Alley Concept

In CA for Games - aka 3D for Games - we started on the main project that lasts the entire semester, the Alley Project. Everyone had to come up with an idea for an alley, find picture references to supplement our idea, do research on everything regarding our idea, make concept art, make a presentation, and pitch it to the class. As a class we voted on the idea we liked most, and that became the environment that we're all going to work on fleshing out and building for the rest of the semester. The one we chose is a colony of people with an Egyptian-like culture who evolved on asteroids in a ring surrounding an uninhabitable planet (due to toxic gases). So we're going to be building these space Egyptian's cities on asteroids, which is pretty awesome haha. SO EXCITED.

I started off with a ton of ideas for the project, but after narrowing it down to six, I enlisted help from my friends and they helped me eliminate down to two to show my teacher. My final idea I went with was called "The Pillar Cities of New Guinea" and it was that different native tribes in the jungles of New Guinea got into territory battles, so the tribes started building their towns on top of these tall sandstone pillars that're connected with hanging bridges.















 Each town is pretty small since they all fit right on top, and they have the feel of a Mayan-influenced culture, with mostly clay and stone buildings. The towns are segregated by class, with the poorer people having to build their homes into the cliff-face.







A giant sandstone arch shields some of the pedestals built under it, while the marketplaces are on pedestals farther from the arch so they get sunlight for longer, and therefor are able to sell their wares for longer.

  Groups of hunter-gatherers travel down to the jungle floor to gather food for the tribe by using Pterodactyloids - which they're in a symbiotic relationship with - and steering by using the crests on their heads. The Pterodactyl-like creatures come when the hunters call them with special crafted whistles, because they're fed when the hunt is over, forming the symbiotic relationship.



 The culture is polytheistic and builds angular, intricate temples to worship their gods in.






Here's the concept art I did for it, of one of the upper-class pillars:

 I was going to do a "cinematic view" concept art of the houses on top of the pillars from afar, but didn't finish it on time for the presentation 8( Oh well. Though I like the idea overall, I'm glad we went with the idea we chose, because I was already getting kind of tired of thinking about this one LOL.

Lastly, I'll be starting two or three web-comics for the "One New Thing" project and will make separate blogs for each of them. I'm gonna try and keep them frequently updated, but I want to experiment with them and narrow it down to the one I like best and then stick with that one. I've been wanting to start a web-comic forever, I'm so happy ;v; I'll post up links once the comic blogs are made!