJ9iI/AAAAAAAAAl8/zAgXxXyPYkw/s1600/Girder-Bot-Final.jpg

                                    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l6ltj7_vBrM/TswaP19rVWI/AAAAAAAAAe0/3oMl5i-8xRo/s1600/Bruiser-Final-WEB.jpg

                                    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_jyGraFWtfM/Tvz-CssuxUI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/Rx-ok_-2I2o/s1600/Roobot-Hand-Final.jpg

                                    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UCgaHx13VEE/T3UonyPyl7I/AAAAAAAAArM/nX1HqkM00VI/s1600/Personal-Filed-Computer.jpg

                                    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zLgALqCMajI/URFJ6UQCUhI/AAAAAAAABbg/AVHtLz5ZJ-g/s1600/Star-Cruiser-2.jpg

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

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                                    • omiKronO Offline
                                      omiKron
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                                      my God... stunning ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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                                      • ontaottoO Offline
                                        ontaotto
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                                        @brokenkeys said:

                                        Anything by this guy;
                                        http://www.giantmonster.tv/giant/
                                        Specifically;
                                        http://www.giantmonster.tv/giant/?page_id=612

                                        These images are produced mostly in sketchup. He used to have a great wealth of info regarding this project on his blog, including tuts, workflows, etc. But as time went on it has moved to the back burner and the amount of info has decreased, but I still find it very inspirational.

                                        He also used to have some videos on youtube showing his sketchup workflow. I forget what they were called but they're a good watch.

                                        I love this kind of renders that preserves the original sketchy style, only SketchUp can provide...

                                        Twitter: @ontaotto

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
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                                          BY Lone Wolf

                                          http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W3wg_z2SfiE/UUOLF641zAI/AAAAAAAABmA/8ZoCztDIVPo/s1600/Royal-Starship.jpg

                                          http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYbxeEgtGLA/UUOLFv5eGDI/AAAAAAAABl8/QxgFHFFN6Uw/s1600/Royal-Starship-Ortho.jpg

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

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                                          • pilouP Offline
                                            pilou
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                                            By ixlrlxi

                                            http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/094/4/c/skyhigh_cafe_by_600v-d60fatj.png

                                            http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/084/b/f/nfz_zombie_patrol_by_600v-d5z8wlf.png

                                            http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/085/a/d/nfz_zombie_patrol_shots_by_600v-d5zce4n.png

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

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