Interview - Dale Martens & Artisan – organic SketchUp?

SketchUpArtists managed to grab an interview recently with Dale, the creator of Artisan, and gently ‘grilled’ him on Artisan’s abilities as a sculpting plug-in alternative for SketchUp and what his plans were for the future development of this ground breaking organic toolset for Google SketchUp.

SketchUp to Photoshop - no render engine required by Alex Hogrefe

This architecturel illustration tutorial doesn’t use a rendering engine. Alex has done some great tutorials in the past that don’t actually involve rendering programs...however this tutorial does things a little differently, and in less time. Check it out!

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3D World CG Awards 2011 Winners announced!

All 14 winning entries were announced on 14th September 2011 and you can see them all by clicking the image below. Enjoy this years winners!

Official Google SketchUp Blog: FormFonts has a new blog

Official Google SketchUp Blog: FormFonts has a new blog: The über-modelers over at FormFonts have just launched a new blog . From the looks of it, the content is fresh, relevant and nicely varied....

Digital Watercolor Method by Jim Leggitt

Jim has been experimenting with combining 3D SketchUp models, traditional hand coloring and Photoshop filtering to create the digital effect of a watercolor painting. He calls this the “Digital Watercolor Method” and it is certainly worth trying on your next project!

The Power of Scenes - Fine Woodworking

Tim Killen says that he creates many scenes for his furniture designs - sometimes exceeding 40 in number, depending on the complexity of the piece. Find out what he means by this... The Power of Scenes - Fine Woodworking

Official Google SketchUp Blog: A treasure trove of textures

Official Google SketchUp Blog: A treasure trove of textures: If you’re into such noble pursuits as geo-modeling or photo-realistic rendering, there’s a good chance that you spend a ridiculous amount of...

Great collection of free quality SketchUp models

Found this collection of free components at Landscapeforms.com. Everything from furniture, to planters and accessories...we like a lot!

Grass and Rock Displacement in V-Ray for SketchUp

V-Ray for SketchUp does not support Proxy at the moment, unlike V-Ray for 3dsMax. Creating realistic grass seems to be a challenge still. Here is a simple solution we found on Nomeradona's great blogger site 'SketchUp VRay Resources'.

This video shows you how to use the Chalk Render feature in Shaderlight for SketchUp to create a form render of your model. Cool ! See more of Shaderlight at their website.