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Project - Mars Dome Home

The idea here is: a torus-shaped poured concrete house, under an airlocked dome, on mars, with mid-century style furniture inside. It's got a rock garden out back and a separate grow dome for food. I went a long long way into this project before halting due to some fundamental problems with the design--topology errors, surfaces not doing what I want due to rounding, rigging challenges. Also back then, I hadn't learned Substance Painter properly yet, so texturing was really difficult. This is from 2018, and I probably have the skills now to solve the problems and finish the project, but I've moved on to other things. I may revisit this eventually, though.

Dome, "yard," runabout vehicle for getting groceries from local space colony

Dome, "yard," runabout vehicle for getting groceries from local space colony

doors viewed from inside dome

doors viewed from inside dome

airlock and runabout

airlock and runabout

airlock texture attempt 1

airlock texture attempt 1

airlock texture attempt 1

airlock texture attempt 1

Airlock texture attempt 2

Airlock texture attempt 2

Living room - seating area. Used a fun "instant chesterfield" plugin for Cinema 4d to make the couch and chair

Living room - seating area. Used a fun "instant chesterfield" plugin for Cinema 4d to make the couch and chair

Bathroom

Bathroom

Bedroom

Bedroom

Bedspread texture

Bedspread texture

Kitchen

Kitchen

Growing dome with potato plants, material zone view

Growing dome with potato plants, material zone view

Growing dome with potato plants

Growing dome with potato plants

View from living room into kitchen

View from living room into kitchen

Bookend from living room shelves

Bookend from living room shelves

Books from living room shelves.

Books from living room shelves.

Bowl from living room shelf

Bowl from living room shelf

stack of bowls

stack of bowls

ginger jar from living room shelf. I couldn't find a good crackle pattern so I drew one in photoshop, and used it at two different scales to make this texture.

ginger jar from living room shelf. I couldn't find a good crackle pattern so I drew one in photoshop, and used it at two different scales to make this texture.

patio and cafe table

patio and cafe table

Patio. I drew the tile pattern for the patio in photoshop, and then used it to make masks for substance painter for the different stone patterns.

Patio. I drew the tile pattern for the patio in photoshop, and then used it to make masks for substance painter for the different stone patterns.

Patio table. The table surface is a plate from LACMA (public domain image), with a tile pattern superimposed on it.

Patio table. The table surface is a plate from LACMA (public domain image), with a tile pattern superimposed on it.

Zen rock & sand garden out back

Zen rock & sand garden out back