Posted by Mike Lucey
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Thursday, November 24th, 2011
![Broadley's by John Higgins [Stacked Books Image]](http://news.sketchucation.com/files/2011/11/Broadleys-by-John-Higgins-Stacked-Books-Image-90x65.jpg "Broadley's by John Higgins [Stacked Books Image]")
John Higgins, one our our regulars here on SFC has produced his first Mini Publication, Modeling Country British Home with Google SketchUp and Photoshop. The book is a ‘step by step’ on how he produces his wonderful models of existing commercial and domestic buildings around the UK. This Mini Publication at $4.95 also includes the [...]
Posted by Mike Lucey
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Adam Hails (EarthMover) has posted ‘Flagstone Patio & Landscaping’, a great overview of one of his recent ‘Real Projects’. He uses a combination of SketchUp, Dynascape, Photoshop, Lumion and Adobe Premiere! Well worth checking out the various images and movie on the topic here.
Posted by Rich O'Brien
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Dennis Fukai of InSiteBuilder’s has updated the Mastering the Art of 3D Construction Modeling. Dennis tells us, ‘We just finished an update to our classic book, 3D Construction Modeling. The new book was written for project managers who want to learn first hand how to build their own piece based construction models. A construction model [...]
Posted by Csaba Pozsárkó
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Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Forum moderator Edson Mahfuz has been experimenting with rendering while reconstructing a never build design by by Mies van der Rohe; “the Gericke House is an unbuilt work by Mies van der Rohe, contemporary of the famous Tugendhat House. I modeled it and have been used it to practice rendering” – says Edson – “Podium [...]
Posted by Mike Lucey
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
One of our forum members, Allan Casas (allanx) shows a past project of his that has converted to a watercolour render. The effect is very pleasing. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=32346
Posted by Mike Lucey
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Sunday, November 14th, 2010
This SCF topic is by Marco Fano. For anyone interested in antiquity, this thread would be well worth a visit. The model collection and painstaking detail is growing by the day! http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=31406
Posted by Mike Lucey
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Sunday, November 14th, 2010
This is a topic by one of our regulars, Davidh. It looks to a be a typical English suburban scene of 30+ years ago with mock Tudor semi detached houses. David had made an excellent job of the modeling and renders and is getting some constructive crits from SFC members. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=32523&p=286847#p286847
Posted by Mike Lucey
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
The plot thickens. The little ice wagon is stealing the show. Third stories windows of the Italianate house fixed. More experiments in landscaping. As well as architect, carpenter, painter, wagon maker, mason, meteorologist. viewtopic.php?f=81&t=31377&p=281863#p281863
Posted by Mike Lucey
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
This very natural looking render caught my eye. Its by davidh, one of our forum members. David has I think produced a very uncomposed and natural looking scene even down to the ‘wheely bin’ outside the front front, ready for collection! I hope to see more work like this from David.
Posted by Mike Lucey
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
MuseumMaker (Patrick), a Forum regular has produced a charming version of the Queen Ann style. Patrick tells us about some clever shortcuts he has adopted in the modeling process.
