Social housing – archviz without rendering engine

I’ve been experimenting with Google SketchUp styles and export options for a while, but yesterday I finally tried to create an architectural illustration without using any render engine at all. It’s Social housing for miners by Zon-e Arquitectos.

I have used these five “render” layers exported from Google SketchUp:

And a lot of Photoshop.

(If you want to learn basic SketchUp to Photoshop workflow, watch this great video tutorial: Daytime rendering: SketchUp to Photoshop by Alex Hogrefe.)