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Anacardo

03-09-2008, 11:57 PM

http://assets.cgsociety.org/nvart/1205103429/680bound
(http://assets.cgsociety.org/nvart/1205103429/1024bound)Imagine you've made a long journey, walked over an incommensurable distance through unfriendly places. And then you finally got there. The wind gets quieter, and you walk the final steps over the bridge, towards the fortresses and temples that still stand against the elements. You've arrived, you're safe.
The image was made in a rush for the competition in 5 days, from sketch to final. All 3d except clouds and smoke. I used a "lego" approach to modeling (almost games like: I firstly modeled pieces, then combined them together to get the structure) Due to the complexity I had to split the composition over three scenes: background - mid and foreground and then used Photoshop for compositing. Crits welcomed. ;)

AlZoulou

03-10-2008, 01:37 AM

Cheer, splendid, the light and style! :bounce:

TCPortfolio

03-10-2008, 04:05 AM

I recognized your style from "Rail Haven." Very nice work. Thanks for posting it!

Anacardo

03-10-2008, 10:49 PM

I'm back. Thanks guys. There are some issues here and there, and the foreground lacks detail. Anyway what it's done, it's done :) . Here are some more details of making:
The original is 4096x2560.
These are the "lego pieces" I first modeled on monday:
http://www.marcorolandi.com/temp/legopieces.jpg
This architecture built onto the pillars of the bridge is modeled reversed to any "real counterpart", where the noble floor would be the lowest and the servitude would live in the upper (and most distant from the street), In this case it's the opposite, since the closest floor to the street is obviously the highest. Decoration obviously follows the importance of the floor, the noble being the richest and the least important being the most sober. Style is a mixture between indian, liberty, decò, eclectic, venetian gothic, all mixed together. I created two main styles (one rounded and one more geometrical) with different grades of complexity and one "door variation". Once the pieces where ready, I simply multiplied, stretched, reversed, combined, detached... everything I could and couldn't do.

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