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Gatecrasher, there is no black and white filter...
Intamin, I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean.
cBass, thanks! I'll take a second look at that building.

There probably won't be an update for a while because of the Pro Tour...

That last screen looks good. The only thing I dislike is the lack of window variation. You have too many of the same windows right next to eachother. Mix it up a bit... and it will look amazing. BTW - what PT round are you entering?

^I WAS going to enter the video game one.

This project was going a bit slow not only because of more school work (getting everything done that needed to be done before Christmas), me trying to build a PT entry, me getting the flu which effiecently stopped me from building on both this and the PT entry, making it impossible for me to finish it in time and making the whole thing a big waste of time and me having to go away from my dear computer for more than a week during the christmas break.
But now I'm up and going again.

After building on that black and white area, I just had to use lots of colour, which is why I made the three planned areas slightly smaller and added a fourth one. I call it "The Kingdom of Spontania".



The screen isn't quite finished and I'm still experimenting a bit with colours and textures, but here you go.

shit. that is amazing...hm...lose some of the gold and it would look even more amazing. but the structure itself is great!

Well i think the black and white area is much much better than this area ,this is well..ugly.

The colours are too bold and the buildings are very random are look messy mabye due to all the detail.
I mean dont get me wrong i was liking this park up untill i saw this area.

NC

I agree that it looks messy, but as I said, I'm still experimenting with colours and textures. It's a pretty bad screen too.

well there are to many textures, and well the colours look kinda sickly. the black and white area was much better.

The colours are way too bright, and ordinarily, that would be a bad thing. But in this case, you need something like this section to offset the black and white area. What I really want to see is a gradual transition from this area into the black and white area. If you can pull that off, I'll be very impressed.

Another thing, the trees don't seem to fit. If your point is to make this area look as bright as possible, I'd say use the jungle trees. But I think using the most hideous trees you can find would be even better. That would really contrast the sections.

The colours are way too bright, and ordinarily, that would be a bad thing. But in this case, you need something like this section to offset the black and white area.

That was the plan.

I like the trees, so they stay. I don't have the jungle trees in this park, and I don't want to use really ugly trees. What I am trying to do with the trees and the dirt land is to bring out the most colour possible from the architecture and theming, and at least to me, it works pretty well even if this screen doesn't show it. And I don't think the colours are too bright, it looks better in the game.

I'll have a try at making a gradual transition thingie

Wow, how apropriatley named. I just didn't like the black and white, but that's awesome!

-Frank

I think everyone fails to see that these buildings have depth, which makes them good.

Ok, here's a pretty small screen of the V for Vendetta area, that's supposed to be kinda London-y.
It's not finished and the architecture is pretty small, but I just want to know if I'm on the right track.

I like the detail in the latest screen on the buildings but in the screen before i think that the colours need to be changed to something a little brighter.

This is exquisite! Lovely buildings there (blending different themes like that is attempted by so few and carried off by even fewer...well done!) and the screen before carries on the pure impact of the B&W screens. And I love those little abstract sculptures!

Great, great work.

Thanks! And mantis, I love you for noticing the statues

I'm sorry for bumping, but I'd like some more replies...

WoW!!...I must say that the detail is exquisite in both of the your most recent screens. I really like the "abstractness" of the Spontonia area, and my only quam with it is the lack of a neutral color,....IMO incorporation of a little grey, black, or white could really make that area top notch, but again thats just me.....the Vendetta area is also amazing...it does have a London feel to it and your use of 1/4 tile scenery is excellent...no suggestions there, keep it up... ...cant wait for more screens.

"The Kingdom of Spontania" isn't my cup of tea, but I really like the last screen. Like JKay said, great 1/4 tile work on the building fronts.

From the looks of it, we won't be able to see much of the paths between the buildings. Maybe widen the path or add more "front yard" in front of the buildings.

Keep it up!

Somehow I missed that last screen. It's fantastic! I llove the first 3 buildings from the right, the the one to the very left I'm not so sure about the choice of wall texture on. Nonetheless, this is something very special about the atmosphere of that screen. Congrats!

I like the cramped feeling you get from that last screen, and i admire you for being adventurous enough to incorporate all these hugely different areas into the same park. However, i can't help feeling that a lot of the continuity will be lost from each area being so totally different - (monotone colours->bright colours->realistic).

Your style reminds me a lot of W33man's. It's very good, and you've improved a lot. I love that urban section - and trust me I know how hard that can be. Keep it up.