Hi I'm Rick, a game developer & photographer! I love anything natural, cute and magical.
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We had to make a concept & 3D model for some courses in uni, so I decided to make a farm in the forest!
It's inspired by Estonian and Swedish actual farms and a particular village in a national park, which gets flooded every year.
During my research I found a film about the Swedish Faböd forest culture, which was super inspiring! In this culture, they live in remote farms in the forest and have a close relationship to nature. They invented a way of shouting/singing to communicate in the dense forest and have several recipes that use the bark of trees! Can really recommend watching the film :) Last but not least, here is an interactive view on the village concept I made: Flooded Village by tinyruin on Sketchfab
I turned my little sprout bud into a 3D game character! ^^
I'm really proud of how he turned out. I was always quite scared by the idea of making a 3D game character. All those technical things like UV-mapping seemed pretty intimidating. But it all worked out in the end once I gave it a go! :) I didn't rig him yet (hence his plant being still quite stiff!), but I'm positive I can learn that too :)
Here is an interactive version: Hi everybody! I just opened an Etsy shop where I sell postcards & stickers of my photos :) Check my Etsy out: www.etsy.com/shop/RickTinyworlds
All orders should ship before Christmas if you order by the end of the month! :) Today we explored a lost hospital established in 1855, photographing it's beautiful decay and learning of the turbulent story behind it. "And they wanted to punish them for it""Strathmartine Hospital" was established in 1855 as asylum for "imbecile"/"idiot" children and is believed to be Scotland's first and oldest institution for people with learning disabilities. At it's peak the site had over 1000 patients, kept in different "wards"/housing complexes. Listening to the stories of former patients, this place was everything but helping them deal with their disability. Things were strictly regulated and routinized, with only little freedom to be had. And the solution to deal with those "having a breakout" was to put them in a seclusion room. And according to a statistic from 1977, about 45% of residents were here for social reasons and not because they required hospital care. With the shift of the public opinion about how to deal with people with learning disabilities, it was decided to decommission the hospital, starting in 1984. The hospital was finally closed in 2003 and sold to a property developer. what is left after 14 years?Coming to the site 14 years later, I was surprised to still see so many of the buildings standing. Most houses were locked off to keep trespassers from entering, properly due a youngster dying on site in 2002 and numerous fires over the years. However we were able to visit the beautiful former indoor pool and several other buildings. Nowadays the huge complex seems to be slowly getting reclaimed by wildlife. There are many potential homes in the old trees and lost buildings for owls and bats. We also saw some deer and a big, fat squirrel roaming around on the former hospital grounds. It was lovely to see life is returning to this place. I hope you enjoyed me taking you on a little trip to the lost hospital! Sources/Links:
Historic timeline; Interesting video with interviews of former residents and nurses; Article on the recent fire breakout; "Youngsters" exploring the site This article and the included photos are licensed as CC-BY-NC 3.0 (non-commercial use, give credit). |