Tiny Paradise

Based on the great piece by Kevin Merriman
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dLAoJ

Ever since I was a kid I've been fascinated with little worlds. Early on it was Polly Pocket and Micro Machines, when I got older it was gameboard making for playing 40k. I had a ton of fun approaching this with that kind of crafty mindset. It was a real challenge for me to let go of certain workflows I always used, but I had to do some things different to get the look I felt I wanted. I'm happy with how it turned out!

Besides that, it was also a big oppurtunity to practice a TON of vertex animation stuff: All of the animation is done this way, no bones or messing around with alembic caches.

I'm going to make a night time version and then work through creating a day-night cycle to practice some other stuff!