N.O.A Shimonada-Eki, Iyo

This is a statue of the deity O-Gu-O, who has an enormous appetite and need to eat a galaxy in a single meal. According to ancient legend, he becomes so full after a meal that he cannot move and has to remain dormant until he digests for 3 billion years. Then he will wake up and swallow another galaxy. It is said that during his dormant state, no force in the universe can move him. In modern days, he is very popular, especially to the ladies, who pray to him for healthy digestions and great figure.

15 years after the 2012 flood, the water level has subsided to almost normal level at Iyo, Ehime Prefecture. This particular O-Gu-O statue in Shimonada Shrine remains standing at its original position, even though the entire shrine has been swept away.

N.O.A

It is always good to have some artwork to show for a new year! Here is an UDK run time update on my personal project N.O.A. Scrolled down now to the video if you want to skip the wordy post!

The concept is that N.O.A is a parallel world of ours which was destroyed by a great flood in 2012. We would discover it in 2020 and manage to capture and record light from this parallel dimension. The above video shows the aftermath of the flood in Pu Dong, Shanghai, in the alternate world N.O.A. In this scene, some wealthy people managed to get hold of a decommissioned World War II submarine and hoped to survive the flood. There are also others who used flood rescue pods. None of their fates seems optimistic.

NOA Teaser

A teaser for my WIP UDK real time scene. these assets are not prominent in the UDK shot so i am showcasing their higher res version in the teaser render. will update a UDK capture of a similar angle for the fun of comparison soon.