affinity designer Kattegat Great Hall (from VIKINGS tv show) - Isometric Design

[Phillipp]

Hey, 

 

this is the first time I used an actual image as an example and tried to recreate it in isometric style. You can see the outcome in the video thumbnail. I also embedded the example for comparison.

It was quite challenging, especially the wooden planks. It's the first time I work with gradients and the wood look had me struggle for quite a while. The video shows my full process, including trial and error on the gradients.

I won't consider it "done" yet as there are definitely some things to improve, like the roof where I had no idea what to add as details. I thought about doing the same wooden plank gradients in an interesting pattern but I guess that would be too much.

Overall, it looks more like an asset from an old browsergame. It doesn't have this special isometric art style. I think it's because of the muted colors and too much detail. If I would redo it some day, I would try to use brighter colors (exploring more orang'ey for the wood) and have less small details.

 

What do you think? I would be happy for feedback and some tips.

 

 

Example:

[gewoonm]

Looks great to me!

i tried isometric a while back, couldn’t get it right. But I got some helpful hints from your video, I might try again

[Phillipp]

Great that you found something helpful in my video.

Overall, I would really love some feedback on how to improve my work.