b/w sketchup graphic ideas?

[john2]

Can anyone suggest a website where I can get nice composition ideas for black and white work, layouts for books? Moreover I also need some ideas for presentation for black and white sketchup models . [no render, default sketchup graphics].Actually I’m working on a book on house designs so would like to get ideas for visual layouts for the same, captions, blow-ups etc.

[pbacot]

I would look at "Bmike" 's work shown on the forums.

Also Mike Lucey and some others have posted examples of house models where, at the most, only one accent color is used. It's especially fitting for SketchUp styles. To find those, however I would not know, but Mike would--and other mods might be able to think up a link.

Also if you look at the Dennis Technique (uses photoshop)-- examples of that often use desaturated colors and can work well in grayscale.

[Jean Lemire]

Hi folks.

I foound these from a link on SketchUp's site:

https://picasaweb.google.com/gallery.sk ... 2338103762

https://picasaweb.google.com/gallery.sk ... 8772858818

https://picasaweb.google.com/gallery.sk ... 8772858834

https://picasaweb.google.com/gallery.sk ... 5238252226

https://picasaweb.google.com/gallery.sk ... 4081954066

https://picasaweb.google.com/gallery.sk ... 0633552466

https://picasaweb.google.com/gallery.sk ... 1655963874

etc, etc.

Just ideas.

[bmike]

Some of my work, mainly timber framing.

I have a few house designs too, but I can't share those (yet, hopefully).
I do a similar process to the small building I show, but use some shadowing where appropriate, as well as a thicker sketch line, in B/W.



-Mike

[allanx]

Hi John,

If you need some inspiration for your book, visit my blog: http://aoc4.blogspot.com/ I have a collection of illustrations created in sketchUp...

allanx

[bmike]

allanx, those are fantastic.
i'll drop by the blog!

[thomthom]

@allanx

[Snowy]

Allanx I really love ur b/w Noir style!!

[pbacot]

These were beautiful color before they were b/w. Allan's artistry shows in the quality of the values.

[john2]

thanks for all your replies fellas .

Hi John,

If you need some inspiration for your book, visit my blog: http://aoc4.blogspot.com/ I have a collection of illustrations created in sketchUp...

allanx

hey those are rendered and then convrted 2 grayscale? or maybe the style, can you share it?

[allanx]

Thanks, John those are just SketchUp images, I just desaturate them and the first one is a Sepia version...

allanx

[jpalm32]

Really like the sepia!

[john2]

Thanks, John those are just SketchUp images, I just desaturate them and the first one is a Sepia version...

allanx

but they look like some water colour effect overlayed ?

[allanx]

Yes John, I thought your referring about the black and white convertion...

About the watercolor, I have a tutorial at the Sketchup Books section please check it out...

allanx