I’ve recently have been wanting to start going off of references for projects. Sometimes they turn out somewhat similar and sometimes that go to waste.
What are your techniques going off a reference image. Also, what do you use to start the planning process? An example would be a blueprint.
In basic terms: How do I start my building?
When building you should start with a very, very simple layout of what you’d like, kind of like blocking out shapes in art.
Here’s a quick example I whipped up in a minute:
Layout:
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One thing I use as inspiration is Pinterest because there’s lots of cool art and concepts there.
What I do is draw out what I am envisioning. You can do this on paper or on a drawing app.
For example, for a map I’m building, I drew the basic layout of pathing and where buildings are going to be placed.
You can also build a simple layout on Roblox. A lot of mappers build the basic geometry of the map first with placeholder textures, and then fill in the details when they are finished with it:
