Very cool, Maxime.

How long did it take to do everything?

Cheers!

_KN

Hi there,

An interior section of the fortress Caer Mathos.

Have a great week!

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

@pbacot said:

Love following your work here. It's great you share them with us!
These last ones lead me to ask have you experimented with structures that grow semi-organically or fractal-like like space stations or Paolo Soleri concepts?

**>> Thanks for your kind comments. Since you ask the question, I'd thought I post some more of my personal projects/sci-fi environments during the in-between job period. I hope this will satisfy your question about fractal.

This is one of my favorite sci-fi models. Lots of details and challenges.**

The alien spaceship is one of my alien vehicles from my earlier posts.

Just for fun, I exported into Lumion3D to add glass material.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful week!

Best,

_KN

Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

@ Carsten: Thanks for you comment. LOL...Snoopy, good comparison. Thanks for the laugh.

@ Adorno: Thank you for your comment.

Have a wodnerful day!

_KN

@cotty said:

@ken28875 said:

...This is one of my favorite and most detailed models.

My first thought too
I hope there are some components in there

Nice model!

**>>Thanks for your comments, Carsten. Yes, lots of components. I use components in all of my models all the time.

Have a good day!

_KN**

Hello everyone,

Here's a conceptual model that I did for the game Rift more than 3 years ago. This is one of my favorite and most detailed models.

It is called Caer Mathos and is located in Mathosia. It is a fortress of some kind of evil knight or something. Due to the change of design directions (new stories) and a new art director, Caer Mathos was unfortunately cancelled.

But I really had fun working on it. It took me a couple of days to finish it...J/K maybe a few weeks.

I have some bird's eye renders as well as interior concepts that I will post soon.

Cheers!

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

Wonderful renders, Massimo!

Have a great day.

_KN

@iichiversii said:

As usual Ken, nice work

>> Thanks for your kind words, iichiversii.

@andyc said:

Lovin' your work Ken

Especially the giant, sculptural machines a few posts above.

Some of your more orgainc stuff reminds me of Sparth's paintings - http://sparth.tumblr.com/

Was wondering if he was an influence Either way, awesome work - I always check out your threads first when I visit this site.

A.

Thank you for your compliments, Andy. Yes, I know Sparth's concepts. Very inspiring.

Here are some more conceptual models of alien stuff from Defiance game.

**Have a great day!

_KN**

Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

@unknownuser said:

Middle age Lego!

LOL...merci for your comment, Pilou.

Some more Rift conceptual models:

This Elven palisade is a set of modular pieces that can be use to create different designs. This was one of my first projects when I started working for Trion world.

Sometimes when I was not assigned to come up with the design, I built conceptual models based on another concept artist's art. The left images in these two following images were done by the lead concept artist. What I did was build the conceptual model and solve problems like perspective, interior section, etc. I also was able to come up with my own designs for parts that were not well thought out.

Thanks for visiting.

Have a great week!

_KN

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

Very nice, Allan. Love your style.

_KN

@daniel said:

@ken28875 said:

B...U...T...ful

butful?
or did you mean beautiful?

LOL...yes, but not "butful" in one word. Read the letters, Daniel.

@olishea said:

Maybe he's just come back from Nebraska That special place in Nebraska.

Nebraska?....

Hi there,

More stuff from the game Defiance. They were done a while ago back in 2009.

Have a great day!

_KN

Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

B...U...T...ful

Keep them coming, David.

_KN

@unknownuser said:

Very cool as usual!

>> Merci, Pilou.

@ccaponigro said:

Beautifully done. I supose there not ADA compliant ether. (Ha)

>> Thanks, Ccaponigro. I included ADA compliance in the design of some of my first concepts, but the Art Director told that we can skip it and have a more simplified design since these buildings are for video games.

@adorno said:

Impressive. The red car looks kind of small, and it's also a nice car for someone living in a 'shed'.

>> Thank you for your kind words, Adorno. Similar to my answer above, vehicles, props and people are also simplified and smaller than real life proportions.

**Hello everyone,

It has been a while I have not posted some stuff for Rift. (http://www.riftgame.com/en/)

So I dug out some older conceptual models I did.

Have a great day!

_KN**

Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

Welcome to Sketchucation, Lengyel.

Very nice detailed model.

Looking forward to seeing more.

Thanks for sharing.

_KN

@unknownuser said:

Epic!

Merci, Pilou.

@olishea said:

awesome ken! I may buy the game just so I can see your models

Thanks, Oli. Actually you won't see these models. There were done back in 2009. They got some new designers and a new Art Director on board the next year, and they changed most of everything based on the new directions. I was back to working on Rift at that time.

Here's another personal project in my series of Sci-Fi interiors.

Skp + VrayFS + Photoshop

Have a good day!

_KN

Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
My interview with Nomer:
http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.com/2012/05/q-and-with-our-featured-artist-ken.html
Texturing Tutorials:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/art-of-sketchup-texture-workflow/

Very nice render, Allan.

Have a great day,

_KN

Very nice style, Milo. I really like your first sketch.

Love to see more.

Take care,

_KN

@unknownuser said:

Do you know this guy?
he makes crazzy cars and trucks ans bicyles...!

Scott Robertson, of course. I have a few books from him. Working in the game/movie industry, I have to know these guys (Scott and Neville Page). They are the founders of the famous Gnomon School of Visual FX.

Steve: I look forward to seeing more of your great models.

Best,

_KN

Very cool model and render, Mr. M.

What rendering engine do you use, or just straight render from Sketchup with Photoshop postwork?

Have a great week!

_KN