Useful Links
Google Spreadsheet for Assignments (up to about 3 contributors for each asset)
Basic Instructions for getting started
https://cgcookie.com/questions/13975-collab2021-hq-stylized-fantasy-environment?page=4#answer-49989
The Collab 2021 Google Drive Folder with all Images, Scenes and Textures for this Project
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AVZsRvZeZBmMRx4quFqC6yzG-42SbuQ0
File Sharing and Library Linking explained by Kent Trammell @theluthier on the basis of the 2020 „Backhoe“ Collaboration
https://cgcookie.com/questions/12591-backhoe-collaboration-file-sharing-library-linking
If you wish to automatically synchronize your Google Drive Account with your Computer’s Hard Drive, you can download the Google Drive App here
https://www.google.com/drive/download/
Instructional video by 
blanchsb on how this Synchronization works referencing the 2020 „Backhoe“ Collaboration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajnMQWTakVw
New 2021 Discord server!! Come say "hi" and hang out with your teammates!
I'm excited to be this groups leader, I think we have some really fun assets to work on. From the way people are signing up it looks like many feel the same way. The water wheel is looking pretty full already but we have plenty of room on the other assets.
We need a cool name to compete with the other groups. What do you guys have in mind?
If anyone has any questions or you're running into issues feel free to @ me.
Ahh, I'm so pumped to get going on this! Lets have a good Collab everyone, happy Blending!
I have uploaded some reference images of water wheel on google drive. Although... google search is your friend :P
drinking a coffee and thinking about the name ----
house accessories are all essential components /in the concept art on artstation parts of the production/
on the sign is a paprika or pepper?
what about : hot peppers / hot chili peppers....
I also googled for reference, I use PureRef. Great app for drag and drop from the browser.
Awesome, thanks for posting the link. I'll see if I can post it at the top as well. I'll try to keep all important announcements here but discord could be a good way to get real time communication or share screens.
First day Wip postet. Rough first try. Some correction are still needed and I am not sure about the proportions of the lanterns.
Hey aLL!
: )
Just checking in...
figuring out the system is as far as my aspirations go for this sitting.
I'll be doing the water wheel. That makes us (friendly) competitors ladymito I suppose!
; )
Looking forward to collaborating on this, and everything that goes with it.
SaluT!
My first 2 WIP's of the water wheel. Still not sure if I should go for the left or right one. In Vadim's art it's not so clear. Maybe based on the art style I should go with the right one.
verbalising the first "question" that came to mind after finding my way around gdrive directories and taking another look at the image to be remade in 3D, not insisting on the definitive answer here and now...
when it comes to... irregularities in the drawing (e.g. perspective distortion), regarding "the prime directive" of realisation over interpretation, should we "fix" them or try to incorporate them as close to the source material as possible?
Hi everyone! I'm on the sign post along wiht 
undiscovered - I am qite a novice so I'm happy Kent explained exactly that at the end of yesterday's streaming :) I look forward to this journey and to get to know you and collaborate with you! thanks for having me on board! :o)
great stuff!
so, there's three of us doing the wheel(?)
: )
the more the merrier!
I haven't started modelling yet but it struck me as I was looking at the source, how would I go about the beams; more specifically if we "should" make them "structurally sound" first and foremost, or go for the "artistic irregularity"...
I think we are with 5 people doing the water wheel, at least that's what the spreadsheet tells us. :)
I was also thinking about connecting the wooden beams, maybe using steel connection plates. In the art it looks all wood, but it can be nice to use different materials.
Thanks for the references ladymito !
lucky pureRef is my _best_ friend, especially when images start piling up...
btw, has anyone considered that there is only one stone bearing, second being the wall of the house itself (shaft going directly yhrough it)?
maybe it's just laziness speaking, taking over prior to even starting the modelling... but, from the information that I can extract from the image, it could be possible...
: D
Could be, at first I made one support. But the master file has two. Looking at reference most of the wheels have one support outside and the other one inside.
I'm also planning on water wheeling, but haven't started yet because I've been reading about water wheels for a good day now and contemplating the concept art.
The thing Ive been grappling with is the water that you can see on the forward paddles. The color around the paddle makes it appear as though theyre bucket style paddles, which is a thing, however, that style of paddle generally results in all of the paddles being part of the same ring. The space between the paddles forces me into believing that the blue / white highlights on the paddles are just indicative of specularity from them being wet, not that they're bucket paddles retaining water.
I also ended up reading a good 6 articles about the history and development of water wheel technology over the last day. Way more analysis than I intended to give this, but I'm an archaeologist and I've honestly never thought about the history of water wheels... and theyre kind of amazing.
The closest real life example i could find resembling the concept art is the water wheel in Bayeux Normandy.
Theres another in this style that is a bit different in Vojkovice C.R.
I could talk waaaaay more about water wheels at this point, but I'll spare you all and start my blocking. :D
