Chanlyr Jordan Project 1: Surface Population
Inspiration and Influences:
The inspiration for this first model was the book The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. it serves as both an homage to an amazing book and a memorial to the late author. He's one of my favorites, and I thought it would be interesting to adapt what my vision of one of his spaceships looks like. As well, this gave me a good opportunity to play with adapting Vonnegut's unique vision and impact as well as his one-of-a-kind narrative style and esoteric nature into a variety of visually fascinating shapes. The grand size of this monument represents the grand impact that he had on the world of literature.
Techniques:
Using simple objects and extrusions, I build up the shrine around the tauroid center with truncated cones and by tapering combinations of surfaces and polysurfaces to achieve interesting and eye-catching visuals. The population object utilizes sharp and jagged edges in contrast with the smooth center and the rounded outside pyres. Sirens of Titan is an epic science fiction adventure, so I thought this sort of design would play nicely with the narrative and the nature of the aliens that drive them within the novel.
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