Sketchup For Architecture And Entertainment Illustration

Learn Sketchup for Rendering and generating art reference fast

What you'll learn

Learn the standard set of tools, their shortcuts, and other critical keyboard shortcuts

Learn how to rapidly model a building using a floor plan and elevations as reference

Learn how to use Sketchup to rapidly generate spectacular art reference

Method for setting up large models and explore different photorealistic rendering engines

Confidently generate 3D models and photorealistic renderings

Requirements

You must download a free version of Sketchup to follow the content of this course

To take full advantage of this course, you will need to download Sketchup Pro

Description

This course walks through all of the most used tools in Sketchup, how to use them, and how to set up all the tools in such a way that you can multiply your efficiency. This course will enable you to confidently model in Sketchup, but give you pro tips so that you can do so at a rapid pace to quickly generate 3D models for presentation material or for art reference. Knowing the material in this course is the more important aspect of generating photorealistic renderings. Once you know how to model in Sketchup, you can quickly learn a third party rendering engine such as Lumion, Blender, Enscape, or Twin Motion, as well as many others that are available. With the content in this course, you will have such a good understanding of all that Sketchup is capable of, that you will be able to model things from scratch, as well as access and manipulate for your use, all of the free models that are available on the Sketchup Warehouse. For generating buildings, environments, context for buildings, and art reference, there is nothing better than knowing how to model in Sketchup. This course will enable you to boost your creativity as well as your efficiency in your creative process.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction Overview: Sketchup for Rendering

Lecture 2 How to set up your workstation

Lecture 3 The basic tools of Sketchup

Lecture 4 Review groups and components

Lecture 5 Reverse faces and modeling clean

Lecture 6 Importing models

Lecture 7 Recommended shortcut keys

Lecture 8 How to use layers

Lecture 9 How to use Outliner

Lecture 10 How to use edge and face styles

Lecture 11 Recommended plugins

Lecture 12 Importing topography and geolocation

Lecture 13 The Sandbox tools

Lecture 14 Stitching topography and Soften Edges

Lecture 15 Reorient Axis

Lecture 16 How to make custom logos with Adobe Illustrator

Lecture 17 Import and export from AutoCAD Truview and 3D CAD files

Lecture 18 Import DWG elevations and floor plans

Lecture 19 How to model from elevations and floor plans

Lecture 20 How to model matching a photo

Lecture 21 How to speed up your model

Lecture 22 Making seamless textures in Adobe Photoshop

Lecture 23 Making custom colors and materials in Sketchup

Lecture 24 Saving a template with your preferences and styles

Lecture 25 Setting up and saving a materials library

Lecture 26 Setting up and saving a components library

Lecture 27 Setting up default editors and other preferences

Lecture 28 Saving views

Lecture 29 Composition: a crash course on illustrative design

Lecture 30 Composing views using perspective and two-point perspective and field of view

Lecture 31 Installing Thea (or Twin Motion, Enscape, or Lumion)

Lecture 32 3D plants and vegetation

Lecture 33 How to make Faceme components

Lecture 34 Explaining proxies and dealing with layers

Lecture 35 Animations

Lecture 36 Conclusion

Beginner Sketchup Class for Aspiring Architects, Interior Designs, or Entertainment Illustrators.,Art majors and artists who need to generate excellent references for generating artwork faster