In the act of tearing something apart, you lose its meaning.
— Malcolm Gladwell — Blink
Playing around with the Toon shader in Cinema 4D.
Building constructions with Lego — we all did it when we were young. The paper schematic building instructions that came with the kits were a joy for the eye. Amazing how, without any use of language, step by step, complete stories are told. We see Ikea doing the same thing with their flat-pack assembly guides, and later this kind of storytelling — learn by doing, step by step, discovery without instructions — shows up again in game design.
There is also something visually pleasing about the exploded view: in one single overview you see the beauty of all the necessary steps of deconstruction and reconstruction laid out together.
A true ode to craftsmanship.
I don't know what, when, why or how — but some day I will do more with exploded views.
Tools
- Cinema 4D