Happy I can participate on This Challenge this year. My immediate thought was to keep the building and its environment as they are and tell a story around the building. First look around the model, I realised i needed to add a bit more detail. My usual work flow is to find how i want to tell the story as soon as possible. This includes the composition, the mood and story props. I do rough texturing, modeling and lighting and i refine as I go along. I do paint over in Photoshop to add detail and elements that i need but would take too much time to model especially for ideas i may discard. I like to explore different ideas and composition even if they may seem to out there but i have found ideas spawn other ideas.

With this building i was drawn more towards the courtyard side of the building. I like the stair case as well as the space for different views and potential for different stories. I also felt I could represent the “Love the roundness! Love the Deep Red CorTen steel!” theme to quote Ronen Bekerman’s introduction to the project. As mentioned earlier I did explore other Views and compositions. To kick off this is an early idea that i entertained.