a return, and gothic inspiration

[piranha]

so the paramour has been back for a week, which has helped with dragging myself out of the slump. i've actually managed to do basic life maintenance (cooking, cleaning, errands), and that's been a good feeling. and the last couple of days i've also managed to add some modelling work. well, "work". mostly i've been playing with sketchup, the entry level version of which google now offers for free. it's a rapid visualization tool, quite intuitive, and great fun. i'm going to build a couple of 3D castle models for poser, i think. here's my first version of an ancient fortress, inspired by the one in in the village of kestřany, which is in south bohemia, in the czech republic. it dates back to the 14th century, and man, i'd love to live in this sort of place. one of the things i miss most about europe is the complete lack of really old buildings here in the "new" world.

	gothic fortress done in sketchup, rendered like a spiffy architectural design. :)
	lower fortress at kestřany this is an example of the references i used

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[desert-dragon42.livejournal.com]

Nifty!