#if a large amount of space (use your own reference point here im being vague on purpose) has similar lookinv modern buildings | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

reyiosa · 10 months ago

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be brave. let your sci-fi/fantasy cities have juxtaposing architecture. let there be 2,000-year-old monuments astride 10-year-old monoliths. let there at least be one Old City Hall.

the same thing goes for general technological advancement btw.

#most times i see the monocultural samey-same architecture in blockbusters so im an ant preaching to a wall #but i also got a lot of mental inspiration from movies and tv shows that showed that samey sameness #before i understood how cities and civilization reallg work #if a large amount of space (use your own reference point here im being vague on purpose) has similar lookinv modern buildings #then that space was built over around the same time #why was it built over? is a great questiom #often something was bought stolen or destroyed #or a combination thereof #for cities where a lot of people have in an area for a very very very long time #the question becomes even more complex #as a usamerican the most frequent tjing i see is stone churches next to skyscrapers #or federal style buildings next to brutalist ones #tiny rowhouses half a mile away from a modern pastiche of one #look it’s so easy to simplify certain parts of worldbuilding and god knows i still love media that does it #but sometimes it IS bold and original to take from real life #anywho #nobody come at me im tired and i rarely make original posts #text by rey #writing advice #worldbuilding #fantasy

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