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here instead of using a glowing bar an electronic power on/off symbol was used

One of the recommendations in the project handout suggested making the character either more robotic or organic. While it seems pretty clear my character is robotic I wanted to blur the distinction a bit.

This assignment has probably been one of my favorites so far. I look forward to developing this character further and bringing it to life with some of Maya’s awesome lighting and animating effects, so check back later for more updates!

Our reviewers appreciated the more refined yet conceptual look of these two images and gave us plenty of great criticism to work with. Our project will be in Rio de Janeiro which inspired the Favela like ‘pez-dispenser’ units flanking the main tower. The exterior of the shell will incorporate much of our sustainable agenda while the varying floor-like plates within the shell satisfy various residential and commercial agendas.

While the ’skytches’ advanced our project in the right direction, they have served their purpose and will not be refined any further. We are now returning to our sketchbooks to work on the next set of concept drawings to further develop our vision. Also, the form was unconsciously albeit strikingly familiar to this particular eVolo entry which was awarded Second Place in ‘08.

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As architecture students, we are always encouraged to find newer and better ways to communicate our design concepts. This exploration uses Maya as a sort of sketching medium. These three images took about 90 minutes to produce. The sky and water were the simplest elements to incorporate but are still aesthetically compelling. We aim to emphasize form and scale. Scale is determined by the perspective of the camera, and materials are used as simply as possible.

SKYTCH_v01a takes our original concept and adds green ‘wings’. A major feature we plan to incorporate in our design is the developing science of vertical farming. The green ‘wings’ explore what this may look like.

The naming process is similar to how someone might organize a computer program. SKYTCH (the encompassing project) _v01 (the specific version/instance being shown) a (indication of variation) i (alternate views). Another view of the instance above would be called SKYTCH_v01aii, while another variation would be called SKYTCH_v01b.

Quick Planet Tutorial from Abduzeedo

Planet Tutorial Video

Cool Space Environment Tutorial

Planet Collision Tutorial

Space Explosion Tutorial

Meteor from Scratch

Planet Explosion Tutorial

Alien Invasion Tutorial

Space Rings + Sky Tutorial

Asteroid Tutorial

Nebula Tutorial

Galaxy Tutorial

High Resolution Planet

Simple Eclipse

1. CG Textures

2. Texture King

3. C4D Textures

4. Texture Warehouse

5. Free 3D Textures

6. Mega Tex

7. Urban Dirty

8. Texturez

9. MX Gallery

10. Noctua Graphics

11. Textures Forrest

12. Mayang

13. Amazing Textures

14. The Inspiration Gallery

15. And one more – this a great resource that has lists of free texture, font, vector, and other useful sites (this is where I heard about most of the sites above):

Web Designer Heaven

Swing – Really cool color scheme and perspective on the swinging letters.

Luna – One word: Simplicity.

iWok – Nice use of the company’s identity as the actual typography.

Xpress Boxes – This is a great example of combining 2 elements in a logo – the box is also an X.

Paint the City – Nice use of negative space, typography, and graphics all in one.