I Won Something Part II

Hello Everyone. A while back, I won something and announced it prematurely by accident (oops, sorry!). So today, I can announce it officially because it was posted HERE at the Monopoly City Streets blog and HERE at the Google SketchUp blog.

What did I win? I entered a competition to design a new building with SketchUp, to be used in game play for the Monopoly City Streets online real estate trading game. I made and submitted about a dozen buildings, and the one pictured won second prize. It's called Revolving Restaurant and it is a tower with a blimp attached.

The Hasbro artists refined the design and did an imaginative rendering as seen in the illustration (I love the shiny chrome top reflecting the sky and blimp-- this can be seen during game play). You can see the original model by me below:




My prize is the inclusion of this building in the online the Monopoly City Streets game. There you can buy and trade this building along with many others, including the two additonal winners. Thanks to Hasbro, Monopoly, SketchUp, and Google for sponsoring the contest!

And the Winner Is...

And the winner is... I don't know!

I am referring to the Monopoly City Streets building design contest. So many cool entries were made (I made thirteen myself). But who won?

October 13 at midnight, winners were to be announced. I wasn't sure if that meant midnight at the start of October 13 (which is technically the midnight that happens on that date) or the midnight at the end of that day. Either way they've both come and gone and I can't find an announcement of winners. Has anyone seen anything?

UPDATE: I won! Second Place with this model.

Pennsylvania Railroad Station II

Somebody made a different Pennsylvania Station for the Monopoly contest. Check it out. I also made one last week.

Donna's Arboretum

My thirteenth submission to the Monopoly City Streets design contest. It's called "Donna's Arboretum" and it's named for my friend Donna who owns Samuel's Florist in Burbank, California.

This model is a good example of when to use components. The building was built 1/4 of the way and then repeated. The trees repeat and so do the rocks (there is only one rock turned and resized to look like many) and the flowers (only one kind, dyed different colors) repeat as well.

The pine trees are made from a single ring of branches that repeats vertically and is shrunk each time. Each ring is made of one unit that repeats in a circle.

My Twelfth Monopoly Creation, Like, For Real

I call it "Coconut Milk Tower." Originally it was "Dairy Tower" because it is shaped like a carton of milk. But then I thought I would rename it "Soy Milk Tower" for the vegans. But then... I recalled that a certain vegan close to me prefers coconut milk. Hence, it became Coconut Milk Tower.

So there you have it. It's all true, too. This model is found in these collections: My Monopoly Buildings, Models By Zoungy

Beautiful Gas Station

Since the deadline for entry into the Monopoly City Streets game piece design contest has been extended, more submissions are coming in. Take a look at this one by BerylDrue, one of my favorites.

SketchUp Island Blogged On Infrastructurist!

Check out this very cool blog post by Infrastructurist.

Jebediah Reed, editor at www.infrastructurist.com, responded to a comment I had made on his blog about the old New York Penn Station.

He kindly invited me to share my Penn Station SketchUp model on Infrastructurist, and he also blogged about the Monopoly City Streets game (for which the model was created in a design contest) and SketchUp Island.

Check out the post here. Thanks, Jebediah and Infrastructurist.

Monopoly Design Contest Extended

The deadline for the Monopoly City Streets game piece design contest has been extended to Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 11:59 PM EST.

See the blog announcement  here. Time to make some models!!!

Penn Station Animation

Somebody named Colin Holgate has created an animation based on my Penn Station model. He describes it as what happens when Spider Man is late for a train and can't find a way in to the station. See it here.

Monopoly Ice Cream Parlor

My eleventh entry into the contest... I added to these 3D model collections: My Monopoly Buildings, Models By Zoungy

Tough Times Amusement Park

My tenth submission to Monopoly City Streets game piece design contest. I included it in the 3D model collections: Models By Zoungy, My Monopoly Buildings

Revolving Restaurant and Blimp Mooring Post

My ninth submission to Monopoly City Streets game piece design contest. It's a revolving restaurant and blimp mooring post. I included it in the 3D model collections: Models By Zoungy, My Monopoly Buildings

Monopoly Concert Bandshell

My eight submission to the Monopoly City Streets Design Contest... a little more humble than the train station, but its just a fun model. I included it in the 3D model collections: Models By Zoungy, My Monopoly Buildings

Charlotte's House

My seventh submission for Monopoly City Streets design contest... a house based on the look and feel of the children's story "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown, with illustrations by Clement Hurd.

I included this model in the following 3D model collections: My Monopoly Buildings, Models By Zoungy

My Monopoly Masterpiece

Life seems so futile now that I've created my SketchUp masterwork and published it. *Sigh.*

This is my SIXTH entry into the Monopoly City Streets design contest. Check it out below, and be sure to rate the model if you like it! I included it in the 3D model collections: Models By Zoungy, My Monopoly Buildings

Get Your Hairs Cut?

Here is my fifth entry into the Monopoly City Streets design contest: I call it "Shortcuts Barber Shop."

Lobster, Anyone?

My fourth Monopoly City Streets contest entry, named for a friend. What do you think? I've added this model to the following 3D model collections: Green-Colored Buildings, My Monopoly Buildings, Models By Zoungy

Too Cool For Pvblic School!

My third entry into the Monopoly City Streets design contest:

Let's Go To The Movies

Here is my second entry into the Monopoly City Streets design contest. What do you think?

Tea or Coffee?

Some of the best submissions to the Monopoly City Streets design contest are by BerylDrue. Check out the teapot themed one below. When I made my coffee cup model I swear I didn't know about this one! I think it's much better than mine, anyway!