On February 20th, social media lit up with some renders of a modern future city powered by VeChain. The original post, from video game concept artist Darron Smith, talked about how the twin brothers decided to make the city as a gesture of gratitude towards the VeChain community. The high-resolution images are sized to be used as wallpapers.

Remarkably, while the images on social media are just renders, the city is a series of actual 3D models, complete with lighting, sidewalks, and VeChain-themed vehicles. The models are powered by Unreal Engine and can be explored or “flown through” to make animated videos. Creating all this was not as simple as it might seem, with the two Smith’s claiming they spent weeks designing and building the models by hand.

The Smart City is the latest 3D Environment art project created by my brother and I. This project was was a great way to give back to the Vechain community and ecosystem. I believe cryptocurrency is the future and we wanted to create a conceptual smart city that featured the ecosystem we truly believe in. The tools used to create the Smart City are Luxology Modo, Marmoset Toolbag, Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine 4.

In the creation of this project, I was responsible for creating the the emissive signs, buildings, and post production. I had a lot of fun working on this project and I appreciate all who have taken the time to view our work.

Source: darronsmithart.com

The brothers teased that after all the fun they had, there might be more updates in store. Listen to the full-length interview on the second half of VetCast #16:

You can find the full-sized images on their websites: Darronsmithart.com and Aaronsmithart.com

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