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3DI'm Back, And I'm making a city.

[Deleted User][Deleted User]11 Posts: 4,002Member
edited October 2010 in Work in Progress #1
City is for an online group I started, used to run, still lives, and still running strong. Its inspired off of Caprica, Dubai, and Philadelphia. (Odd Mix) Here are shots of its Progress. Its maybe at 15% now? Still got alot to do and alot to add. I've been working on this for about a month and will show you its overall progress and evolution.

First I started by making a basic zone using a high res satellite photo of the Philadelphia metro area

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Then I began to build on the river front.

harborx.jpg

The first Skyscraper

reflectionsy.jpg

And then it grew...

newjaboutisupertower.jpg

Then one day I had alot of time and energy...

njskyline1x.jpg

Before I began to do UV work on the main towers (Which Im still new at) I changed their clunky designs.

newventrellitower.jpg

incompletezone.jpg

And finally the first building was lit just before sunset, The Zammy tower.

zammytowerlitup.jpg

The behemoth Memorial Spire shortly followed afterwards

sunset2m.jpg

Night has fallen and the Ventrelli, and Rasei Center was completed, I began to experiment with strobe lights

strobetests1.jpg

Later on, to accomidate the streets being UV'ed in, I re arranged all the buildings.

newlayoutv.jpg

newlayout3.jpg

And where we are now, Currently working on the streets before I texture the rest of the buildings and add more in.

groundwork.jpg

Enjoy
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  • Dr LeeDr Lee2 Posts: 0Member
    #2
    :o:o:o

    Oh my.....
    :thumb:
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #3
    More updates, I'm going to UV up another batch of skyscrapers next, so time consuming before I get back to the streets, added Helipads to some rooftops and more detail to the street level. Aswell as times square like Billboards all around the city.

    progress5l.jpg

    progress3.jpg
  • mikalamikala176 Posts: 440Member
    #4
    Great to see you building again!
    Had wondered where you had gotten to!
  • <:K.I.S:><:K.I.S:>0 Posts: 0Member
    #5
    Wow fantastic work love the buildings. That first night time shot you posted looking up at the buildings from low down reminds me of atlantis :thumb:
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #6
    Atlantis is a second rate crap hole in the middle of the ocean. :P Its like Pittsburgh, Its a "Has Been" City. This is a real city.

    I wish there was a faster way to UV texture buildings, Added a bloom effect and two more towers have been completed, maybe 10 more to go? Both took 3 hours each to finish.

    xnetcenterfinished.jpg

    currentbackupv3.jpg
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #7
    The three behemoths from ground level, in a club alleyway.

    njalley.jpg
  • asddsa0147asddsa01470 Posts: 0Member
    #8
    simply just wow!! Great work:thumb:
  • publiusrpubliusr550 Posts: 1,747Member
    #9
    Now put it atop a flying saucer and call it Lemuria to SG's Atlantis.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #10
    The sun sets for another busy night of construction in downtown New Jabouti.

    njcity2.jpg
  • StarshipStarship466 São Paulo - BrasilPosts: 1,977Member
    #11
    Welcome back! The city looks dammed cool!
    Are the light windows textured, or you put some glow to objects? just curious. :)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #12
    They are textures.
  • HundredHundred268 Posts: 1,021Member
    #13
    Well damn! That's pretty spiffy Casperhead. As a matter of fact I started on a city myself yesterday. Great work, keep it coming. :thumb:
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #14
    Ooo I'd love to see yours. :) I'm a skyscraper fanatic.
  • AresiusAresius359 Posts: 4,171Member
    #15
    Wonderful city. Can I buy an apartment?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #16
    Real estate is running high in New Jabouti so of course.

    It was another busy night of work in the city.

    busynight2.jpg

    busynight3.jpg
  • DannageDannage236 Posts: 634Member
    #17
    I started a city once.. looked rubbish compared.... I bow to your scraperrific work!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #18
    Just began to redo the ENTIRE landmass, Its still all new and lacks detail at the moment. Going to have to make new roads, but overall this should be quicker, and better. The city has been relaid out to be better, and yes were now letting water in although the water shader is not final. I still got more terrain to add so its not surrounded by an ocean, just lake and river side.

    newlandmass.jpg
    newlandmass2.jpg
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #19
    Were already making progress with the ground breaking, Side walks and street lamps are already popping up.

    streetlamps.jpg
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #20
    Night has fallen so say hello to the new skyline of the city from the waterfront at night! This past hour Ive added in more than a hundred lamp posts to light the lake side of the city, aswell as memorial island, When finished there will be over a thousand for the cities south side, aswell as road lights when I make the freeways.

    streetlamps2.jpg

    memorialparknight.jpg
  • AresiusAresius359 Posts: 4,171Member
    #21
    wow, that's wonderful!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #22
    Been working on a new bridge today which will connect the North and South sides of the City, still needs a name, Bridge is only 40% complete, just started to light up the spans with LED lights, since the hundreds of dot lights on the span aren't really that visible.

    bridgeconstruction.jpg
  • gpdesignergpdesigner203 MontrealPosts: 323Member
    #23
    Nice work on this Casperhead . . I totally love the lighting, also nice composite on the image above, sweet work.
    gp
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #24
    hawkinsbridgemountain.jpg

    Just began a mountain range.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #25
    Decided to redo the entire thing since I'm still a n00b with UV mapping. Slowly building more detailed skyscrapers.

    kzrezcorptower1.jpg

    zammytowernearcomplete2.jpg

    zammytowernearcomplete.jpg
  • omnipotentomnipotent658 SwedenPosts: 466Member
    #26
    this is looking sweet.
    im loving the lightshow ;)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #27
    Thanks! It takes HOURS of UV mapping to pull it off.
  • kevinskikevinski0 Posts: 0Member
    #28
    OMG that lookA’s awesome

    Can i ask you what programm you use for:
    -3D Modelling?
    -Rendering?
    -UV Maps?
  • omnipotentomnipotent658 SwedenPosts: 466Member
    #29
    Casperhead wrote: »
    Thanks! It takes HOURS of UV mapping to pull it off.
    lol i know, i have a love hate relationship with UV myself :P
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #30
    kevinski wrote: »
    OMG that lookA’s awesome

    Can i ask you what programm you use for:
    -3D Modelling?
    -Rendering?
    -UV Maps?

    Lightwave.

    UVs done in Photoshop.
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