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Member sinceAugust 2002 from: Corpus Christi, Texas 2,377 Posts Posted by Leighant on Monday, July 28, 2003 9:24 Pm I Happened to Have a Fairly Large Scale...
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Posted by leighant
on Monday, July 28, 2003 9:24 PM
I happened to have a fairly large scale street (AND TRACK!!!) map of an urban area on which I was basing a scene, measured so many blocks and divided by the number and the scale and found the blocks were about 300 x 300. And they are square in this particular city. Blocks are often laid out longer than they are deep, and I figure 300 long by 200 deep is a good figure to shoot for. A lot 100 foot deep is big enough for a front yard, house, back yard and garage. Of course, there are a lot of things that can be done with selective compression, forced perspective, etc. But I start at 300 x 200.
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