We got to the end! I am quite happy with where I am with this piece and I didn't want to finish it too long after the deadline as I still wanted to feel like part of the challenge :P

This is the state of the environment at it's final state.

I've completed a vending machine and some pieces of rubbish to scatter around.

I've used the foliage tool to scatter rubbish around quickly and randomly. 

I've finished the little street food area however, I feel that this is the area that I would work on more if I did it again. I feel that it either needs relighting or it just needs to be less busy as something is not clicking to the extent that I would want it.

I have also created a last decal pass using some graffiti types that I have made but I did not try to go overboard with it.

Generally I feel that this project is a good condensation of all the things i have learnt in the past few years and hopefully it shows some progress from my first works to this one. I will maybe come back to fix some little bugs here and there but I feel that the shape it is now is final!

Thank you for following this blog on thsi journey!

Hey all,

So I am thinking that I am reaching the last 30% of the environment with the final assets still being made. One thing that I can instantly say about this is what I am always guilty of - over scoping. It is a sad thing that a lot of people do to themselves and I am one of those people! 

There were so many assets that had to be included but I am trying to finish them all of to the same quality as each other to achieve the best possible outcome. This is the current state of the scene. I also have fixed my gamma settings on my monitor which were toying with the my perception of the scene!

I have started to finish off the little bar/shop area with some assets such as plastic stools and creates - this area still needs some roughing up making it looked lived in. Made a little teriyaki stand :D

This side of the scene including the karaoke club still needs a lot of work and I tell myself I will get to it some day :P

The enternance to the metro station is slowly starting to get a shape but it still needs several decals and such to make it seem like an actual metro station. The road is looking pretty cool tho!

One thing I did is I removed the arches from the left and exchanged it with a modular warehouse looking building. I think it grounds the scene and makes it look like a real place.

A close up of some of the small assets that I have created - including my rubbish bags created in Marvellous Designer. 

I sadly did not manage to finish this piece in time so I am going to give myself time to finish it to the point where I am happy with it without rushing it. It's a shame but I had some much making this piece already I want it to be really good.

Here is the current state of the project 

The basic shapes of the metro station are in and still need quite a lot of work but I feel that it is getting there. I have blocked in a simple subway train that will run through the tracks once every few moments just to get the scene to feel alive. 

I have completed the metro gates and the entry to the station is slowly coming together.

There are several new signs made but there is still a lot to go to get that proper cyber punk feeling. 

So, quite a big update today! I've made some quite dramatic changes to the scene and what it looks like.

I've felt that the scene was too linear and that too many things were going to the side of scene and the composition just wasn't interesting enough. 

I have removed the capsule hotel from the middle and moved it to the side. to capture more of the cityscape in the background and I've started experimenting with what could be in there.

I saw at this image in my moodboard and thought the idea of a subway train going through the middle was quite nice so I started experimenting.

This was the initial idea just with simple cubes to see how the shape would work.

Created a simple shape blockout to see what the shapes  I would like.

Till the next time!

Finally I have been able to come back to this piece and start working on it again! Due to the virus outbreak I've had several changes up and down in my work schedule so I have some more time to start working on this again! I probably won't make it in time to finish for the deadline but I still strive to complete this piece. 

I have managed to complete a semi decent blockout of what I would like in the scene. I imagine the scene to be quite intimate with a lot of objects scattered around. 

After that I put in some initial lighting to start getting the correct mood for this piece. 

  I still have loads to finish and do as what I mostly focus on was the buildings on the right to get the proper Tokyo feeling. I must populate the scene with neon lighting and roughen it up to feel lived in rather than what it is at the moment.

  

The area which I am quite excited by is the little street food stand in the corner. I imagine it to be quite dirty and rough but have a little table where people can sit and play board games etc. but I first must get around to all of the other parts to get to the nice bits :P

Any feedback and suggestions are appreciated!