If you have for example like mine - a tree to paint around, why not export the image with no trees. Do your painting and then export an image with just your trees and overlay that on top of your 'painted' image.

I was going to say you can use a texture (such as a brick pattern) for your brush. I guess the trick there is trying to match the perspective or orientation of the brick on the face of the building you are painting on with the brush. If that makes sense? haha.

Dont have time for a tutorial right as im still in school, but i'll run through a few things.

I apologize as i forgot to mention this is from Piranesi, not Photoshop. Although the this can be easily done with Photoshop too.

1. Export .epx from SU (SU file has the sketchy style with the shadows on as well)
2. Open with Piranesi
3. Grab a brush, set color and dropped opacity to around 30%
4. For faded strokes, set Fade distance and have the Fade eventually drop to transparent
5. For the textured stroke (brick). Same as above but with no fade, just layered some strokes. Instead of selecting a color I used a brick texture.
6. Other strokes, such as windows were done by playing with the size and opacity.
7. Export image (tif, jpg, the B/W version is just exported as Grayscale)
8. Bring into Photoshop, adjust curves with a few clicks, and you're done.

The thing about Piranesi is that you can lock onto faces/axes and when you paint, it only paints those.

For photoshop, this is all easily done as well, without the benefit of face locking. I not exactly sure where the brush settings are, I think its in Brush dynamics or something like that, perhaps a more seasoned Photoshop person can chime in. Having a tablet would be nice for this kind of work, wish i had one.

More contrast

Thanks guys. About 5-10 mins. Hence why I liked the B/W version. But the color seems to be winning so far

Hey Guys,

Tried out a NPR style for the first time, with a marker feel. Image will be eventually mounted 28" wide with some more shots. Let me know what you think of B/W vs Color version.

Thanks in advance,

Brett

Whats the best way to get a SU model into MAX. I have Deep Exploration.

1. Use SU to 3ds export?
2. Use Deep Exploration and save as .max file?
3. Use Deep Exploration and save as .3ds file?
4. Any other method (.dwg?)

Basically i want to model in SU then apply vray materials and render in 3dsmax.