Monday, May 4, 2009

EXP 2 - The map

The Interior - Jacques-Yves Cousteau:







Texture on the wall: pattern like the water surface
Texture on the tiles on ground: water ripple
- Both textures are inspired from reading Cousteau's book "Jacques Cousteau's Amazon Journey" , where the quote is from. I can see the love of nature in him.

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Meeting Place:





Texture on upper roof: complicated interweave
Texture in the middle roof: development before a complicated interweave
Texture in the lowest roof - plain wall texture

The structure of the meeting place is largely based on the 'compression' and 'connection' , the textures are linked to aim to show this.

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The Exterior - Alfred Nobel:







Texture on the ramp around the cubical space: beaming lines
- I feel that beaming lines are best in giving a sense of 'truth'. Usually we feel like seeking truth about things (lines running towards a direction) but never close to it.
- In another sense, the lines can be seen as fractures of truth - like inside a crystal prism, you can see the reflections, but never reach it.

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Views of the ramp:


(Viewing from the top of the ramp in the meeting place)


(passion - transparent red)


(special feature, two ramps connecting to 'the truth')


(logic - cold blue)


(pathway to truth seeking - I have put in two layers for this part of the ramp: top layer is glass, the one under is normal ground, the lights are in between - progressing from blue to yellow)


(another ramp path - can't see the glass flooring?..)


(transparent view = player view - left side: the outer world, right side: the truth, the blind 'blinds' the outer world from seeing truth directly)


(leading back to the ramp - can't see the glass flooring again, but it exists)

EXP 2 - Electroliquid Aggregation

Alfred Nobel:
"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness."
[What I think he meant is, human is constantly trying to fill their hearts with hope, so that cruel truths existing in reality do not appear too hard for them to bear.]

Jacques-Yves Cousteau:
"The Symmetry of nature's design is complete..."
[On the study of a particular kind of fish in the Amazon river, he realises that nature is feeding living things and living things give back to nature - this interactive exchanging relationship ensures their ongoing existance.]

Conclusion:
Just like how the symmetry of nature provides its living things with an ability to survive, 'hope' is the 'symmetry of (human's) nature' to shield us from the cruel 'truth' ( - fear and despair), so we have the courage to live with a smile on our face. But either way, we are to live on, no matter how tough life becomes.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

EXP 2 - 36 textures + progress img

36Custom Textures




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Progress Photo

updated:


original

Sunday, April 26, 2009

EXP 2 - Draft model updated

  • Size of the space is significantly reduced
  • Idea changed for the material.
  • Lighting added
  • The shape of the cross now has wider angle.







EXP 2 - 9 Sketches + Drafts

9 parallel projections sketches:
(with opposite views of each)












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Independent studies:
Unreal Tournament modeling for 2 selected axo sketches...


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Draft/developing model


Exterior space: on Nobel's quote about hidden truth

Glance out to see a wall blocking your viewpoint.


Imagine a ramp going outwards, reaching to that wall, and then there are 2 paths - left and right.

The left one goes around the side,

and you see this:


If you take the right one,

you come around from the side & you see this:


The front of the 'hidden truth'!


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Interior: on Costeau's quote about symmetry of nature...

Every part of the interior WILL be symmetrical, and textures will be based on nature.







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Scraps
(there are irrelevant parts on the drawings eg info and dolls.. please excuse me for that..)

I drew a lot - seeking for ideas.
These are updated from day to day. (from most recent to less recent)