BA3 Block Out Iteration

Upon being given the brief I have researched many different styles of follies and what it means for a structure to be a "folly". At this point I felt informed enough to start generating some design ideas for my own one.

Using reference images and what I learnt from our research as well as a little imagination I set about creating some 3D blockouts as potential designs for the final.

I felt these 3D iterations would be the best way to get a quick idea of how the final design may look as well as act as a base to start from were I to choose one of these block outs to develop further.

I started out by using some images of Ancient Greek temples and ruins and attempted to recreated a quainter more realistic structure that could be found in a garden or field. The idea was the piece was be created to seem destroyed and could be used as a place to eat or socialise on a nice day despite a folly's strict "has no use" policy.

The second was inspired by the centre piece in one of Norwich's parks as well as countless other similar structures. This one aimed to be clean and pleasing to look at with the potential ability to sit inside or admire from a distance.

The 3rd block out fully embraced the destruction and decay I mentioned in my earliest posts focusing on creating a scene with more of a story behind it. The debris and broken walls offer a lot of potential in the texture as well as the composition and could very much be implemented into a level of a game despite it's purpose as a folly.

The next folly block out looked at old castle ruins on the shores o England. The idea was potentially to create a miniature one that would act as a mock up ruin but could have a more playful side to it in its comical size.

The final idea combined many of the ideas of the first block outs keeping pillars interesting windows and the potential of implementation in a game. Its design is interesting and could definitely be seen placed in a modern garden as a piece to walk in and around.

Thoughts:

Currently I am intrigued by the 3rd and 5th design as I think they off the most variety in their design and both have plenty of potential for creating character in their appearance.

The block out I chose will then be developed further likely using pleasing components from some of the other block outs to help ground the design and create a visually interesting piece.