First a few words about the Halving blocks series of panels, which I started by making the Genesis cube panel. The series is dedicated to the blocks in which halving happened in the bitcoin network. The second piece is dedicated to the first ever halving in the Bitcoin network, namely in block 210 000.
The design started from the Genesis cube panel project, and I literally didn't know where the final rework would take me. With each change, the new piece moved further and further away from its parent- the Genesis cube.
In the end, I was very pleased with the two-dimensional design of the piece. Now all that was left was to make the 3d project based on my drawings. In my head, everything was holding up well, but I had no idea if I had missed anything and if the artwork would look good when it was materialised. That's why all my designs, before I start making them, go through 3d software that helps me get an idea of the final shape of the piece. If I don't like something, I go back to the drawings and start thinking again. In this case there were a few small things I went back to change, but overall I was very happy with the result.
Here's what some of the first color designs for the 210,000 panel look like.
After a few days of proofs, and a few hours of rending time, I had arrived at the final version !
All the work from the design, to the last render took me about 1 month of work. The hard part was over, now the physical part remained.
To be continued ....
