Plain of Marathon, cover page.Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
Plain of Marathon, plan. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop. SketchUp can use layered Photoshop files as textures. By changing the source texture file in Photoshop we could retexture dynamically with the Production Designer.
Plain of Marathon, sections. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop. Each terrane set was sectioned at 1-meter intervals and grids were added so the Bulgarians could cut formes and cover them in plaster.
Hellespont Causeway, cover page. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop. This was part of a series of revamps the terrane had to undergo. the unit had to be strong enough that horses could negotiate the causeway.
Hellespont Causeway, plan, and sections. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
Hellespont Causeway, detail. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
Hellespont with Tabernacle, cover page. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop. The Tabernacle (That's a TENT to us normal folk) and the crag of rock it sits on were added to the Marathon terrane.
Tabernacle podium with throne, plans. The sphinxes and bull's head were sculpted in Zbrush by VFX and imported as low-poly maquettes. High poly meshes were used by the Bulgarian Sculptors. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
Tabernacle podium with throne, elevations, and sections. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
Tabernacle podium with throne, detail. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
Tabernacle podium with throne, detail. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
Tabernacle podium with throne, detail. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
Athens, Parthenon Alter. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop. A great pleasure was working with highly trained sculptors. I did not have to model any of the sculpted detail for a router to cut from a block of foam.
Leonidas' House, cover page. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop. 300 was one of the few times I made working drawings in color. I usually leave them in greyscale to avoid arguments over finishes.
Leonidas' House, plan. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
Leonidas' House, elevations. Modeled in Sketchup, drawn in Layout, textures in Adobe Photoshop.
300 Rise of an Empire was filmed in Sophia Bulgaria, but all of the design work was done in Los Angeles. Because we were working at such a remove in both time and space from the construction crew, our drawings had to be tight and dense. All the style sheets and key research had to be included in each drawing packet. It was also my first attempt at drawing detailed ornament and terrain sections digitally instead of by hand. We were like the Spartan warriors of old. Flabby, out-of-shape, middle-aged Spartan warriors.
