This is a 3D environment project I started the winter of 2023, inspired by the artist ツチヤ from pixiv, and developed personal designs on top.

I've always been a big fan of fantastical and unreal scenes, often seen in games & concept arts, so I decided to make one myself. This piece combines two of my favorite themes, the beauty of constellations and the complexity of time.

At the beginning of the project, I only intended to optimize for still frame render rather than animation, so I did not account for any potential model collisions. 3 months later however, I just thought, what good is a clock if it can't move? So I decided to reconstruct and design the main body geometry for animation. See the breakdown process for more detail :)

Many thanks for the ones that gave me feedback and suggestions throughout, especially Neb who gave me valuable suggestions on color choices when my eyes can no longer spot errors after looking at it for so long.
Special thanks to Aurcereal for making the spanning glow sticks in the middle for me.

For fun I imported and posed one of my favorite Vocaloid characters,星尘 Stardust, into the scene and created a render, as I think her character design fits the theme of the environment very well.
(Character model credits to 椛暗, 流云景, 诚实的月亮)
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Thanks for watching/reading and hope you enjoyed!