New Aberdeen

[Evil Weasel 88]

I'm back with yet another city, this time I hope to finish it as it's a relatively low-scale project (one one large city tile and a few mediums around the suburbs). I don't have much to say at this point, just that it's influenced by Toronto, Montréal and Detroit. New Aberdeen won't be a fancy thing full of bright cool buildings and beautiful boulavards, nor a completely depressing ghetto, but a rather modestly dull gridded city with good parts and bad parts like most cities around the great lakes.

Some preliminary teasers...which don't work because apparently this site is broken.

Edited - pics visible now. 

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[nihonkaranws 88]

I loved your last CJ. Time to see something even better! Looking forward!

[Artur_001 4]

Great teaser. I can't wait to see full update.

Good luck with your next CJ.

[Evil Weasel 88]

Can anyone help me with getting images to show up? They never do and I'm using the image thing in the post message options. I will be unable to post updates until I get it working.

[aaglo 0]

Cool, live in Toronto, so can't wait to see how I'm represented!

[Tomasneto 20]

Yeah, very cool!!! Nice CJ...

[Evil Weasel 88]

Thanks for your interest! "Toronto" will have to wait as this part ressembles Detroit moreso.

UPDATE 1: THE DOCKLANDS

Not much to be said here- heavy waterfront industry located east of the downtown core. Ugly.

Typical clumps of run-down buildings between industrial parks.

The canal which separates the docklands from the blocks of a working-class neigbourhood in East New Aberdeen. You don't want to go swimming in there.

Oil and fuel containers near the docks themselves

An overview of more or less the whole area. The canal is to the east.

[DougOZ 0]

very realistic pictures, i love the start, lookin' forward for it

[panthersimcity4 162]

Oooooh! Realisticness. Looks like a very industrial city.

[Schulmanator 5,801]

A very nice start... you capture the essence of industry here.

[Tomasneto 20]

Great pictures, nice city...!!!

[Twenty20 28]

Excellent start, I love your pics of industrial areas, they look amazingly realistic.

[Evil Weasel 88]

Thank you for the comments everyone! I tried my best to aim for realism, I looked at google-earth pictures of industrial areas and tried to copy them. Glad it sort of payed off, even though I'm not happy with a few parts.

UPDATE #2: East Aberdeen

(Yes I know, this didn't take long, I'd already done quite a bit before starting the CJ so there's still some to post right away).

This is a "inner-suburb" of the type you'd see in Toronto's Etiboke or south Scarborough. It's centered along MacDonald Avenue, the main east-west route of the city.

A school and feilds on MacDonald Ave E.

Farther west, a small businuss area and parking space for a nearby subway station (metro information to come!)

Further to the east, more low-rise office buildings on the MacDonald corridor, and a typical 1960's housing block.

The tip of a large shopping area next to a line of New Aberdeen's ever-present apartment buildings.

A shot farther out of the western (more central) part of East Aberdeen. It starts just east of the Docklands.

And farther out. Tonnes of gridded low-density housing typical in great-lakes cities.

The coast to the south.

[Vegetarian-Dracula 3]

As some said, it's quite realistic. The photoshoping fits great by the way.

[JoystickJunkie 0]

Love the whole ghetto, down-trodden look. I'm trying to achieve such a look in my city but you pull it off very naturally. Great job!

[u of m 0]

I love it! looks very realistic with the photoshopping almost reminds me of Pittsburgh. Just one thing, turn off the grid before taking the pics.

[duack 14]

very nice. did you use photoshop to get a cloudy pollution effect?

[Evil Weasel 88]

As some said, it's quite realistic. The photoshoping fits great by the way.quote>

Thanks, I was looking for a certain dark and unimpressive look and theme.

Love the whole ghetto, down-trodden look. I'm trying to achieve such a look in my city but you pull it off very naturally. Great job!quote>

Thanks! Though I have to say, I don't do it naturally. My cities have been gradually getting less shiny and more down-to-earth over a long period of time, mainly through gradual practice. I suggest to you to use lots of custom factory and industrial lots and load your city with low-rent concrete apartment blocks you can find on the STEX.

I love it! looks very realistic with the photoshopping almost reminds me of Pittsburgh. Just one thing, turn off the grid before taking the pics.quote>

Never been to Pittsburgh, lots of steel industry isn't it? (Yeah next time I'll kill the grid thanks for the tip).

very nice. did you use photoshop to get a cloudy pollution effect?quote>

I used soften portrait in Paint.NET (at least I think that's what it's called- I have the French version for some reason). Adoucir portrait. It darkens, and with some twists, can add blackish shadow patches and metal glints that really go well with industrial cities.

Teaser for next update: Brock Park and neighbourhood.

More detailed look to come!

[Twenty20 28]

I love this new update, the photoshopping makes the pics more realistic. Great work.

[SirUnger 13]

Very nice and realistic pics. I can't wait to see more.

[jacqulina 162]

wow what a start amazing realism my friend,excellent detail and planning

[Hawkeye9 0]

Very nice start!!!!!

Your city looks really nice, and i like your photoshop effects!!!!

Ill definatly be back for more!!!!

[De Ja Vu 117]

Very good! I like the "dark feel" the city has

[Evil Weasel 88]

Thank you for all comments! It's really appreciated. I hope the city isn't too dark...it's not completely ghetto.

UPDATE #3: Brock Park

A park north-east of the CBD, along the red subway line and surrounded by well-kept apartment blocks and a middle-class community.

Blocks east of the park.

A major intersection south of Brock Park

High density tenements and townhouses.

More apartments buildings along side single-familly homes.

The highway running west of the park.

Overview.

Overview farther out.

[bernie 0]

Looks like eastern europe style. Like it! But I wouldn't like to live in New Aberdeen nor Eastern Europe

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

Oooo, I like the ambiance of gloom and depression. My style all the way!

Love where this is going, and hope to see more,

-Todd

[Evil Weasel 88]

Bernie: Well I dunno about Eastern Europe, but I suppose that Toronto's apartment blocks do look a bit Soviet.

SimHoTToDDy: Gloom and depression? Hmmm maybe I should find some less depressing areas...

[rwdtech 0]

omg why would you ever want to create such a hideous dingy city? that place should be burnt down

[Hawkeye9 0]

I personally dont think its hideous at all... In my opinion it is a beautiful city, I think you should just show some pics without that photoshop effect to give some areas a more colorful look. Ill definatly be back for more!!!!!!!

[Godzillaman 21]

Originally posted by: rwdtech omg why would you ever want to create such a hideous dingy city? that place should be burnt downquote>

ehm...It's a giant ghetto...and it looks good for a giant ghetto...