Temple Gate Ruins: Brainstorm WB2
This was quite a journey! This last fall I got to sit under Armand Serrano for World Building through Brainstorm School Inland here in LA. During the weekly class we worked on our own prompts for developing our story ideas, and I carried mine over from a prior class. I hadn't tackled ancient Cambodian architecture yet so this was my first attempt at it. In addition to my usual methods I've recently been utilizing Gravity Sketch to quickly iterate ideas, then exporting it to through Marmoset Toolbag for lighting.
Final image! After deciding the extreme wide angle was a bit too much I went back to include the original temple.
Results after deciding on which color key to move forward with.
Color explorations
Searching for values
Sketchup build of arch
Sketchup build of arch
VR sculpt of the Temple exterior in Gravity Sketch
(Hold shift and left click to change lighting!) Utilizing VR modeling in Gravity Sketch, then exported through Marmoset Toolbag for lighting reference.
Architecture exploration draw over from Medium sculpt
Outline and sketch of outer towers
Architecture exploration draw over from Medium sculpt
First iteration of shot, pen on tracing paper with digital values
Thumbnails and ideas of bridge
Highlights of ref photos
Sketching references from Angkor Wat
Reference sketching looking for shape language to move forward with