Google Sketch Up Awesomness!

Been playing with Google SketchUp and I must say that it's fun as hell. Other then a few annoyances with shortcut keys and the rotate the world tool, it's a great program. I LOVE THE TAPE MEASURE! OMG! If Maya could have one of these it would be AWESOME!

So, started out with a Victorian style house as my introduction into the world of Sketch Up. Found the picture of the house online and just eyeballed it.

Next up I took a few measurements of my own house and started building away. Everything is to scale and since everything was simple geometry, it was easy to build. The only thing I didn't make was the computer screen, mouse, and the keyboard that's on the floor.

 

 Next up in the house came the bedrooms. The walls still aren't up, but that's because they will be the last to be placed in. My room is the one on the right-front with the single bed and art table in it. The dressers were a bit of a hassle to get down, but they're done!

 

Finally, the bathroom... again no walls yet.

 Overall, I'm begining to think that perhaps I should have become an architect instead of an animator. I truely am enjoying building stuff in programs like Maya and now Sketch Up.