From the Botanical Garden to Cappadocia
These photos were mostly taken from within the Botanical Garden, looking towards Cappadocia.
One major worry when designing a huge space, which is exactly what an SL island is, is that the space won't gel, won't create good transitions from one visual domain to the other - unless, of course, you are designing something that is all part of one visual system and/or serves one function. Syncretia has entirely different spaces and visual approaches, and that has been my intention from the very beginning. Cappadocia is situated very close to the botanical garden and looking at them together made me do quite a bit of additional work on the garden's, originally white, cubes. I added textures as well as bumpmapping. I think this brings the two environments into closer harmony, while still sufficiently distinguishing them from one another.
From the Botanical Garden to Cappadocia
These photos were mostly taken from within the Botanical Garden, looking towards Cappadocia.
One major worry when designing a huge space, which is exactly what an SL island is, is that the space won't gel, won't create good transitions from one visual domain to the other - unless, of course, you are designing something that is all part of one visual system and/or serves one function. Syncretia has entirely different spaces and visual approaches, and that has been my intention from the very beginning. Cappadocia is situated very close to the botanical garden and looking at them together made me do quite a bit of additional work on the garden's, originally white, cubes. I added textures as well as bumpmapping. I think this brings the two environments into closer harmony, while still sufficiently distinguishing them from one another.