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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
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      Unfortunately you won't be able to get that sort of thing with styles in SketchUp. That's going to require some post processing.

      One easy way to get the watercolor feel to the drawing is to run it through Fotosketcher's Watercolor filter. I do this sort of thing once in awhile. I make separate exports of the edges and the faces so I can manipulated the colors and add texture without impacting the edges. I then overlay the lines in an image editor. I can show examples if you're interested.

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      • grizzlerG Offline
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        @dave r said:

        Unfortunately you won't be able to get that sort of thing with styles in SketchUp. That's going to require some post processing.

        One easy way to get the watercolor feel to the drawing is to run it through Fotosketcher's Watercolor filter. I do this sort of thing once in awhile. I make separate exports of the edges and the faces so I can manipulated the colors and add texture without impacting the edges. I then overlay the lines in an image editor. I can show examples if you're interested.

        Sounds Great Dave (though maybe a tad complex for lickle ol' me 😳 )

        I've just found some great Styles provided by Lidelin/Lin, but I'm interested in your suggestion too Dave.

        I can't believe I'm only just finding out about these styles being freely available! I also can't believe I've never heard of Fotosketcher before today either!! What other fantastic secrets have you all got hidden? πŸ˜„

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
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          Here's a quick example. None of this stuff is very involved nor complex to do.


          http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6804734432_7431bb07e9_z.jpg

          In this case I made four image exports from SketchUp. There's a lines only image (black lines on white background), a textured image with edges turned off and two shadows only export (start from Hidden Line with white background, turn off all edges).

          The textured image went through Fotosketcher and then to the image editor. The lines drawing and shadows went straight to the image editor. I applied a blur to the shadows image and then combined all three images with the layers set to 'Multiply'. Done.


          http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5236/7386240294_9f739f19f2_z.jpg

          These chairs were done the same way with two shaodws only images with the time and date set differently for each to give the impression of multiple light sources.

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
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            No color but for this image I combined a lines-only with shadows only. the shadows were run through Fotosketcher, first.


            http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8435333180_c6ebd16d4d_z.jpg

            And here's another one with the watercolor look.


            http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8219463380_af88c7ca6b_z.jpg

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            • grizzlerG Offline
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              It took me a while to figure out what on Earth i was doing, but i eventually generated something kind of like i envisaged. There's a way to go I reckon, but I've taken the first tentative steps πŸ˜„


              S4 pencil with endpoints.jpg

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
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                Good work.

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                • olisheaO Offline
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                  yes very nice start! πŸ‘

                  oli

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                  • grizzlerG Offline
                    grizzler
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                    Yay! Positive feedback from the big boys! Makes a pleasant change to being told off for "plane clipping" and such like πŸ˜„

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                      If you're still working with this image, may I make a suggestion? And I mean in the most constructive way. πŸ˜‰

                      At least in the size shown in the forum and when I click on it, the rocks look like they are well below the flagstones in the front. I think it is caused by the very dark areas in the rock. It is much more contrasty than the other materials. I wonder if you could edit that material in Photoshop or whatever and reduce the density of those darks. That might help.

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                      • locoL Offline
                        loco
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                        Have a look here Grizzler, you might be pleasantly surprised with the collection..
                        Styles Collection

                        Windows 10, gpu rtx 3060 12gb ram, cpu AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 64gb ram, SketchUp 2022, Twinmotion 2022. My Little Tutorial

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