The BUZZ-INN wip

chrisaakins

@lizardillo We have bed and breakfasts here in the states!

I love your ideas. The rendering of the silhouettes of the inn is such a great idea. It seems obvious that we should all be doing that now that I see yours haha! I can't wait to see your final product.

lizardillo

@chrisaakins thank you I wasn't sure if B&Bs was one of those things we have in the UK and nowhere else would get the (not actually that funny) joke. I kept trying to draw details of honeycomb on a shape and failing miserably so went back to the drawing board and drew some blobs. I recommend it, it has helped. If in doubt - draw blobs

Melissa_Bailey

@lizardillo Love your mood board & initial sketches! And I agree, the structure silhouettes are such a great idea.

Georgios Christopoulos

@lizardillo I am afraid to give you my opinion..
Just kidding!!these silluettes are so so good!Cant wait to see what you come up with!

K.Flagg

Great idea with the Bee & Bee thing lol. I can't wait to see where you go with this!

lizardillo

I have had a bit of time to work on this today. After a while of messily sketching all sorts of mess I have found out that the classic beehive kind of image is actually more like a wasp/hornet nest. I am still trying to go for that recognisable kind of beehive look so I am hoping no-one notices it's not 100% accurate ! I'm still non the clearer of any design yet. Sticking with round shapes before I tackle any technical hexagons. Please excuse how rough these are.

Kim Hunter

We have B+Bs in the states too. I think spelling it Bee and Bee would be fun.

ajillustrates

@lizardillo The one with the outdoor bar is amazing.

lizardillo

A little more progress today. Still a long way to go. The ideas are there but need to work on making it clearer and play with the angle (like the rounded ones, ideally you should be looking up at it a little as its hanging from a branch). Theres a lot going on but these are really small sketches so everything is crammed in. Plus hexagons are difficult!

I do like the rounded versions but I think hexagons say 'bees' a bit more, and I think wasps nests are round. Honeycomb is very regular and uniform by it's nature but I am trying to break that rule a little. If I can get a bit of the life of the rounded shapes into this I'll be happy but it's whether I can do it is the question!

I wanted a sign above the door saying "BEE-ENVENUE: (Bienvenue).
But I don't think I'm going to do it as it's mixing languages a bit.

Thank you for your feedback.

Jacy13

@lizardillo Your ideas are great! So much detail you have in there. Can't wait to see your final image

lizardillo

@Jacy13 Thank you I love coming up with the little details, it's the best bit. It's all fun and games when you are drawing little scribbles. I'm guessing I will be wishing I had followed 'less is more' when I try to draw the real thing.

Jacy13

@lizardillo Haha, I feel your pain. Detail can be fun for the sketch, not so fun for the final render!

lizardillo

I have been in a whole world of hexagon hell with this. I think mapping it out on a perspective grid has sucked quite a lot of life out of it, I've overdone the hexagons a bit now. I think I need another pass with some more organic shapes mixed in, with a bit more variety of size and a bit more imagination further than hexagons.

I know bees are busy but this is all far too busy now! I also need to find a better way of attaching it to the tree.

I think I'm going to be down to the wire again!

Feedback and suggestions always appreciated. Thank you.

demotlj

This is super!

KevinTreaccar

This looks great!

ajillustrates

@lizardillo This should win Critique Arena based solely on the 'b' saloon doors.

lizardillo

@ajillustrates Thanks. I wondered if anyone would spot those

KevinTreaccar

I really hope this inn's slogan is "You can Buzz Inn, or you can buzz off."

lizardillo

@Kevintreaccar Love it!

lizardillo

@Kevintreaccar Liquor stores are called off-licences in UK so my take-out hatch might be called the 'Buzz Off' (licence) or the Buzz-out. Although neither of those really make sense