Google SketchUp artists?

[Jürgen Hubert]

Does anyone here have any experiences with using SketchUp to create fantasy architecture?

 

[12rounds]

I tried it and dumped it.

It's easy and fun to use, but the free version of the software doesn't allow exporting in any usable 3d format. You would need to buy the pro package to get basic exporting to other applications. With the price tag of 495 USD ... no thank you.

 

[D'karr]

Does anyone here have any experiences with using SketchUp to create fantasy architecture?

Check out the WorldWorks Games forums. Some of the users there are using sketchup to do previsualization of their builds. Some really cool stuff going on.

 

[ZombieButch]

I've played with it just a bit. I haven't had time to do anything with it in awhile, but I started building a little town with it just to try it out, and so far it's been pretty fun just to play with.

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

I've played with it just a bit. I haven't had time to do anything with it in awhile, but I started building a little town with it just to try it out, and so far it's been pretty fun just to play with.

Nice!

I'm thinking of using SketchUp to create the basic perspective and outline for buildings, and then paint over it with GIMP...

 

[Pyrandon]

Soon after Jurgen posted this, someone over at The Cartographers' Guild "Reference Material" forums put up an inspirational link to a series of SketchUp pics. The link sends you to the Goodman Games "art & artists" forums, where an architect by trade screen-named "None the Wiser" did an extensive series of perspective shots of a castle & town named Wildsgate.

Check it out!

 

[ZombieButch]

Soon after Jurgen posted this, someone over at The Cartographers' Guild "Reference Material" forums put up an inspirational link to a series of SketchUp pics. The link sends you to the Goodman Games "art & artists" forums, where an architect by trade screen-named "None the Wiser" did an extensive series of perspective shots of a castle & town named Wildsgate.

Check it out!

Neat! Sketchup is just ridiculously fun to play with. There's a great how-to podcast for it, too, The Sketchup Show. It made me realize pretty quickly how many things I'd been doing the hard way!