Temple Floor Transition

A couple of tapestries

Temple model 1

Rough PreVis

I rough modeled some shots from the storyboards and threw in some lights.
More to come!

Lower Key

Higher Key

Adding Paralax

Charles gave me his .psd file and I re-painted a little and put the layers in After Effects. 

This video file is the source of the gif ^

Temple Color Explorations

The colors we are going for is red and yellow but with color change at night

Mountain City Explorations

This mountain is a pile of rocks believed to have been piled by the gods.

this one on the right had more emphasis on the lights of the city

city/mountain designs

More mountain designs. Trying to get a cave with a view of the sky going. 

Dial Room Designs

Dial Room designs

Maybe the centerpiece rotates?

Temple/Mountains concept

GEEEAAAAARRRRSSSS!

Just a test.

Lovesteve

Temple Dial Concept Model

I made this model based on these Tibetan Buddhist mandala images. Each section of the dial has 13 sides, representing 13 different moon cycles (or it can be adjusted to however many), and the other identical sections are just placeholders (since there's only one moon). The eight steps leading into the dial arena represent the Eightfold Path prominent in Buddhism. 

Lovesteve

Dial explorations

hmu for my alien theories behind the dial

also Sam mentioned something about the big machine from Dark Crystal  so I looked it up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGVbNhrjT8w

this was my concept for a moving mechanism in the temple that rotated around the dial when it was activated.

Shaolin Temple Refrence Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-zhyQI9UAA

This shows the inside as pretty bare bones, exposed brick and maybe some charcoal drawings on the walls. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gJmzv9ksZ4
This one shows a crazy awesome blue tiled roof and veils over the windows. Also electric chandeliers along with candle light.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9pSNcS5AOE
This one is probably my favorite. It doesn't film inside the temple but has a great walk through of the courtyard. Look at those stone staircases!