Minihotel Background PtII [W.I.P]

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http://www.freedeebloke.com/projectstages/minihabb.htm

Latest update, i've added a small dockyard area and a small park type thingy (i'll probably do a couple of other parks around the scene too), i'm trying not to let the background stuff take over the main focus of the scene though which is proving a bit tricky to avoid, once i get an idea for something i tend to really get into it and i've already made a couple of buildings that had to be scrapped because they would take peoples attention away from the main image, dunno how i'll play that though, perhaps once the image is done i can replace the standard city blocks with more interesting stuff over time.

I've also made a lot of progress with the main centrepiece, i'm still not showing that yet though but it does involve 2 large vidscreens and a lot of animation.

[Roboevil]

Aww, you're so funny, some people just are . It look's Uber l33t supa haxz0rz!! Don't really know what to say about to, 'constructive criticism' wise, it's all basically perfect =]! I don't know if you haven't planned too, but you should make like a mini train station or underground one or something, and another park maybe? A church? Just something to spice up the city and make it look less repetitive, obviously not too busy though, otherwise it would take the viewers attention away from the main feature like you said .

[Steven.]

what can i sa fdb, there lovely! yet again, i like your work

[fdb]

We're thinking on the same wavelength there, i've been arguing with myself about adding a small overground railway or something, either that or a canal type thing winding through the middle of it all, that might look cool with it going under road bridges etc (see i'm starting with the overboard ideas again :p ), i'm definately adding a church or two, i've got another 2 park areas planned, the other end of the dock area is being turned into a beach and there's a small possibility of a "city airport" somewhere in there.

No idea when i'm actually going to be able to impliment any of those ideas but i'm trying to do at least a block per night.

I'm also toying with the idea of putting my template .psd on my site for download so others can make their own mini cities, so far it has several different road sections (junctions etc), trees and buldings, whenever i deviate a bit and make a slightly different building from the others i add it to the template so there should be a decent collection once i'm done.

[Roboevil]

It all sounds pretty cool, and a block per night is a nice amount to go without rushing it or getting bored. I was going to assume that you will be adding the Habbo hotels to the peice but wouldn't it look out of place them being bright orange? Plus, adding an airport seems a bit large scaled, it would need to take up half a block or something, it may seem like a whole new attraction x[!

[Steven.]

Yeh, just wondering if these were going to be put on your page of alts on the main Hx site?

Thanks

- Stee

[fdb]

It all sounds pretty cool, and a block per night is a nice amount to go without rushing it or getting bored. I was going to assume that you will be adding the Habbo hotels to the peice but wouldn't it look out of place them being bright orange? Plus, adding an airport seems a bit large scaled, it would need to take up half a block or something, it may seem like a whole new attraction x[!

Yes, the hotels are already in place in the scene but i'm avoiding displaying them so to prevent anyone ripping it off or something, they actually don't look too bad compared to the fill-in buildings and it's always been my intention to make them stand out more because of what the image will eventually be used for, once i get a few more blocks filled i'll post a preview section of the image with a hotel so you'll see what i mean.

I'm also a bit undecided about the airport idea, i could get away with making it a very small scale inner-city light aircraft type deal and it wouldn't take up too much space but my main concern would be making a passable looking plane within a 6 pixel limit, i could adapt the helicopter used on one of the mini hotels but i'll have a play around with something and see if it's worth doing before getting into it too much.. :s

@ -50: I won't be allowing any site to display the main image even when it's complete, the reason being it's going to be part of a website itself and i'd rather people came to see that particular work on my own site instead of elsewhere, This is part of the reason why i'm not showing everything in place on the scene at once, especially the centerpiece building, although if you look carefully you'll see a little precaution i've taken to make sure someone doesn't "borrow" the background image even when it is finished and on display.
The mini hotels on their own i'm happy to give permission (if asked) to be displayed on other sites as with most of my work.

[Scrubs]

I always liked your work and this is gonna be a greaet finished result SUPER

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So, small update, no image, just thought i'd mention that i tried the airport and it didn't look right at all so that's that idea out of the window, i'll be having a go at the railway line next i reckon.

[Wootzeh]

Brilliant as always. Only thing I think you need is more detail on grass/water.