Architectural_Design_with_SketchUp

Architectural Design with SketchUp
Figure 5.97: Painting using FotoSketcher
Your Turn!
The following tasks allow you to practice the topics in this chapter:
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1. Model a photo
Take a picture of a small setup (one that is easy to model in SketchUp). For example, lay
a metal knife on a wood block on a granite counter and take a close-up picture that
shows all three materials. Evaluate the materials in the photo with respect to reflectiveness,
bumpiness, irregularities, and other qualities. Then model the scene in SketchUp
and re-create it in your rendering software. Your main challenge will be to re-create
material properties and the lighting environment as closely as possible to the real world.
Render the scene and compare it side by side with the photo.
2. Create a loft sales brochure
Model one or two typical loft scenes (a living room with a sofa and artwork on the
wall or an open-floor-plan kitchen). Then apply good-quality materials, set up the
scene with interesting lighting, and render it. Finally, put the images together on a
single page, add some text, and turn it into a sales flier for a new downtown loft.
3. Day and night
Using the scene from the previous task, create good-looking night renders (complete
with artificial lighting). Make sure the night renders don’t just have a black sky.
Then present the day and night renders side by side.
4. Visual styles
Using any method described in this chapter, create three visual styles that cannot
be done only by using renderings, SketchUp’s Styles, or FotoSketcher. Use any rendering
you like as basis for this.
5. Bring yourself into SketchUp
Get someone to take a photo of yourself (or a friend) and turn it into a cutout
face-me component for SketchUp.