Starting my Diorama Project
Modelling The Main Assets First thing I started off with was one of the main focuses of the diorama. I went with a relatively small temple/shrine. I also have a bridge and gate entrance. The four plaques around the temple will host statues of the warrior monks that once meditated here. I felt like the inside of the temple definitely needs some kind of details or assets inside. The floor will have a unique normals map in the future and there will be shaolin weaponry on the weapons rack, totems and prayer objects on the table, etc. Bad Compositon After modelling the temple, I had to idea to create a landscape with a round moat surrounding it, with some trees and bamboo in one corner and a waterfall in the other. After getting very useful feedback, I realized that there is literally no composition to this at all and its very boring. So I needed to make a change. Sculpting the mountain After exporting a basic cylinder and few boxes in Maya, I converte...