Posts made by tomsdesk

Edson...once again: stunning!

Sweet cloth textures! With a more color-muted outside and less grainy paint I'd think "artistic real"!

Darren, I've always liked that style too...thanks for getting me to try it! Here's my first pass: just took an old model, changed to "shaded" (color only, no materials), added a wiggly edge style (pen wavy), and did some desat in PSP. Not a good example of what could be done, but I think with some sketchup 2D/3D growies with edges (these were image pngs so came out as rectangles), and a better edge style: I see the possibilities...?

Beautiful! How'd you do the tree shadows on the cars?

David, the smoothing looks great...and I think the brown patches help (and are not quite repetitive yet). Several ways to break up the grass might work, like some "weeds" and such, or my fav: some kid's yard leavings. Or one thing I do often is to add something off-image to cast a shadow: a tree, another building, or even a cloud shaped object floating above...?

I find this one interesting for some uses as well...you?

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Oli, I agree whole-heartedly...and I also don't: depends on where the student is and where they're heading. (Both changing each minute and over time.) Bottomline...all the advice given here so far is excelent! (including mine, I think, to keep having fun at all costs when trying to learn whatever it is you want to learn :`) It just wants to be sifted through and used as needed, when it is meaningful, so as not to let it overwhelm or bog the process down.

Rendered out a couple low res images of the new trees to use as lower byte background billboards and had the thought of offering same: maybe a package of billboards and/or flat image skippy's...whadaya think?

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For my 2cents I'll say: "Just keep playing!"...you're obviously on the right track if you can muster such picky helpful suggestions. IMO the architecture fits the flat site quite nicely, but the grass want to be broken up a bit...or more. (And I too am a bit bothered by the column faceting 'cause I'm not convinced by the rest of the detailing that it was intentional.) Overall, though, I'm interested to see what you do next with this project!

(My only real gripe is the misuse of the word cement...which is only one of the materials used to make concrete :`)

Life is like an onion...bittersweet and stinky.

Beautiful image style...more please!?!

A Montana rancher got in his pickup and drove to a neighboring ranch and knocked at the door. A young boy, about 9, opened the door:

"Is your Dad home?" the rancher asked.
"No sir, he isn't," the boy replied. "He went into town.."
"Well," said the rancher, "Is your Mother here?"
"No sir, she's not here either. She went into town with Dad."
"How about your brother, Howard? Is he here?"
"No sir, He went with Mom and Dad."

The rancher stood there for a few minutes, shifting from one foot to the other and mumbling to himself.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" the boy asked politely.. "I know where all the tools are, if you want to borrow one. Or maybe I could take a message for Dad."
"Well," said the rancher uncomfortably, "I really wanted to talk to your Dad.
It's about your brother Howard getting my daughter, Suzie, pregnant."

The boy considered for a moment. "You would have to talk to Pa about that", he finally conceded. "If it helps you any, I know that Pa charges $500 for the bull and $50 for the hog, but I really don't know how much he gets for Howard."

This is a great app...been using it for a couple of years now! Of course, the dxf's import into SU quite large, but after some heavy clean up the trunks are serviceable for use. Or, after adding some materials, the billboard exports are quite nice.

Beautiful...thanks a bunch, Dale!

Dean, this style you're pushin' better and better is a real winner! Lovin' all these images (and I'm guessing my clients would love them too :`)

One more comp and now I gotta get back to finishing the tree set (yes, Dean, all my new trees...got to admit I'm surprised and pleased at how well they are holding up too).

Wow...blush...thank you very much! Did another version of the last image...better? Not?

Nicolas, thought you were kidding about the DWC search but...and I shouldn't have clicked the link! :`)

Anyway, DWC is digital watercolor, and here's a cursory explaination: http://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1249#p10346

Thanks, BTW, and James: The second? Most prefer a more finished look (I'm with you too, though, or at least torn between the two).

I am much expressed...thank you, Fletch, for producing such a beautiful showcase! (Keep up the good work :`)

...just in case you want to watch (and you won't be sorry) without pundit comments (or cutting out to something else as Fox did). FYI...the video is slow to load today (some sort of online event is going on right now) but the mp3 loads fast and will at least give you a listen. Enjoy!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/29/president-holds-open-discussion-across-aisle/