Lets hope for a better world where no ideology takes over people...

Merry Christmas yall!
Playing with Blender 3D to learn better modeling and texture painting and rendering using Rayscaper!

I do some 25*35 cm watercolors in intervals, whenever I can spare some time. Mainly focused on old Tehran (Qajar era), based on BW photos.

Here is one of them with the details:

Merry Christmas, mates, let's pray for a more peaceful world!

Had the chance to make more...

I know it is odd to design a facade apart from the plan/building but it has become a norm here. recently I had a facade design suggestion and here is the result.
Changes on the 1st floor has been due to the client.
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And here is another shot from the Grand Hotel.
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here is a detail from the painting.

This is rather an old model... Yet I liked the result.

Meydan-e Masgh (Soldiers' drill arena), Tehran, Qajar era.

Another watercolor from the Netherlands, old Eindhoven.
Cafe Central, TRAMHALL ( as I read)

Iran is suffering a big trauma... many lives lost, brave, beautiful young people.... We were out, no one knew the other yet feeling integrated...

@MtnArch
I hope D. Trump makes the best decision, not wasting time and money. Iran ( I mean people of, not this governing bullshit apocalyptic ideology ) could be one of the best allies of the US and EU.
Otherwise, it turns into another North Korea...
Also, I hope to have the chance to relocate to the eminent land of the US. My situation is slightly better than your architect fellow . I know a bit of English and am a fast learner to get the hang of wooden structures , hopefully.

P.S. The Internet is still unstable, so I may not be able to reach out regularly.

@L-i-am believers have killed more, harsher and waster....Take WWI-II , Azteks , Muslims... i.e. Ideology is a powerful tool for manipulating minds not to see the truth/reality. Making a paradise in heaven=making a hell on the earth... Let's pray for stepping out of it to a world where logic and mutual respect define freedom.

More and behind the scene images

@pixelcruncher My pleasure to have my hands on such a charming piece of software. Considering my laptop is rather old, not supporting recent graphic cards and all the computation is done by the processor.
Here are more tries to discover the "coating" layer .

@L-i-am ok, great.
Just modeled it for you
Please let me know if it needs modifications.

@L-i-am in all of the designs the concept has been to be in harmony with the context. Pebbles, Branches and river, flatness, etc...

I already have shared a few watercolor videos on youtube and I hope you find them handy. Here is one of them ( mute the sound plz):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd7VTDsX_N0

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I was born in a small and beautiful mountainous town called Borujen. At that time it was a lovely and privileged cozy city with beautiful houses and entrance gates that rarely you may find them now.
This one, amongst a few, has remained despite damages and must be as old as the WWI era. (Unfortunately, the porcelain plate indicating the construction date is missing.) They used to be on the gate's top middle, where you now witness a niche.
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/335b7872-d7cb-41d1-991b-2b36d5a44e81/A-gate-in-Borujen

Over the years each time, I encountered a beautiful hand-drawn sketch, have tried to mimic it in Sketchup and here you will find some of them for free:
https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/164079/new-styles-by-majid
A sneak peek:

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