Block Relief

A landscape built from isometric blocks. Stepped hills, hollow craters and travelling waves turn a square lattice into sculptural linework.

Block Relief: A landscape built from isometric blocks. Stepped hills, hollow craters and travelling waves turn a square lattice into sculptural linework.Block Relief: A landscape built from isometric blocks. Stepped hills, hollow craters and travelling waves turn a square lattice into sculptural linework.

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GART · sampled height fields and isometric projection

Block Relief, heightmap, drawn by GART: A landscape built from isometric blocks. Stepped hills, hollow craters and travelling waves turn a square lattice into sculptural linework.
Block Relief · CC BY 4.0

Each column samples a smooth height field. Terracing blends between continuous heights and stacked block courses; opaque faces conceal the columns behind them. Motion evolves the height field through a closed twenty-second cycle.