i haven't checked out the forum in quite a while and there's a lot of new amazing things in the gallery since i last logged in but this one somehow stands out for me...
this style somehow reminds me of the videoclips of 'the gorillaz' because of its 'cartoony' looks..
after you did the render, what did u do for postprocessing in photoshop?
black&white linework on top in multiply- or overlay-mode?
keep up the good work!
Can someone please explain some things about casting shadows from transparant faces?
Sketchup-help function says transparent surfaces only cast shadows above 70% opacity but how can you explain this:
Both 'bryce' and the cube are painted with the same material at 25% opacity, both are components with 'cast shadows' turned on and yet the cube does not cast shadows...
What am i missing here? Thanks in advance 
@unknownuser said:
I would hate to try and hit out of those sand traps. Usually there is a gradual increase in depth maybe some steep sides but not a clean cut extrusion like a swimming pool
i'm aware of that phil, but the problem is that the underground is created with the sandbox-tool and the bunkers are 'stamped' in.... first of all i wouldn't even know how to fix that and second there are like 30 or so bunkers on the course so whatever solution there may be it's going to take me an enormous amount of time and effort to make them better looking... this will just have to do i guess 
thanks for the tips on the components.. but stuborn (and poor 
) as i am i made a few silhouets of golfers myself, they will also do....
i hope to post new pics very soon now, just the tees, more detailing arround the buildings and Photoshop-postproccesing is left now.... the file is starting to irritate me now because it's so rideculously slow due to the 'sandboxed-landscape', a LOT of trees and detailed buildings so lets hope i can bring up the motivation to finish it 
@sorgesu said:
I couldn't resist. I just threw the people in at any size. Just for fun.
That's the one part i do not have the right components for.. people playing golf...
So if anyone has these and wants to share, or knows a place to download from, please let me know or else i'm afraid i'll have to use 'that guy holding two kids' again
The next couple of days i'll make more bunkers in the remaining unfinished holes, create tees (good tip), copy those trees arround a few houndred times, create a parking lot, create a driving-range and work on the detailing arround the buildings...
i have no reason to be bored untill christmass
thanks for the comments!
the entrance:
the main builing:
a restaurant on the golfcourse:
Hello everybody,
Here's a project i'm working on now, thought i would post some early pics and update my progress here. This is a design for a golfcourse i'm making...
As you can see i'm far from finished, but this gives a clue of what it could become...
The pics are very low resolution so excuse me for that, but suggestions are very welcome!
(how is the color-scheme? to much trees? set trees transparant or not?)
(by the way, thanks Gaieus, for helping me on how to model the terain)
overview of the model:
on the golfcourse:
Very nice! Especially now the detailing is coming! Do you have an example (like a picture or something) or is it pure imagination?
Nice pics! Looks complex, but mind me for asking, but what is it exactly? a spaceship? a stadium? a concerthall? 
