affinity designer Cityscape

[David]

Inspired by a client commission to create a 3D shopping centre. Ive wanted for a long time to create a cityscape.

Its taken me about 3 solid days work split over a couple of weeks. Here is the work 90% complete. Just need to add people an alien and a few cars.

 

EDIT: now added an X-Wing, Tardis, Dalek, A-Team Van, Yoshi Egg, Back to the Future Hover board, IT crowd man, DelBoy Van, and some Mario blocks for good measure.

[Alfred]

Wow, excellent! No wonder it's taken you three days!!

[BrianHermelijn]

Been a while since I last seen pixel art cityscape. Good stuff. 

[Michelangelo_]

nice job

[retrograde]

Nice one David, very pixel art like.

[Kodiak]

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I'm impressed by the framework here and…

 

clearly, I cannot appreciated this cityscape as

well as the designers but, as a photographer, I

fail to see, feel, a vanishing point in any of the

three axis.

 

…is this absence part of the artistic intent too?

[David]

Yes intentionally there is no vanishing point, its made like pixel art.

 

 

 

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I'm impressed by the framework here and…

 

clearly, I cannot appreciated this cityscape as

well as the designers but, as a photographer, I

fail to see, feel, a vanishing point in any of the

three axis.

 

…is this absence part of the artistic intent too?

 

[A_B_C]

… is this absence part of the artistic intent too?

 

I would say this is part and parcel of the isometric approach …  ;)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isometric_graphics_in_video_games_and_pixel_art

[David]

Added people and some iconic cars :)

[Kodiak]

I would say this is part and parcel of the isometric approach …  ;)

 

Yes intentionally there is no vanishing point, its made like pixel art.

 

 

Thanks gents!  …learning every day! ;)

[David]

Thanks gents!  …learning every day! ;)

 

Plus I think my 32bit brain would need a serious graphics upgrade to deal with the complexity that perspective would add ;)

[Kodiak]

32bit brain would need a serious graphics upgrade to deal with the complexity that perspective would add ;)

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My lack of drawing skills and talent are well replaced

by optical physics and lens properties. ;)

 

Best wishes to all! 

[Solly]

I can imagine the fun one would have basing a cityscape on hyperbolic geometry.  ;)

[Scott Williams]

Very cool indeed.

 

Isometric graphics were made popular by video games in the early 80's. They allowed developers to represent a 3D world with 2D resources.

[David]

Ive updated the artwork and have a few ideas still to add in the new year, but rather than posting each time I've swapped the first post image.

[retrograde]

Looks like a Starsky and Hutch mobile in the left foreground...?