Hi everyone, I've had plenty of request to make a tutorial showing how I typically integrate a SketchUp model into an environment when I doing concept visuals for film. I'm posting the link and trailer I made for it here, let me know your thoughts and any questions, I have more tutorials lined up and will be looking to cover any topics raised in these....

Thanks for your support

Chris

TUTORIAL http://www.gumroad.com/chrisrosewarne
TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Du3bs3Lrc

Thanks everyone! Really appreciate your kind words, the tutorial is doing well and the feedback has been very positive! I'm in the missile of the next one now.....

Stay tuned

Chris

@solo said:

Awesome looking machine, fantastic render. is there a chance of seeing the hidden line version in Sketchup?

Here you go

Hi everyone, here's my latest work, I've been making a video tutorial to take you through my workflow from 2D concept, SketchUp modelling, Keyshot rendering and Photoshop compositing for a finished visual. I thought I'd share some grabs of the SU model and some quick camo test renders. I'll be cheeky and post the tutorial link here too if anyone is interested in seeing it, I've also made a short trailer which you can check out too, hope it like it and find it useful if you download it.

Thanks

Chris

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mSZXopTa4U
Tutorial http://www.gumroad.com/chrisrosewarne

Hi everyone, its been a while since I posted anything here and usually it was in the gallery but since then I've had allot of interest into my work flow and so I've recorded a video tutorial to take you through the creation of one of my mech designs all the way through to a finished visual in Photoshop.

Here's the link http://www.gumroad.com/chrisrosewarne
The trailer for it I made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mSZXopTa4U

I'm just going to paste the description I wrote for it and upload the cover, let me know if you've found it helpful, I will be putting more of these out soon....

In this tutorial you will see one of my approaches for designing mech, hardware and props for feature films, from "Guardians Of The Galaxy" to the new Bond movie "Spectre" this workflow has proven to be a fast and efficient way to design and concept, not only for a 2D production visual but also with the intention of it being built for filming.

We begin by concepting a mech in Photoshop and I will show you the technique of working orthogonally with the aid of photo textures to generate a bold design with a strong and interesting silhouette. From here we will import the image into SketchUp where we will model the design in 3D, exploring forms and mechanics before rendering various finishes in Keyshot to composite in Photoshop for a final presentation visual.

This tutorial is aimed at intermediate users of SketchUp, but I have also included a an extra "Introduction to SketchUp" video that walks you through my modelling techniques.

Tutorial includes:

Tutorial video (10 parts including an intro to SketchUp)

The original SketchUp model of the mech

Layered Photoshop file of final presentation visual

deaneau - Thank you, and thanks for posting my FB link, I should have done that. BTW, whats the notebook you were referring to?

david_h - Yes these are good old SU models, the real time rendering program Keyshot is great as rendering SU models, better with product style objects, things get a little tricky with interior architecture stuff.... You can download a 2 week trial, its just drag and drop materials, super easy, but you have to break your model into groups to assign different materials. I'm planning on some Gumroad tutorials showing how to do this kind of tech and detailing very rapidly and using lots of components to shorten the work. This model was divided into three, and then each of those 3's are split into halves, so I actually only modelled a 6th of what you see (think that division correct...?) I used the Fredo Round Corner plugin loads to bevel almost every edge I make as its so fast to use and creates the edge shadows/highlights that are essential in making your model feel "real"....

Thanks again

Chris

Thanks everyone! I've posted a simplified breakdown on my FB page but if you're interested I'm posted here too...

Chris

Thanks everyone! I appreciate it!

Hi everyone! Finally managed to finish this mech, it's a trial run at my Gumroad tutorial, 2D concept to Sketchup model, Keyshot rendering and post work in Photoshop. Just have to find the time to sit down and record this stuff!
After a few renders I ended up finding some great images of the McClaren car factory interior, so slick and modern, looks like a lab, also after much experimentation with materials I ended up colouring the body this hot McClaren sports car orange, it really popped in the white lab and also lends a bit of an industrial robotic feel to it... I also experimented with some LCD grain to give a digitised look to a couple views which I really like.

Hope you like it, with any luck the next post will be about the tutorial!

@ken28875 said:

Awesome models and renders, Chirs!

It's great to see another fellow concept artist in this forum.

Your design reminds me of some sci-fi conceptual models I did for a MMO called Defiance (there is also a tv series on SyFy channel).

Cheers!

_KN

Hi Ken, cool designs! I like your tech, nice to see them here