Who said you need AI to create stunning visuals? I am opening my archive to share my City built f...Who said you need AI to create stunning visuals? I am opening my archive to share my City built f...
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Who said you need AI to create stunning visuals? I am opening my archive to share my City built from "H" letters. 13-years-ago. Where have you been in 2013? Do you want to know how I made it?
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Asif's avatar
Building a whole city from one repeated letterform is the kind of self-imposed constraint that forces real craft, and it holds up 13 years later because a human made every placement call. Yes, I would genuinely love to hear how you handled the depth and lighting back then.
Mariya's avatar
Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Asif! Every old visual might not look as impressive as the latest GPT/Midjourney visuals, but I feel we are past the "perfection" state and will bring back to "human made". I called this in 2025 spring and the change is definitely going....
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