Seymour Shore, BC - A Sketchup City

[Bergenser]

wow, this shot is extemly realistic:


Wow.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Neat. I always thought BC could use another big city.

Is there a surfer scene in Seymour Shore?

[CGII]

Originally Posted by foxmtbr

Awesome! I am loving those renderings, I tried to download Podium, but it won't render anything.

That's because it'll only render faces hthat are white in the monochrome view. It's quite likely most of your city is in that purplish other colour, like City City. Lametably, Podium won'trender affixed images either, which means 90% of my buildings wouldn't have faces.

[Patrick]

Podium is free?

[Dear Leader VI]

Excellent job and backstory! The textures you used are incredibly lifelike.

[CGII]

Originally Posted by Patrick

Podium is free?

No, but they have a trial that only exports 600x420 sized pictures. Kerkythea is free, and does far more. [Podium is $100+].


An example of a quick, default render with Kerkythea from a model made entirely from Sketchup:

[Patrick]

Cool program, but unfortunantly, I need to reverse all the faces to make the taxtures show up, I'm not sure if its really worth it

[wtncffts]

I tried kerkythea before, but I'm not much of a computer whiz and didn't really get the results I wanted. I like Podium because it's really easy to use and is embedded within sketchup, even though it doesn't have many options. Although now I might be looking for something else because it's taking about five or six minutes to render a scene.

And Dylan Leblanc, of course! Being right on the pacific ocean, Seymour Shore sees some of the best waves in the world!

[CGII]

Five or six minutes is nothing. You should expect upwards of 30 minutes for anything besides Kerkythea or Podium.

[wtncffts]

CGII, thanks for the info. I guess I'll just have to try and be more patient...
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I've started some things on the waterfront. Here's the Seymour Shore Aquarium and Marine Science Centre:



Here's the Seymour Shore Yacht Club:



And another skyline shot, you can see the aquarium and yacht club on the waterfront:

[Patrick]

Woah! Nice! I suggest not sharpening your textures so much, it makes the pictures look kinda grainy and unreal.

[foxmtbr]

That aquarium looks insanely realistic!

[Derek]

im loving it

[wtncffts]

An evening in MacGregor Park:



The building is Sarah Fuller House, a museum and event centre originally built in 1894 by Lord Bernard Fuller, and named for his wife. The weekly Sunday Tea Party is a beloved city tradition.

[foxmtbr]

That has a definite historical feel to it. Very nice!

[wtncffts]

Hey folks, Podium is really starting to mess up now, so i've taken up your advice and started using kerkythea, which i've actually come to like better. it's certainly a lot faster. anyway, my friend just got back from Seymour Shore and he gave me this souvenir button:

[Patrick]

I'd love to know more about those Blue Twin Towers

[wtncffts]

Thanks for the comments, some things I've been working on:
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I'd love to know more about those Blue Twin Towers

Ask and ye shall receive!

This is World Commerce Plaza, the heart of Downtown Seymour Shore:



As labelled, the two twin towers are World Commerce Plaza One and Two, more commonly known by locals as 'Big Blue One and Two'. These two towers were built from 1984-1986, consciously inspired by New York City's World Trade Center Towers. Many residents of Seymour Shore disapproved of the building of the Big Blues, some because of the 'borrowed' design and some because of the way it changed the nature of the downtown area. World Commerce Plaza Three was built from 1987-1989, and WCP Four from 1988-1990. WCP Five, across the street, was a later addition, completed in 2003.

The plaza up close, Subway Station and 9/11 memorial:





As with most people around the world, citizens of Seymour Shore felt the pain and suffering of those who perished on September 11. For Seymour Shore, the loss was magnified by the existence of the Big Blues, and their relationship to the WTC. This memorial was constructed as a dedication to those who lost their lives.

WCP Three and Four:



Here are the building heights, to the top of the roof, of the WCP towers:

WCP ONE / WCP TWO: 1123'
WCP THREE: 349'
WCP FOUR: 480'
WCP FIVE: 410'

And a shot I particularly like:




Some other stuff:

Seymour Shore City Hall:




Completed in 1908, some see its opulence as disproportionate to a city the size of Seymour Shore, though others bask in its classical indulgences.

Harriman Center Complex:



Home to the 'Seymour Shore & World' Newspaper, the city's largest, and ShoreTV, the local television channel. The red building is the Harriman Playhouse, one of the premier cultural institutions in the city, where residents can go for live theatre and music performances.

That's all for now, thanks for reading and looking.

[Dac150]

That last building complex really resembles Rockafeller center......................

[bbeliko]

i like the WCP