Hi everybody, here's a scene I've been working on occasionally during the last 2-3 weeks. I will name it "Big in Japan". Bryce & Wings for used for the buildings and photoshop for the textures and billboards. I downloaded a Japanese font and I have no idea what the signs mean - I hope I haven't written anything offensive :) I'll probably add something in the foreground and continue adding details in post. And I'm not quite happy with the sunrays. Before I finish it I would like to have your comments and suggestions for improvements. thanks!

Mmm....... aside from the fact that the Coca-cola sign is in Arabic, amazing work!!!

LOL, yes, yes it is....I'd go for a darker wetter, grungier Blader Runner kinda look, but you have a terrific start on an awesome image, just that one little thing...:)

hehe.. yes it is. But the rest is japanese (well random japanese signs anyway). Well here's the next version.

Mighty cool stuff.

Great job so far.

Hey, it's the future. There's a large Arab population in Japan in the future. If you don't believe me, ask Rochr. :^)

Mmmm.... just make the stream of light blend in a bit more and change the arabic, and it'll look great!

Lol... cross-posting there. Thing is, they definitely don't have any Japanese signs in any arabic-speaking country that I've ever been to... and I've been to quite a few. Just my $0.02...

anybody noticed the chinese sign? :)

ooo...pretties!!!

There was a big fire in Akihabara yesterday, some form of urban renewal?????

Well anyway, i am gonna check it out later this year, so we will see about those arabic signs :)

I repeat, this is the future (check the buildings in the background). Ten years ago in the USA you wouldn't see many signs in Spanish. Now you'd have a hard time finding one that doesn't include Spanish. Changing populations of the future are somewhat predictable, in that new communities will form within nations in the future, just as they have in the past. (Chinatowns in New York and San Francisco, Little Italy in New York, etc., are good examples of what I mean.)

Oh, from the thread title, honestly, I was expecting a scene with Godzilla. I like it. It reminds me a lot of Blade Runner.

Some more pictures from the Akihabara fire

And another one

I like this one a lot, Bazze! Might I suggest inserting a picture/sign of Chiaki Kuriyama? She's the schoolgirl-assassin form Kill Bill, the new Quentin Tarantino movie... Made me think of her instantly! I like the curvatures of the signs and whatnot, very cool!

Hi, Bazze. I live in japan since I was born, but I can't understand your japanese signs. LoL I feel it's almost "Big in Chaina" or "Big in Hongkong"! I think you should chage left big 2KANJI(blue marked) to mean "TOKYO". So it means futuer TOKYO on TV news.:-)

You are right, Morita. It seems to me that they are Chinese or ------ ?
China town in Japan ?

hehe thanks everybody! BTW - here's a pic from when I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysisa. I thas nothing to do with the subject but anyway :)

and here's one from my trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=602249&Start=1&Sectionid=0&filter_genre_id=0&WhatsNe

well.. I finished it. You can follow the link to the final version in the Bryce gallery. Didn't do that many changes. Softened the rays, slanted the scene a bit, changed a couple of details etc. I didn't change the signs however - I hope those of you who know the languages don't think this is disrespectful. Hey it's the future!

It was an awesome artwork posted in the Bryce gallery and I really don't understand Japan, Chinese and Arabic lol :o) This is my town...

Vive la France! J'adore le francais! Only been to Paris once, though. More's the pity. Beautiful place!

WOW! I'll do touristic guide next holidays :o)