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Behind the Scenes: Forest Cabin
🕑 Added 2024-11-20 10:14:27 +0000 UTC
Take a deep breath. Let go of the pressure to create something popular. Just imagine a place where you want to be right now.
This is how inspiration works sometimes. If there's no external stimuli, we can always tap our inner self and bring out our desires and dreams. Yes, I like to create my works based on popular themes. I like if my works can grab some attention and I can ride a popular wave. And it's not like there's not enough movies, shows and games I could draw some inspiration from right now.
On the contrary, I think there might even be a little bit too much. So instead of focusing on latest popular releases and genres, I decided to shut down all the outside noise this week and just do something pleasing and simple. Not simple in technical terms, but a simple idea.
A quiet autumn forest colored in warm shades, sound of rustling leaves and slow clear stream. Water running under an old stone bridge leading you to a clearing with a small cozy cabin.
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Ok, that's not 100% true. Ideas often don't come in a complete package as I described. At least not for me. I only started with the autumn forest. But it's enough to go and do some image search.
Pinterest is a great tool for this, because it always takes you down a rabbit hole and you can quickly go down the chain of related imagery to find something interesting.
This is how I came across some really cozy images of the autumn forest setting. Forest stream running along a stony bank. An old stone bridge arching across the calm lake. A small rustic cottage sitting between a fiery colored trees.
The theme was still the same though. All of these were places I would immediately want to be at.
Later, I would try to combine the themes I liked the most into a single idea. The easiest way for me to do this, is to start sketching first. Just a few loose lines, cabin goes here, the stream could flow down there and the bridge would go like this. All of it in its simples form, so it's really easy to erase something and draw it again.
Sometimes even scrap everything and start over. Because it's rough, quick and easy to do. And really cheap. The moment you start investing yourself into 3D modeling, remember that it's time you're investing. And it's much easier to erase few pencil lines, that a complete 3D scene, even if it's a rough blockout.
You can watch the full process video on Youtube
See you in the next one!
