Styles

styles

A 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-photo realistic (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. Styles provide 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.
On these pages 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 Sketch Styles by Scott Poloney
Scott has created some subtle hand-sketch styles using Google’s Style Builder and actual drafting pens and pencils. Scott states that “Some work better than others, depending on how complex your model is”. Here are some sample images of Scott’s styles and the download link here.

#2 Pencil Style by Scott Poloney

Bic Ballpoint Pen Style by Scott Poloney

Blunt #2 Pencil Style by Scott Poloney

Blunt 3H Pencil Style by Scott Poloney

Faded Prismacolor Small End Style by Scott Poloney

Blunt Cool Grey 90% Pencil Style by Scott Poloney

Wool Style by DaveR

Dave has contributed this unusual style.

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Some Edge Styles by Andrew Carter

Andrew has kindly given us these five styles to share with you. You can Download them all here.

Sharpie Freehand Thin Pen Style by Andrew Carter

Thick Marker Pen Style by Andrew Carter

Thin Marker Pen Style by Andrew Carter

Staedtler Blue Lead Pencil Style by Andrew Carter

Sharpie Freehand Fat Pen Style by Andrew Carter

A selection of great new free styles by Lin

A whole selection of different styles by Lin. Click on images to download.

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My Watercolor Style by Majid Yeganegi

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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.

These styles come with SketchUp 7

1. Hand Drafted with Mask by Mark Leasor
This style gives you some ’sketchiness’ 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.