Google Sites is good for creating your own website because you don't have to worry about FTP servers, html, domains, ect. Just pick a template and fire away. Although, you can fully customize the website with your own html coding if you want to.
If you want your "own" webite (ie. "www.Ray-Ochoa.com" as opposed to "www.sites.google.com/site/rayochoa"), like Remus said, your going to have to pay for a domain.

@rcossoli said:

Hi Jon, excellent image, tips and tricks for those who use kerkythea?

Thanks.
I can't really think of any specific tips. If you have any questions, just go to the KT forum and ask away.

@pibuz said:

Really, cool pictures too!
And excellent vases! Are they from the warehouse? could you link us? please?

Thank you.
The vases were made using sub&smooth and FFd.

jenujacob, Amazing render as always.

modern vase1.skp

Hi, guys.
Here's my try at this...

@daniel said:

Jeri, I think your rendering looks fantastic. I wouldn't change a thing.

I second that.

Great model; awesome renders.

It was -30°C here in Canada with the wind chill for most of the day.
But it's dropped to a comfortable -28.

Man, these are just asking to be rendered!
Really, really impressive modeling.

Really nice, model, looks great so far.

@remus said:

If your looking for crits, i think youd be better of cutting the holes in the body (the 'f' shaped ones, im sure theyve got a proper name)

They do: f-holes.

I don't remember the exact attributes of the material being done so long ago, but it was probably something like this:

This is just an anisotropic shader with a 'diffuse' white specular setting and shininess at 15 with spec stamping on. Also, I used this bump map to get the 'brushed' look, but now that I think about it, it would probably be better to assign it as a specular or shininess map.

Thanks.

Thanks a lot, guys.
And Remus is right; Kerkythea.

This was a model done a while ago; just thought I'd share it.

8 gig. Says on the back.

If anyone needs a high poly iPod model.

ipod nano 4th toscale.zip

Just wishing everyone on the SC forums a safe and happy new year.

I made this one a while back. I new it would come in handy eventually.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=c7b1ef1734e61b364904d89e9169817b&prevstart=12

Awesome stuff, solo. But the jpeg compression is killing me.

http://cgtextures.com/textures.php?t=browse&q=23740

Thanks again, Whaat!

Awesome render!
But the jpeg compression is killing me.
Do you have a high-res version?