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I did this 3D Sci-Fi city image for a contest. Initially, the idea was to have a view over a futuristic city with a nice progression from the foreground and the city as the far background. I also planned for more air cars. Due to time constraints I ended up making many changes, so the original idea was no longer there. The whole image was created over a 3 weeks period of time, and took me about 230 hours to complete. Everything was modeled and rendered in 3DS MAX 2. All textures were painted in Photoshop.

Suburbs 2100 turned out to be a great success. It was awarded first place at a raytrace competition held at The Party'98 in Denmark. Later, it won an international Fantasy category contest held at the 3D Design & Animation Conference in USA. It was also featured in several magazines, 3D art educational books and was even shown on TV. This must be one of my most popular and successful Scifi images to date.

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84 Comments: Dawid Michalczyk wrote: May 3, 2011 @William Glad to hear this image made such a positive influence on your life. Best of luck with your career :) William from Canada wrote: May 2, 2011 I came across this image probably 4 years ago when I was looking for a background for my desktop. After learning it was a 3D rendering, it sparked my interest for 3D programs and applications and eventually led to me getting internships with worldwide construction companies in their design teams. Thank you very much for creating and uploading this image, it has changed my life. Alecxander from Ukraine wrote: February 17, 2011 It looks like a Star Wars scene out of a game I've played. Really cool. B.R.A.I.N. from Malaysia wrote: December 26, 2010 "The future is a terrible place......much dangerous than anyone can imagine".Well,maybe you can imagine it.It looks so cool,and realistic. Jasper from Philippines wrote: October 14, 2010 I am amazed very much of this. Seeing this picture will make me imagine of a place in the future where I am living. <:)> I can't believe this!!! This is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,... AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for me, you are the greatest artist I have known. (in the Internet only) kait from thai wrote: October 12, 2010 yea i remember this one. i couldnt believe my eyes. great succsess :I Ratnakar from India wrote: June 5, 2010 This is something one can expect in the future by 2100. These are the real dreams haunted by many people like me, but not everyone can put it together. This is something huge than just a picture Bully from UK wrote: May 31, 2010 This picture is on my desktop and i use it as inspiration for my current PC project. It isn't built on the picture itself, or uses any item of it, it just puts the brain cells i need to work things out in the correct order and gives me the edge to continue building it. You have a great gift, please, please, continue to use it :D GLenn from Denmark wrote: March 7, 2010 I have dreams and thoughts of how futere city will look like, but i cant draw or make image my self(( But i think this pic is very close and one of the dimensions in my dreams about future city. Houses will for sure be stacked in top of each other, pipes everywere like the mess of wires inside a computer. And the skyscrapers will be "melted" together, so there is platforms between them, they are not just slim towers but huge and wide metal structures. Its so hard to explain a view( Hope you will make more drawings like this one!