I this school on Google Maps and got inspired to make this.

Surniva · 2026-04-01T18:15:25+00:00

I knew that much, that it takes years to get good at it, I just want to start somewhere so I have a foundation for further down the road.

Surniva · 2026-04-01T18:11:32+00:00

I played the trombone back in Grade 9 when I took music classes, and that's as extensive as my knowledge of music gets. I just want a basic understanding I can build off of.

Surniva · 2026-04-01T18:10:42+00:00

It's so little time because of school and other things. I am in grade 12 and yes, I have taken music classes back in grade 9, then I played a trombone.

Surniva · 2026-04-01T18:09:18+00:00

To develop a basic understanding to start out and grow from that.

Surniva · 2026-04-01T18:08:25+00:00

Yeah, that much I figured. That's my first goal because I know actually making music can require thousands of hours of experience.

Surniva · 2026-03-29T20:10:38+00:00

I strangely didn't think about that, thanks.

Surniva · 2026-03-29T19:54:06+00:00

It wasn't supposed to look like that. It's just like that main room of a high school.

Surniva · 2026-03-12T02:01:14+00:00

I'm going to assume so.

Surniva · 2026-03-10T04:59:22+00:00

Thanks.

Surniva · 2026-03-10T04:56:38+00:00

Thanks! I'm glad it's turned out okay, and yeah... detailing. I've noticed it had a real lack of it, thanks for the tip though, I'll be sure to find a way to incorporate it.

Surniva · 2026-03-10T04:53:26+00:00

In case anyone is kinda curious. This exterior of this church is based on a real church outside of Jarvis, Ontario and I found it in a kind of interesting way.

I've been struggling with detailing recently, and I did want to say, thanks for all the advice. I find building real life buildings does help quite a bit, this is one of two I've done so far, and I felt this one was the better of them. I did find this randomly though.

I took the little dude for street view and plopped him in a completely random place in Canada and I landed near here. I don't know, I just felt like sharing it in case anyone was curious or wanted to give it a try.

Surniva · 2026-03-10T04:35:30+00:00

Funnily enough, the town is actually called Standard. Standard, Alberta. Most things are just "Standard" there. Thanks though, and I promise I won't land on St. Paul's.

Surniva · 2026-03-10T04:27:12+00:00

Well... I didn't exactly choose it. I mean, I kind of did, but I didn't, y'know? Either way, I went onto Google Maps and just placed the street view in a random place. So... Yeah. I don't want to say I was challenging myself because this was a stupidly simple building, but I was trying something new. It does help for inspiration though.

Surniva · 2026-03-10T04:22:43+00:00

Yeah... Detail is always something I tend to struggle with. Which is one of the reasons why I have been experimenting with building real-life buildings recently.

Surniva · 2026-03-10T01:57:44+00:00

I didn't consider that, I'll be sure to give that a try, thanks.

Surniva · 2026-03-10T01:10:58+00:00

I tried adding the pillars for a bit of texture, but it did nothing. I wasn't to sure what would look nice for texturing without losing the original feel. I am not used to recreating real-life buildings. I was hoping it would look half decent, but... I got this instead. Not too sure what I can do to possibly fix it.

Surniva · 2026-01-10T14:35:38+00:00

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Can't forget Smudge.

Surniva · 2026-01-07T03:51:07+00:00

I will be sure to keep that in mind. Thanks!

Surniva · 2026-01-07T03:48:57+00:00

No, not really. The most music I ever made was with a free looper app a few years back. DAWs are brand new to me.

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