Fellow Steemians, I wanted to share some 3D rendering images (in progress) based on the modeling done for STEEMTOWN. The building and landscape geometry is being modeled in 3D using the software “Rhinoceros.” Below are screen-shots that highlight progress modeling from different angles and phases of rendering. There’s is much more building happening behind the scenes and the support from you all has been incredible! Stay tuned for more additions to the Town over the next week...
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These are all test renderings to experiment with basic shading and environment lighting.
The Townscape is getting bigger! Here’s a sequence of images looking at various shading and linework from a isometric (aerial) perspective…
STEEMTOWN is an ongoing community art project powered through your comments and ideas. It’s an experimental game of city-making, a digital Madurodam, where my role is the builder and yours is the planner and curator. Each week, a new layer of buildings will be added to the Town. Your photographs, quotes, stories and feedback are the raw materials that drive construction for each new layer. For more, here is a link to the introductory post of STEEMTOWN and the project mission.
Through this project - I hope to engage in a broader dialogue with fellow Steemians about their own sense of place and placemaking. These types of game-structured conversations are a fascinating way of learning more about what a person defines as his or her “community.” It’s a way of us connecting to one another through the geographies we are deeply tied to and knowledgeable of. In a world of links, likes, upvotes and IP addresses, it’s exciting to find ways of bridging the digital divide and connecting with those on the other side of the screen.
Stay tuned for Phase 3 of STEEMTOWN...
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