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This is a different sort of image than what I'm used to doing so I thought I would get some of your input.

 

I would especially like opinions on the bump shadows (most visible on the front facia). It's a renovations so I was trying to keep a little bit of the old feel and thought that might help. I'm wondering if it's a little distracting though.

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Obrigado pelo responda Rick!

(Thanks for the reply Rick!)

 

I had actually started modeling this with much less detail but it wasn't having the "old" look that I was after. So I went and took a bunch of photos of this on my way home one day and that ended up making a huge difference. Really it wasn't that much work. Mostly, I just had to add some little corners and details to my loft shapes.

 

I'm glad you like the bump shadows, I guess I'll keep them.

 

Here's the only other view I'll be doing of this building.

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De nada! (you're welcome!)

Anyway, now that I can see the whole building, I guess you could use some tiling on the facade, so you'd have more to play with (the white plain walls make it look brand new). Check out some of those Washington DC government buildings and you'll see what I'm talking about.

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Rick

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Nice image, i do have one concern, but is a design issue:

 

What is that on top of the building?, those 3 peaks....what kinda church (religion) is it?, i could be wrong, but all the churches i know have "the cross" on its pinnacle. If not, it has its religion icon, it could be a half moon, a star, etc...

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It's an LDS church (The Mormons!)

 

Without getting too religious on everyone Mormons do not use crosses as a religious symbol. The steeple is the icon (symbolic of the resurrection). This is why you will see a steeple implemented in all places of LDS worship.

 

Beyond that however, the building was originally constructed in 1862. We are simply restoring it, not redesigning it.

 

The three peaks on top are actually 5 peaks (one of the back ones is visible in the second image). I'm not 100% certain but I believe they represent a torch, the symbolism being similar the the torch on the Statue of Liberty. Utah was a fairly new territory (not yet a state) in those days and Mormons were coming from all over the world to settle there.

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