Abstract roof

After I found below origami style paper work, I thought this one would look super cool as a top roof of building when we shot bird eye view of the paper city. So I started to model it.

Paper Architecture by Prof. Yoshinobu Miyamoto

I thought it looked simple so it would not very difficult to model it, however, it turned out it was not very easy to make it.  At first I tried to make it with CV curve tool but it has depth and kind of spiral shape  so CV curve was not suitable. 

Then I made a poly plane subdivide 20x20 and made part 1 (below) first modifying vertexes. It was better than making with curve tool so I stuck to make plane and rearrange vertexes. Also I found the shape of part 1 and 2 is same as other side, so I decided to make 1+2 and duplicate them and combine them together. It was tricky when I made its depth because the photo shows only top of the objectbut i could manage to do it.

After I finished the roof shape, I made the building walls and textured them with some window drawings. I didn't want to make windows as real window but wanted to give some feelings of prettiness. So I searched some rococo style windows and found this picture.Unlike other flashy windows, I liked it has limited decoration around the window. As my building already has the abstract top roof, I thought these moderate decorated window would look simple but pretty.

After texture the building, below images are rendered. 

It looks like it's made with smooth but not coated paper which i like. It looks not very special on the side of the building but with the abstract roof, it certainly shows the building is not as same as ordinary buildings.

Tree

As Abs passed modeling tree to me, I worked on tree but much simpler shape. Also when i was in the college library, I found this crossed cardboard on the table. Immediately it came to my mind that this would be nice reference for the tree in our project. 

cardboard tree from google image

For texturing the tree, i decided to use cardboard image and drawings on photoshop. 

I used the custom brush which can give crayon feeling on cardboard.

After texture it, below images are rendered 3d tree.

Modeling tree was not very difficult job and I could finish it quickly.

Texturing also easy and I could find a way to make custom brush so it was fresh.

I can't wait to see those trees making harmony with other buildings in the paper city.

collection of cardboard textures!

All from the google images. I hope my team guys found these are useful!

 

Below images are what I collect from starbucks' cup holder, paper roll and cosmetics' box.

collection of paper texture sources

I gathered these texture sources from Flickr. and google images so my team members can use!

Guys,  feel free to use them and let's work it out!