Styles

One great way to enhance your final presentations is with the use of a special feature in Google SketchUp called Styles. Styles are collections of display settings, including new options like Watermarks and Sketchy Effects, saved in the new Styles palette. You can use Style Builder to create custom non-photorealistic (NPR) Styles for SketchUp. NPR Styles can make your models appear hand-rendered, super-technical, and everything in between. You can create, save, and organize Styles as well as share Styles with others. With a single click, you can quickly apply a style to any model by selecting it from the new Styles window. The use of Styles provides a unique way to visualize models within SketchUp. To learn more on how to create your own styles a good start would be go through Aidan Chopra’s Google 3D Basecamp/2008 video session here. The session proceeds step-by-step through the process of using Style Builder to make your own signature SketchUp Styles.
An interesting 4 minute movie here, created by Tsa on the 3D Warehouse provides a real-time flythrough of a city cycling through a variety of style modes.
On these pages however we won’t be teaching you how to create your own styles, you will have to practice that by yourself, but we will be collecting and featuring some of the popular styles out there. We hope that this free visual library will be a helpful reference and inspiration in your future creative process.

A selection of great new free styles by Lin…..

Straight Ink & Marker Style 2 by Lin

Straight Ink & Marker Style 1 by Lin

Straight Ink Style by Lin

Freehand Pencil & Watercolor Style 2 by Lin

Freehand Pencil & Watercolor Style 1 by Lin

Freehand Pen & Shade Style by Lin

Freehand Pen & Marker Style by Lin

Freehand Pen & Brush Style by Lin

Freehand Pen Style by Lin
Download all Lin’s styles here

My Watercolor Style by Majid Yeganegi
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Here’s a cooler colored version of Majid’s style by DaveR.

Broken Line  Style by Anonymous.
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Broken Line 01 Style by Anonymous.
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Crayon Dark Brown Style by Anonymous.
Download the Style here. Click on image to enlarge.

Draftsman + Watercolor – Created by Majid Yeganegi
You can download this great looking style here.

Google SketchUp Style Builder Competition Winners.
The following ten styles presented here are Google SketchUp Style Builder Competition Winners. If you are using SketchUp 7 you already have them installed inside your Styles Folder.

Hand Drafted with Mask - Created by Mark Leasor.
This style gives you some sketchyness to your model without being too loose. It works best with solid colors applied to the model because there is a Watermark Mask that subtly softens the image.  The lines for this style were created with a fine point pen against a straight edge.  Also note that the lines are colored by material, which allows white lines of window mullions to show up on a dark window surface.

Light Grey Freestyle – Created By Matt Campbell.
Light grey freestyle lines makes the sketch look more like a concept.

Lines with Wide Marker – Created by Daisuke Matsuura.
Lines with a wide marker.

Pencil Edges With Whiteout Border- Created by Mark Paschke.
Pencil edges with a whiteout border.

Tech Pen Endpoints – Created by Mark Galbraith.
Technical pen lines with endpoints.

Pencil on Graph Paper – Created by  Matthew Valero.
Pencil lines on graph paper.

Pencil on light brown – Created by (SAM) Xia QiCong.
A natural presentation expression for architects.

Pencil Sketch with Darker Traced lines – Created by Devin Lavigne.
Loose pencil sketch lines with darker traced lines.

Rough Pencil Style – Created by Alan Adams.
Rough pencil lines.

Stain Edges with Frame – Created by Reuben Chock.
Loose, messy style, ala napkin sketch. Directional textures. Frame for consistent exhibits for quick presentations, notch in the base for notes, titles…

Japanese styles by Indigo Studio

Here are some interesting Japanese styles created by Indigo Studio.There are seven styles all together: douhaku,ginpaku,hiroshige,hiroshige_rain,hiroshige_spring,kinpaku and sesshu.All these styles are freeware.

From u4k
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If you would like your Style to be included in this great list contributors please contact us and we will add it to the collection.

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