Man, I never, not for one second, thought it would be more difficult to build a bridge than to build an entire city... but it IS!
Here's what I have so far...
So, just when I thought I was done I realized I've still have a lot to do.
Specifically, I still have to connect the pedestrian and train bridges to the mainland, something I still don't know how I'm going to do it. Then I need to build the tension lines from the ends of the bridge to the anchors that run under the ramps.
I never thought I'd say this, but I think I'd rather build another city.
Ugh, careful what you wish for.
Alright then, that it's for now. Back to building a bridge.
I'm getting close to being finished with the bridge!
As you can see, I finished the tension lines and I changed the colors of the bridge. I originally thought the blue would be cool but I like this version better.
Now I need to add the ramps that lead to and from the bridge and I think I'll be done.
As you can see, it will be a span bridge with separate roads consisting of two lanes in each direction. It also allows pedestrians to walk on the top, middle level and a train track will be on the lower, middle level.
So far so good. Hopefully, I will have more to show you tomorrow.
Got together with my brother over the weekend and showed him the Over World clip and I actually cringed.
Not that I don't like it. It was just too long. So much of the clip was redundant. I don't know if I was trying to stretch the clip as long as I could or if I really just didn't notice that it needed further trimming.
Either way, I deiced to go Lucas one more time and re-cut the clip. What I ended up with was a clip that is just under 5 minutes and I feel it works better.
So, since it has changed up a little, I thought I'd put it on the blog just to explain the short delay in finishing my bridge...
Now, could this be better? Of course. Even watching it after editing it down I could see things I would like to change, but that's getting away from what the purpose of the project was. I wanted to create simple characters, simple sets and a simple story all to see if I could pull off making a feature length Xam and Power Dog film and after this project I feel as though I can.
True. Xam and Power Dog won't be Pixar or Dreamworks quality, but you've seen the character clips and it will be better than The Over World. And since I think The Over World is decent enough to show people then I feel confident Xam and Power Dog will be just fine.
Well, it's been another busy week and I thought I'd give you a quick update!
I've gotten to a point that I'm feeling pretty good about the layout of the city...
I thought I'd even show you a view from Main Street...
There is still a lot to do. I have to add the texture to the street. I need to add streetlights and mailboxes. I need to decide how wide I want the sidewalks to be and of course, I need to fill the city with people and cars!
I also grew restless this week. I've been building a city for too long and it was starting to drive me nuts so I decided to take a break and work on the bridge that connects the island city with the mainland. It's not much, but this is what I got so far...
And that's about it. Next week, I hope to finish up the bridge (as long as I don't run into any complications) and then it's back to the city.
