In my Universe of ideas the Complex on the island i have chosen for my environment project is what started it all. About 10 years ago I made a few building out of lego and the idea has expanded since then to a series of building in a complex on an island. I still have the complex that i did my best to make out of lego. I felt it right that i should look to it as part of my research so the idea doesn’t fall too far from it’s roots and make it recognizable.
In the very early stages of making this complex in lego the complex was based in a crater on the moon, then onto a giant ship but as popularity of the Disney fairies franchise grew it inspired me to add a few elements to the idea, one of which being placing the complex all over an island instead of a small space allowing it to work with nature. Since then i have tried to draw my complex but drawing natural landscapes has never been my forte. The concept art I had drew before and during this project gave me a basic idea of where everything was placed and how it interacts with the natural structure of the island.
Unfortunately, most of the decisions to be made had to rely on modelling the island first and then placing the complex in, which lead to a few buildings either being cut out or drastically changed. Removing a building on the back of the mountain, teleportation building, brig, gun and heliport platform.
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