A few years ago I sold all my stuff to explore the world, creating 12 startups in 12 months and building $1M+/y in companies as an indie maker such as Nomad List and Remote OK. I'm also a big pusher of remote work and try to analyze the effects it will have on society. Follow me on Twitter or see my list of posts. My first book MAKE is out now.
Feb 06, 2016

Day 4 of Learning 3d: @shoinwolfe visits the actual street I'm modeling ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿฎ

Learning 3d

Today is day 4 of my challenge of learning 3d. Today @shoinwolfe from Tokyo tweeted me that he was going to visit the street in Tokyo that Iโ€™m modeling to start learning 3d.

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That would be pretty helpful to get more reference material to see where objects are in the street.

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I was able to locate the place where the photo was made simply by Googling for Bar 254 in Tokyo.

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Itโ€™s in Oyamahigashicho district:

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Near the Oyama subway station:

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I sent Shoin the location:

@levelsio Brb gonna go into the dark depths of northern Tokyo ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿฎ Will send pics tomorrow ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

โ€” Shoin Wolfe (@shoinwolfe) February 4, 2016

Then a few hours he sent me the video ๐Ÿ˜ณ

@levelsio Found it! Teaser vid ๐Ÿ“ฝ pic.twitter.com/TNrKE58LJd

โ€” Shoin Wolfe (@shoinwolfe) February 5, 2016

So fucking cool! Thanks Shoin! Iโ€™ll be using this as a reference to see where all the objects are positioned.

After a week and lots of work, hereโ€™s where I am now.

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