Friday, June 20, 2008

SketchUp images with textures

I have posted these images because UT got to a point where it decided it didn't want to make my textures work anymore. It applied my custom texture to Yin's space (a static mesh), however everything else I tried after that (both static meshes and movers) would make the textures appear so small they looked like plain colours. You'll see what I mean when you go inside the environment; if you get very close to the objects, the textures are there, they are just incredibly small. I tried everything to resolve this, including remodelling the objects from scratch, changing the image size in photoshop, but to no avail. So below are 4 images of the objects in SketchUp, showing how the textures would've looked on their respective objects if they weren't so small!


ABOVE: The dining table uses a scalar texture, with the same pattern mirrored with reversed colours. The purpose of this was to represent both the differences and similarities between the two clients: differences being cultural background, area of expertise, manner in which they acquired their wealth and power (reflected in opposing colours) and similarities in the magnitudes of their power and influence (showed through the same shape of the design that is reflected).

ABOVE: Yin's elevator with scalar texture. I like to think of it as representing the steady growth from nothing to riches and power.

BELOW: Versace's office chair and desk, both with different 'erratic' textures reflecting the nature of her persona.

ABOVE: The meeting space with dining table and chairs. The material used for the meeting space structure is heavy stone to create the illusion of it being uninviting, which is reversed once inside the bright open space.

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