Rendering in SketchUp

Fig. 5.1: 
Three-dimensional grass created using Advanced Painter Exterior (Akiko Okabe, RNL project)
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Part 1: Overview and Concepts
A cadre of professionals, loosely called rendering artists, are devoted to computer rendering. 
They are dedicated to the rendering craft; they can work weeks, if not months, on a single ren-
der to produce images and animations that are hyperrealistic. In short, they are artists in their 
fields who create incredible images, animations, and movies. 
Rendering Artists
This chapter focuses on renderings created by some of these professionals. These images 
(Fig. 5.1 to Fig. 5.13) incorporate the principles outlined here as interpreted by these artists to 
further their works and create emotive, realistic images. The following artists are featured.
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Aikiko Okabe: 
akikookabe.com
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Ryan W. Knope: 
www.ryanknope.com
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Sid Porobic: chartered architect; director of S. Porobic Associates, Chartered Architects 
and Designers; lecturer at The School of Arts, University of Northampton; director of 
Renderclinic, Ltd.
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Mateo Soletic: Mateo Soletic – Designer; director of Soletic Interijeri & Sketchu-
pArtists, 
http://www.sketchupartists.org/
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Duane Kemp: Director of Kemp Productions
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Anna Cawrse and team (Alex Atherton, Chad Murphy, Mike Albert, Victor Perez Amado)
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Victor Perez Amado and team (Anna Cawrse, Alex Atherton, Chad Murphy, Mike 
Albert)
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Kara Letts: designer from the Washington, D.C., area specializing in commercial inte-
rior design, with special interests in technology, sustainability, and universal design.
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