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The Blocking of Cloud 9 + Icebell Reference Art
🕑 Added 2023-03-08 23:42:30 +0000 UTCHELLO!
I've been working hard on my exam project lately, there is A LOT of work to do, and I've only just begun!!! Last post was all about the new Icebell design, while this time I'm gonna talk more about the city, more specifically "The Virtual City of Cloud 9"! Cloud 9 is the casual name of the city, but the project name is "The Virtual City of Cloud 9". This is Icebell's city!
The city is very inspired by retrofuturism and solar punk, and is set on a huge cloud, that's why it's called Cloud 9! 9 also happens to be my favorite number, so it was a really good match :D
My main focus while creating this city is to create a detailed and optimized city in VR in the most effective way. It's gonna be A LOT of work, and A LOT of modelling, but I'm here for the challenge! The idea is that people can use the city for recording things, taking photos, or even hosting events!
I've done the blocking of the city, which is when you create a barebone version of something with just simple shapes to see how it all looks together. It really helped me wrap my head around creating a whole city lol. I added a few pictures of the blocking both in blender and in unity!
The original idea was to create multiple shops within the city and areas to discover, each with their own themes, but my main focus is first to complete the city. I have to see what I'll have time to do. This project lasts until 2nd of june, and time flies by so fast, but I can work on the city after my exam as well, and expand the city! Later on I'd really like to add Ice Channel 9 to this world as well!!!!!
I also finalized my reference art to the new Icebell design! Now I have 3 angles to use when I create the new 3D model, and it'll make things a lot easier! Ahhhh I can't wait!!!! I wanna make really cool faces and stuff!!!!
Ok I think that's it for now, I have a lot of documents to write for this assignment, and a lot of planning to do. It's so refreshing to just jump in here and write more casually, so thanks for reading my project ramblings as always<3
Cloud hugs from Icebell!!!!!!!!!!!<3333333333
Comments
Jehemoth
“but I smiled when I read your comment” this line hit me pretty hard.. please be careful or else you’ll kill me 😭 my heart is weak… I’ve really enjoyed my time.. i always look forward to your next post and I’m going to be sticking around as long as you keep being here! Aha I don’t know if I deserve something since I don’t feel I’ve been doing anything special 😳 but I would appreciate absolutely anything from you! Even something as simple as a thank you letter.. your words here have already made my week haha
Icebell
OHHH nono not my intention, just how I truly feel about 9!! I really do think about it a lot, more than I should, its just a number 🤔 but I smiled when I read your comment hahaha 💙 Oh yeah they're very different, but don't worry! Thank you for being here all this time, through this journey though, I can't really thank you enough!!!! I really appreciate it 🥺💙 I want to give something back to you sometime, I just have to find out what🤔
Jehemoth
your response to the number question was so cute I legit was tearing up at work... probably not your intention haha is it ok to share that with my friends?? You've pitched it really well and now I'm wondering why number 9 isn't my favorite! OOOH yeah I noticed with your AiRis design that the 3D and reference art had slight differences which is why I asked but good to know. 👀 Yeah! you've been doing great! I'm glad I've been a fan all this time and I'm so excited for you 😤 let's goooo!
Icebell
There's a number (hehe) of reasons really, 9 is Cirno's number, which is my favorite touhou character, the letter i is the 9th letter in the alphabet, if you say it in japanese I think it's the cutest sounding number, it's the last single digit number which I think is cool, and if you turn it on the side it's a smiling mouth with a tongue sticking out!! I think there's more reasons too, but I just really like the number 9 lol Yesyes finalized!!!! I think!!! I might do changes once I start modeling, but we'll see! Yeah it has, I'm really surprised, and a little bit sad it's gone by so fast, but I've learned so much the last two years that I'm really glad I got the chance to learn!
Jehemoth
I’m curious as to why the number 9 is your favorite number 0: but this is coming out cool! I like your use of color too (twitter posts). So finalized design frfr? 👀 Time really has been flying by so fast.. 🥲
