3 Day SketchUp and Drawing Workshop in Denver!

Our good friends and SketchUpArtists tutorial contributors Jim Leggitt and Daniel Tal are doing a hybrid visualization workshop which teaches basic SketchUp modeling strategies, how to create best views and develop hand drawings from the scenes.This is a unique opportunity to develop and hone your modeling and artistic drawing skills with two of the best in the industry. It takes place on the 22-24 July 2010 at The Curtis Hotel  in  Denver, Colorado. Click on the image above for more info...

Site back up and running!

Ok we are up and running again, we are expanding so much, thats the problem! A good complaint...

Site down temporarily..

The site is down at the moment due to bandwidth problem, but we are working on it and it will be resolved soon. Please be patient..Thnx

Great New Tutorial by Scott Baumberger

Scott has kindly contributed another one of his great tutorials to SketchUpArtists. In this detailed tutorial  Scott shows us his work-flow in producing a digital watercolor using a SketchUp output image and Photoshop.Its a must read......click on the image to see the full tutorial.

First Screenshots of AutoCAD for Mac!

Seems like its going to happen....the Beta is called "Sledgehammer Beta 1" See some screenshots, click on image.

Its Our Birthday Today at SketchUpArtists!

Yes we are one year old this week! The 20th May is our first anniversary…we can’t believe it! A big thank you to all our visitors and supporters for the past year who have made SketchUpArtists as big as it is today! See our message to you all here...now for some cake!

New Spotlight Article - Robh Ruppel

Robh Ruppel works in Art Direction and Visual Development at Naughty Dog based in Santa Monica, California. Robh is a highly skilled, 2D/3D professional with many years experience in using digital and traditional media. Robh worked as Art Director and Production Designer for Disney Feature Animation for nearly 12 years. Robh recently commented on us saying "your SketchUp site is the best out there". That means a lot to us coming from a guy with his background!We are honored to present some of his work and its a must read. Click on the image for the full article on Robh and his use of SketchUp in the movie/game industry.

New Tutorial - Creating Fog and Night Effect Using GIMP

Matthew L. Facundus  sent us a super easy tutorial for creating the effect of day time fog aerial view and then using that same effect for a night scene. This method is used to create the illusion of fog for an aerial perspective using GIMP. Click on image to see this great little tut..

Plugin for selecting Dulux paint colors..

Dulux Trade has a digital color tool to enable architects and designers to download 2,000 shades into an existing design software package.The free digital resource contains all the shades in the Dulux Trade Color Palette. It works with Photoshop, AutoCad, Archicad and SketchUp. Very handy! Windows only plugin at the moment though it seems...See here if you are interested.

Great new tutorial published today..SketchUp 2D Image Export with Alpha Mask by David Macdonald

This tutorial deals with the export process, particularly the creation of Alpha Masks for your model.  Although, as is so often the case with tutorials, the instructions look long and complicated there is nothing in any of the tutorials which requires more than a modest knowledge of SketchUp or Photoshop.This is the first in a series of three tutorials by David Macdonald. Click on image to see the full tutorial.

SketchUpArtists host Web Conference with NorthWestern University in Chicago....

We were recently asked by William Graham, a student at the Center for Talent Development at NorthWestern University and founding president of CTD’s International Architectural Society, to carry out a web conference with young talented students who are interested in both architecture and SketchUp. The Center for Talent development is based in Evanston, Illinois.The Center for Talent Development at NorthWestern University is an accredited learning center and research facility that identifies, educates and supports gifted students and their families and serves as a leader in gifted education. Read more here on our new Spotlight article...

TwilightRender Version 1.4 Released...

What the folks at TwilightRender are saying about it..
"In this release, we've fixed a long standing material problem that was causing circular image artifacts. We are pleased to say that the results are more realistic and up to 25% faster!"
The general consensus is that materials are better and its faster.This is some serious software.New speed and materials! Hopefully there will be a Mac version soon...
Check it out here....

Collection of 41 Workshop SKP models - earlier version but still useful

These were modeled by John Yurko AIA. They were made some time ago but are still handy to add to your collection of SketchUp components especially if you need a workbench or band saw..get free download here.. there are 41 models in the collection.