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Published: 2012-07-23 18:29:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 550776; Favourites: 23151; Downloads: 9821
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Too poor to buy any of these?
Most of us are not rich or just too young and mom said "NO"... well, I'm NOT encouraging this, but a standard rule is: If there is a program, a free cracked version of it exists somewhere on the internet. Usually google is enough to find them, if not, try 3D forums.
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Dude. Just. Dude.
This is AWESOME!!!
Faving that and putting it to good use for sure! *V*
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OH MY GOD!!! I LOVE YOU!! Thank you so much for this.. I know i'm eons away from actually creating something as good as yours, but this is a very great help for me... Thanks a lot..
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i like how you advise at the last sentences "NO" lmao
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This is super helpful! Thank you so much for your amazing tutorials!
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Do you know of any programs that allow you to generate architecture styles from different regions like Asia or Europe?
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Hi! Is it legal to use this method for creating a background for a short animated movie, a cartoon (for some festivals for example)?
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i know this might be and probably is stupid, but is it legal to use these in comics ?
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This is a great tutorial, but there are artists that can draw structural backgrounds without hesitating...
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It's not really a question of being able to draw without hesitating or not
i believe this is for people who needs to draw the same background over and over again (like those drawing comics, for example) It doesn't mean these artists can't draw by themselves, it's just that having a premade background that they can just draw over will save them a lot of time.
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Really helpful ! can I ask question ? you took a city (later) and said "made by same process" but this city is not a 3D model just a picture. do you make line one by one for making this ? or 3D software can make all city's lineart itself ? thank you !
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I hope you don't mind me making a comment here. 
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Thank you for reply! Yep i meant the city! Looked like photo really impressive OO; i didn't know what can do 3d nowadays! Seems real. I'll try this tuto!
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So much work ; V ; . Thank you so much for the tutorial!
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setelah sekian lama mencari tutorial seperti ini, akhirnya dapet juga,, 
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Yuumei, you are amazing. Amazing. And I love you. This is going to help me so much.
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A little tip: you could suggest Gimp to those who can't buy the drawing programs you recommended 
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This tutorial is extremely helpful. It's really fantastic that google sketch up let's one use all the resources for free. I have a question though.. How do you get that lineart style that you ended up with? I've looked quite a bit through google sketch up's settings but I can't find how to get nice thin lines like that. In the end I just took a screencapture of the model I had created and inked it... but is there any easier way? Thank you for this tutorial, by the way.
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Question: Does sketchup only have urban models or does it also have old medieval models or far eastern city models?
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it has lots of different things so im sure you could find some like that!
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Very interesting. I'd be one thing if a person modeled it themselves (which would take longer, thus being moot), but doing it this way probably isn't the best for professional work.
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I wanna cry....8 gb ram is needed when I only have 4. I want to learn the basics of perspective and such but my brains seems like deteriorating in those matters. Anyway your great as always and an inspiration hehehehehe.
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May I ask a question? It's going to sound confrontational, but I don't mean it that way, I only want to hear your opinions: How do you feel about the legal issues of this method? Say someone uses a background created this way in a comic book that they then sell online ... should they credit the free 3D resource maker and the various programs that they used? Should they share a portion of the profits, if any of those people ask? And say a film producer wanted to adapt the comic ... and the film did very well, once again giving those others possible claims to some of those much larger profits. After all, without the backgrounds the comic might not have attracted the producer's attention. Later on, can the comic creator really claim that all the art is theirs? The story, sure, but the art? Who owns the art that is created?
Now I'm not saying that a method like this shouldn't be used or taught, I'm all for a culture of free where people create art and then share it with everyone and no one has to worry about the legal issues I bring up ... but that world doesn't exist yet. Artists need money to live, and the best situation right now is for them to be paid for creating their art. That's the worry I have for using free 3D resources when creating backgrounds to be used in art. Do you agree that this is an issue? If not, how does your opinion differ?
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I can't speak for every case, but in my example, I specifically use Google Sketchup's 3D Warehouse. The models on there are free for anyone to use and without legal issues. This is part of the terms and conditions for submitting your work to the 3D Warehouse. By submitting, you allow anyone to use your 3D models however way they want. I believe the mentality for that is some things are better free. An artist might benefit from being paid to make a 3D chair for example, but the same artist would benefit even more by having free access to the countless other free 3D models built by other people. And remember all of this is voluntary as far as Sketchup's 3D Warehouse is concerned.
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Okay, that does sound good on the legal side, it's good that someone who uses free 3D sets to create the backgrounds for something shouldn't have to worry about people wanting something for that use. It remains possible that someone would upload a 3D environment and then complain later if it got used in say a major motion picture, but if they gave up their rights to it then I suppose there's no harm except one angry person.
As for the ethical side, you seem to be saying it is better than any alternative for artists as a whole to have free access to countless digital resources ... I like that argument, but do you ever doubt it? What are the downsides? Do you think it would be possible for a site like that to reward its model creators for their work, like how YouTube will pay you if views of a video go high enough?
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I think you should understand that Sketchup was created for google earth. The entire concept behind the program is so people like you and me can easily make buildings, of our own creation or a real life copy, and then upload it to google earth to build a 3D model of the world with many of the most famous architectures. The goal is to use volunteer work to create something cool together, this was never meant for individual artists to profit from the models they make. Of course the program is so easy to use that many architects have used it to design buildings and profit from it, and they don't have to upload it to the 3D warehouse to share for free.
There are other websites where artists do sell the rights to use their models. I don't use them because I'm a single comic artist who do not have the funds to pay for every model nor the time to build every model myself. The best way I can put this is there are super markets and then there are soup kitchens. You can choose to go to a super market to buy food, but if you don't have the money, you can go to a soup kitchen to get free food. Nothing is illegal and no one is being exploited. I like SketchUp's free models, but if you want to make money from your models, don't put it there, put it some where else that do charge money.
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I understand the super market / soup kitchen analogy, although technically I think a pay-for-models site would be more like a co-op, but consider the place of a site like YouTube. It doesn't fit, not since they started paying their star video makers a share of the ad profits and still kept it all free for the video watchers. That would be like donating a lot of food to the soup kitchen and then getting a check in the mail as thanks for the donation ... although donating to a soup kitchen for a tax write-off is sort of a payment. Do you think it would be better if a site like this 3D Warehouse paid its star model makers a share of Google's ad revenue, perhaps anyone whose models had more than a thousand downloads or something? Not because artists need payment to create, I don't believe that, but simply on the argument that any effort deserves a chance to be rewarding, determined by the net value later on of that effort.
Here's another way to look at it. Do you know about the remixing debate in music? A DJ mixing bits of several tracks by other artists together to make their own unique track is sort of like using 3D models to create the backgrounds of a comic. Some people say that it's wrong to use anything from another artist without paying for it, while others say that remixing is exactly how creativity and art work. I am pro-remixing, but I also think that whoever created the snippets that were used deserves at least a mention and a thank you. Effort deserves reward if the effort had value.
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Not to butt in, because I've thought about this too. But I think it should be Google who pays the modelers, just like YouTube pays the vid makers. Payment would definitely boost production incentive. But while people seem to remain content to create for free, and no one is complaining, I don't think Google feels the need to add that extra incentive.
Though that would be great for both the modelers and people like Yuumei who would have more content to work with.
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I don't think everything has to be paid for. If it's free, then it's free. As Cobrateen said, on the legal side, it's all good.
But at any rate, the creator of the stock image (I believe that's the term for this) has to be credited properly (with at least name and link to website, etc.). Giving proper credit, to the one who deserves it is the more important thing, if you ask me. And if everything is credited, then everything is all clean.
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But what if, like Yuumei, someone uses multiple creators' creations in their work. You're saying to credit ALL of them? For the table, the bag, the flowerpot the stove, the trashcan etc?
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Yes of course, that's the expense that comes with using other people's work.
Like in the example Cobrateen mentioned, the mixers always credit the originals. Also have you ever heard of a "list of literature" in books? If you take something from somewhere else, you have to credit it there. (They're usually located at the last few pages.)
Same goes for artworks, if you ask me.
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So you're saying if I were to make a movie and use props in that movie (chairs, tables, shoes, clothings, rugs, etc) I have to list where ALL of that came from?
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wow! this is amazing- I had no idea that this was an option! Thank you!
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Okay scratch that, i have a question. When i go to export as a 2d image, it only saves the black lines. Nothing else. How do i fix this?
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YOU HAVE SAVED MY LIFE
I LOVE YOU
THIS IS GOING TO BE BUCKETS OF HELPFUL!
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Such a nice tutorial and I can't full size it or download...why do you fail me laptop... ||||OTL
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Thanks for sharing this amazing tips! I love your art style :3
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I made one! kawaiikit-kat.deviantart.com/a…
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