Small City WIP shots

Small City WIP

This is how far I have reached so far in my small city block project. Just some simple blocking out of the city block, streets, side walks and buildings. At first I was going to try a Hexagonal layout decided to scrap that to try something simpler layout for my very first try to city making.

I scrap this to go for a simpler layout for my first try at city making

While it is a fictional city I have been using reference photos from Dubai mostly, and also from New York. Reference photos are important!

I am trying my best to make everything to scale, roughly. I googled some average measurements for a real city, such as:

1. The average Lane width for a road, got various measurements, from 10-15 ft, I used 12 ft/4 yards for mine

2. The average height of a single story for a building, got measurements from 9-12 ft, I used 12 ft/4 yards for mine. I blocked out one floor then used an array modifier to add the rest, depending on how many floors I wanted.

3. Average sidewalk width found was 5-6 ft, I used 9 ft/ 3 yards for my city.

I also put in some human representatives, some simple cuboids that are 2 yards/6 ft high, representing the height of a person.

the purple thing is the human analog, 6 ft in height, 2 ft wide