Alphabet to sketch(up)

[majid]

It definitely is a big challenge, but your most recent sketch depicts a real progress IMO.

[ntxdave]

Well, here is my latest work. The letter Q was the "inspiration" for this sketch and render.

The windows did not turn out exactly as I had hoped. The reflection seem not to appear in all of them.

[majid]

Nice result mate!!
Do you mind sharing more renders from different angels too?

[ntxdave]

@majid said:

Nice result mate!!
Do you mind sharing more renders from different angles too?

Thanks.

At some point, I will. However, some parts were only done for this view so I will have to finish the model.

[ntxdave]

Another practice sketch. Several things wrong that I can to do better before taking building into SketchUp but again learning more about sketching (using Sketchbook on my iPad for my sketches.

Hope you can see which letter of the alphabet is my inspiration.

[majid]

Another nice start.
Needless to declare that there is no obligation to stick to the initial form.
I also have shared samples. In fact as it is believed in "lateral thinking" those sketches are to make us think out of box.

[ntxdave]

@majid said:

Nice result mate!!
Do you mind sharing more renders from different angles too?

I did do some new/multiple renders which I posted on this Twilight Render forum thread Alphabet Inspired Sketches.

I am not happy with the results though. I tried to use the trial version of the Skatter plugin but still have a lot of things to learn so I can get tepee landscape and background better. When that happens I will post some new renders.

[majid]

I believe that there is a grass tutorial on Twilight forum (maybe by Fletch). It is viable in postpro. The result is realistic.

[ntxdave]

OK Finally some new images after spending a lot of time learning how to use the Skeatter plugin. Yjeu were rendered with Twilight Render V2

[ntxdave]

Sorry, I could not add this 3rd image to the previous post.

[ntxdave]

Scene 2 FIXED

[Mike Amos]

[majid]

Very neat model and render!

[ntxdave]

Thanks guys.

For some reason I made a lot of mistakes when learning how to use the Skatter plugin but I think it is a good plugin for putting vegetation in a SU model. It supports several render applications which allows you to put a number of instances of vegetation in a model without bringing SU to its knees when looking around in your model.

[ntxdave]

Majid - just for you..............

[ntxdave]

Majid, this is just for you.............

[majid]

WoW, I appreciate it...

[ntxdave]

A little more progress in learning how to use the Skatter plugin. I added the SketchUp logo to the last model.

[majid]

Wonderful!

[majid]

Just realized that I have dropped some of my initial sketches and so they are not included in the book. So I thought it would be nice to share them here.

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