Underground City

Artwork for  Chapter 7 of the Zeke collaboration with  

Sorry to disappoint those of you who were hoping for one of the couples from this Chapter (maybe later ) but I've wanted to depict the city for a while and we learn a little more about it in Chapter7.

This one took a while to set up and required 3 separate renders to get everyone in  
You might need to download and zoom around to pick up all of the story elements. Maybe I should run a competition to see who can discover the most

The underground city is a refuge but also a thriving market where those in the know can pick up all sorts of exotic food and goods. It is divided into cultural sectors and here you can see the boundary between the Indian and Asian. There are living quarters on the upper levels as well as in various side tunnels. It's a veritable maze and easy to get lost!
In the process of creating this render I discovered that Toronto and several other cities worldwide do in fact have markets sited in old underground tunnels, so I had some pointers for the lighting. InLite Studio's amazing abandoned factory set has a bank of overhead lights which easily converted into mesh lights for Lux.

Other related artwork can be found in this folder [link]
Links to the story lines can be found here [link]

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All 22 characters created using Genesis and DAZ4. Rendered in Lux using Reality plugin for Daz Studio. Postwork in PSP

Shalwar Kameez and saris created by me using Marvellous Designer 2

Links to free items:
Abandoned factory by InLite Studios [link]
Southwest baskets from RuntimeDNA [link]
Square Soda by Team-Dystopia available at PoserAddicts [link]
Fabric/Sari Textures by CG India [link]
Fabric/Sari Textures by laTaupinette [link] [link]

All other items purchased from Daz3d or Renderosity