Published Aug 16th, 2016, 8/16/16 3:47 pm
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D E N Z A R O U & E C H T O presents
AKUMU - THE DREAM CONSUMER
You are in the middle of nowhere, you just walked past a valley of blood hills. You haven’t encountered any living species around you. A strong iron scent exudes from the plants, like if they were pumping blood from the ground.
There is a gateway in front of you, the orange coating of the rocks peels off and dissolves as it gets blown by the hot wind.
You are in the vast lands, everything feels hostile and leaves you in confusion. Now you have crossed the gateway, the wind pushes you to the center of the clearing. Your sight is being tricked, now you see on both sides like if it were the reflection of the other. You hear a whispering voice, a giant face comes out of the darkness. His dreadful arms grab you. Your breath stops. The night rises.
Concept and explanation
The idea behind this creation is to incarnate the cycle of time through a personification of a divinity. Also one of the main themes that I wanted to explore is the bipolarity. Here are few examples you can find in the build :
Sun/Moon
Red/Green
Orange temple/Blue temple
Movement and transformation were also another aspect that we wanted to try to incorporate. There is also a reference to time travelling in the build, can you find it?
Sidenote : Akumu means nightmare in japanese.
Technical aspect
Probably the biggest difference in the execution lies in the fact that blocks aren’t always placed to define the material itself. The process was rather much more instinctive and captures a few similarities with painting techniques. Juxtaposition of different layers, blurring techniques, etc.. So in a way, the overall shaping was very influenced by the colours and textures we wanted to give to the components. You will notice a very sharp jungle and vegetation as opposed to a more fluid and smooth organic.
For the colouring and lighting adjustment, the main trick was to balance terrain with the center piece of this project. Red and green are often two colours that Denzarou likes to match together, they blend very well with dark brown as transition colour.
In the composition aspect we have a few points of symmetry to counterbalance the disorder and the complexity of the shapes and different assets.
This build is dedicated to: Lindblumen & Schnogot
Inspiration board:
Music: Herbst9, Troum, Yen Pox
Artists: Beksinski
Tools used: World Edit, Voxel Sniper.
For more info about the techniques used in this project click here.
Organic: Denzarou & Echto
Terrain, Structures & Environment: Denzarou
We hope you enjoyed it, feel free to leave a comment for feedback or any questions!
| Credit | Echto, Joebricksy, Crankerman, Lindblumen, Rastamole, Photoze. Ustin_Jay |
| Progress | 100% complete |
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I've found your new project
Akumu - The Dream Consumer
It's really a nice job.Therefore I'm here to ask if I could repost your project to our website MCBBS:www.mcbbs.net/forum.php.
However, due to the fact that our country has blocked a lot of foreign websites.
So could you allow us create a new Chinese downlink.
I will list your name and the original website clearly.
（Diamond for you ：D）
...w8... there are no limits!
I am madly in love with the color scheme you guys used
.. Great job