Betteo (also here) is right up there as far as my favourite artists go. His work and style is so imaginative and inspiring. Everything he does is interesting to look at. Some things really make me want to create art, and betteo's a.simple.tower is one of them. Here it is:
I did not draw the above picture!
One night at 11pm I was looking at this picture and challenged myself to see how much of it I could recreate before I went to bed. I decided on the 3D medium and I think by 3 or 4 in the morning I had modeled everything and figured out the basics of Toon Shading and outlines in Maya so I went to sleep. The next day after lunch I began texturing and by 11pm that night I had finished all the small details. Below is the finished product.
The only things not done in Maya was the sky colour, the clouds, the border, the grungy texture and the small horizontal hand drawn line under the castle window (an important detail from the original). Lighting it in Maya was a pain in the butt because I wanted each object to look at least somewhat similar to the original. I had a separate light for the castle, the ground and the smaller objects - each only affecting what I intended. You'll notice that the moon couldn't light the far end of the ground and the near side of the castle simultaneously. I have to say for 24 hours work I am very pleased with the result. 
Here is a zoomed out image of the scene rendered in Maya without any of the Photoshop additions (with the exception of the sky colour). It's quite a simple scene really which is what I love about the original.
These small projects are fun and manageable around work, so expect more of them!
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