St. John the Divine, New York City

[Gulcrapek]

Hi.. I've been wanting someone to draw this for ages...

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=26538

www.stjohndivine.com

http://www.wirednewyork.com/churches/st_john_divine/default.htm

Also, PM me for a model of the finished product, as I'd appreciate a diagram of that too. (I found a picture somewhere)

Also PM me for additional pictures.

Thanks!

edit: also the original design:

http://www.morningside-heights.net/stjohnold.htm

[Gulcrapek]

http://galleries.soaringtowers.org/albums/album27/DSCF0159.sized.jpg

http://galleries.soaringtowers.org/albums/album27/DSCF0160.sized.jpg

http://galleries.soaringtowers.org/albums/album27/DSCF0161.sized.jpg

http://galleries.soaringtowers.org/albums/album27/DSCF0392.sized.jpg

http://galleries.soaringtowers.org/albums/album27/DSCF0165.sized.jpg

[Taylordaman]

I'm nearly done. Are there any rendering of the right tower?

[Gulcrapek]

Some possibly helpful images

http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~junfan/CS6998/st_john5.jpg

Tower:

http://www.arasca.de/places/n_america/new_york/new_york/images/st_john_model.jpg

Finished product:
http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/076.jpg

[Taylordaman]

Done. Tell me if I did anything wrong.
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/532/11st__john.png
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=26538&drawingID=31266

[Gulcrapek]

Coooool beans.

Suggestions: Windows on either side of Rose Window are pointed, not rounded. Same with the entrance portals to a lesser extent. You could also add scaffolding to the tower if you wanna be abnormally realistic. ;)

[Gulcrapek]

Central portal ("Portal of Paradise")

http://www.openhousenewyork.org/b_images/facade.jpg

With steps (I guess there aren't that many):

http://www.infomine.ne.jp/nyb/image/cathedral.jpg


^Also compare proportions to your illustration. It's a little slimmer.

Onward, Canadian soldier!

edit: http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/north_america/eastern_usa/newyork/wpe9D.jpg

[Gulcrapek]

Er, this too..

http://www.henrywagner.org/pictures/NYC/StJohns/vt059.jpg

[Taylordaman]

The reason some of them are pointed is because I ran out of room. I never really smoothed out corners or round edges. I drew those parts on ms paint and got lazy and didn't touch those up later.

I'll slim it down a little.

[Gulcrapek]

Nono, I meant they should be more pointed...