SubD examples and models

Rich O Brien

Earbuds

HornOxx

so effective and nicely done

panixia

@rich o brien said:

Earbuds

Nice and clean job.
Really clever use of the "two step" subdivision on the hole.
I use that trick a lot.

Box

What happens when you SUbD some cubes then hit them with Clothworks.

Christmas box Ambient 01.jpg

HornOxx

@box said:

What happens when you SUbD some cubes then hit them with Clothworks.
well, definitely a cool result

tuna1957

May not be as cool as Box’s squished ballon things .. but needed a vintage dish soap bottle. SubD the best tool for the job. And to all you youngsters the bottles weren’t clear way back in the day.

vintage joy soap.jpg

Box

There is a lot more skill involved in making a shape that matches something in the real world than there is in my random musings.

tuna1957

@box said:

There is a lot more skill involved in making a shape that matches something in the real world than there is in my random musings.

Thanks Box . Your to kind.

HornOxx

@tuna1957 said:

...SubD the best tool for the job...
which is absolutely right! Prima!

tuna1957

Thanks HornOxx. Fooled about trying some other approaches just for practice. Abandoned other ways for SubD and “bing bang” it was done.

panixia

I believe I've found a fun retopolgy workaround in Sketchup
Of course is not as powerful as some dedicated tools like Topogun, but it can get the job done on simple objects without switching to a different software.

pilou

And what is exactly this workaround ?

panixia

I simply smooth all edges from the triangulated mess, then I draw some pseudo-quad topology with TOS, extract that as a group, do a quick cleanup using VT2 "merge close vertices", and then use the most overlooked feature of QFT (convert wireframe into quads) to create a quadmesh to subdivide.
The smoothed mesh is just a tiny bit smaller of course because of the subdivision, so you may want to compensate for that with a little JPP.

pilou

Many thanks for the infos!

Box

Classic SUbD.
Some techniques I'm playing with for an upcoming project.

The Kraken.jpg

HornOxx

hey - this tentacle-like "suction cup(?)"-thing is extraordinarily promising and superbly textured already now! - I'm curious to see what follows here

tuna1957

@hornoxx said:

:thumb: hey - this tentacle-like "suction cup(?)"-thing is extraordinarily promising and superbly textured already now! - I'm curious to see what follows here

Ditto

ntxdave

@tuna1957 said:

@hornoxx said:

:thumb: hey - this tentacle-like "suction cup(?)"-thing is extraordinarily promising and superbly textured already now! - I'm curious to see what follows here

Ditto

Ditto from me also.........

I wish SubD was/think it ought to be part of SketchUp.

Box

Sorry, this isn't really a gallery thread, I should have added an unrendered image, so here it is.