Nice progress, Jeff.
A few things that spring to mind: The Larger ITLA building might not scale well against the smaller city structures and kind of look out of proportion. Where do you envisage this road you are talking about going? While we are talking about roads - how do you see the city block connecting with the rest of the layout and the larger 'imagined' world? I like to get some coloured paper and cut out road pieces and mock them up in position. Remember - those roads can lead your eye into the various scenes and from one scene to another just as well as track can. I consider them a core part of design. Have you considered the flop house on a slope - with the back track side on a retaining wall next to the track and the front at the lower level? Does it need a road, or would pedestrian access suffice? If so you could easily add steps on the far side of the track and a pedestrian bridge crossing the track, hiding the track's disappearance into the backdrop with the aid of some carefully placed greenery. You could also bend a one way road to the left (from where you have the tree placed on the road) and then double back on itself to cross the track. This should gain sufficient height to cross the track with a one way road bridge. This is what I would imaging they would do in the prototype if road access was needed. Anyway - just thinking out loud.
Cheers, Mark.
A few things that spring to mind: The Larger ITLA building might not scale well against the smaller city structures and kind of look out of proportion. Where do you envisage this road you are talking about going? While we are talking about roads - how do you see the city block connecting with the rest of the layout and the larger 'imagined' world? I like to get some coloured paper and cut out road pieces and mock them up in position. Remember - those roads can lead your eye into the various scenes and from one scene to another just as well as track can. I consider them a core part of design. Have you considered the flop house on a slope - with the back track side on a retaining wall next to the track and the front at the lower level? Does it need a road, or would pedestrian access suffice? If so you could easily add steps on the far side of the track and a pedestrian bridge crossing the track, hiding the track's disappearance into the backdrop with the aid of some carefully placed greenery. You could also bend a one way road to the left (from where you have the tree placed on the road) and then double back on itself to cross the track. This should gain sufficient height to cross the track with a one way road bridge. This is what I would imaging they would do in the prototype if road access was needed. Anyway - just thinking out loud.
Cheers, Mark.