The Art of SketchUp - part 2: Sci-Fi

[ken28875]

Hi there,

Some more conceptual models I did for Defiance (http://www.defiance.com/en/game/).

Have a great day!

_KN

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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/

[pilou]

Epic!

[olishea]

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

[ken28875]

Epic!

>> Merci, Pilou.

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.

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

Skp + VrayFS + Photoshop

Have a good day!

_KN

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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/

[ken28875]

Hi there,

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

Have a great day!

_KN

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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/

[iichiversii]

As usual Ken, nice work

[andyc]

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.

[ken28875]

As usual Ken, nice work

>> Thanks for your kind words, iichiversii.

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.

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

Have a great day!

_KN

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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/

[cotty]

Reminds me of something else

snoopy.jpg

I like your clean meshes!

[Adorno]

It certainly looks very organic, like insects.

[ken28875]

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

@ Adorno: Thank you for your comment.

Have a wodnerful day!

_KN

[pbacot]

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?

[ken28875]

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?

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>> 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

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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/

[pilou]

ZBrush like!

[CoreMaster110]

Very inspiring work!

[ken28875]

@ Pilou and CoreMaster110: Thanks for you comments guys.

Have a wonderful day!

_KN

[olishea]

mind blowing detail!! great work ken!

[ken28875]

mind blowing detail!! great work ken!

>> Thanks, Oliver. I appreciate your kind comment and .

Have a great day!

_KN

[ken28875]

Hi there,

Here's a view from below of that Alien interior environment posted above.

This one is a raw render with no postwork and paintover yet.

Take care,

_KN

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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/

[pilou]

Beauty of the repetition!

[ken28875]

Beauty of the repetition!

>> Thanks for your comment, Pilou.

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Here's a futuristic helicopter I did some months ago. I think it's one of my favorite vehicle models.

Have a great weekend everyone!

_KN

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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/

[pilou]

For this Copter you use Artisan , Subdivide and Smooth or other... for the subdivision faces?

[ken28875]

For this Copter you use Artisan , Subdivide and Smooth or other... for the subdivision faces?

>> Bonjour Pilou. I am mainly using TIG's set of extrusion tools (Extrude Edges by Rails, etc.). I have been using the Create Mesh from Tgi3D for lots of my organic models lately. I do have Artisan. It is a great plugin, but I somehow don't have the chance to use it a lot.

Have a great day!

_KN

[tomislavm]

Futuristic helicopter is one of the best for me!

[pilou]

Thx for the infos and have happy modeling!

[ken28875]

Futuristic helicopter is one of the best for me!

--> Thanks, tomislavm. Glad you like it.

Thx for the infos and have happy modeling!

--> You are very welcome, Pilou. Anytime. Have a great day!

_KN

[ken28875]

Hi there,

Here's another futuristic helicopter.

Have a great one!

_KN

[ken28875]

Hello everyone,

I hope you have a good weekend.

Here are some old SketchUp models/ Alien and human props I did for the game Defiance back in early 2010.

Take care,

_KN

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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/

[cotty]

I missed the helicopter, very nicely detailed!
And really a monster forklift

[ken28875]

I missed the helicopter, very nicely detailed!
And really a monster forklift

>> Thank you for your kind comment, Carsten. Glad you like the helicopter.

Good day to you!

_KN