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Beneath the Pier City

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This is a piece of production artwork. It was done during a period when I worked for Electronic Arts, for a proposed game that never happened. This was 4 or 5 years ago, I believe...

It's a 3D scene made from preexisting elements that I arranged to achieve this specific angle. Like a lot of artists who use 3D, I have a huge collection of assets that can be thrown together to quickly visualize a concept. Typically, a view such as this is produced in about 1 day.

Credits: The sky is based on a photo taken out the office window by our producer, and the trash heaps are from the EA internal asset archive (which is not accessible unless you work there). Both were heavily altered to match the overall scene. The birds - I have several "bird brushes" that I've painted as I also do with figures :)

The concept here is that due to overpopulation and scarcity of land, large urban habitats (called arcologies) are constructed on enormous semi-submersible platforms (think giant oil rigs). This is a view underneath one of these platforms, with more of the city visible in the distance.

I was tempted to try and rework this and add a lot of little flourishes to sweeten the illustration, but then I thought "No, this is what it is - a quick concept!". So for better or worse, I'm posting it in its unaltered state :)
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Nyerguds's avatar

So, was this also for "Tiberium"?