The inspiration for this project was Italo Calvino's book "Invisible Cities", in which he describes imaginary cities through conversations between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan. This is the city Zenobia, a gloomy place hidden amongst bamboo. Once a fisherman's town, the glacier on top of the nearby mountain is dying and the river has run dry making it hard for the citizens to survive.
![Girl dreaming as she looks up at the sky](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39c55aaa-8f24-4af3-9eee-96b84280de49/9fed1c88-ac72-4356-b540-a77ad10e5698_rw_1920.png?h=97ebc899c003eed4a7430bc24a4e2d24)
Girl dreaming as she looks up at the sky
![First environment thumbnails](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39c55aaa-8f24-4af3-9eee-96b84280de49/cf5eb7ce-b369-4c81-a551-eee509020686_rw_1920.png?h=481a91fbe8d629104e4594154bc96ccf)
First environment thumbnails
![Stilt house designs](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39c55aaa-8f24-4af3-9eee-96b84280de49/bd10d532-26c8-4fe6-a1ef-5b0601b3b8da_rw_1920.png?h=75ed9cc0e11eef9f964f86cb76f70900)
Stilt house designs
Further environment and scenery explorations
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39c55aaa-8f24-4af3-9eee-96b84280de49/ea7c26c6-5d97-46e2-b827-166dd14ac2ed_rw_1920.png?h=30d43d58eaf7871f8fc2fecfb2cb742b)
Simple city layout
![Funeral of the glacier](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39c55aaa-8f24-4af3-9eee-96b84280de49/e4917e6f-7bf1-475d-afc2-a822311816b5_rw_1920.png?h=9eb928d0968e7d1898414b576fd98b7a)
Funeral of the glacier
![Unfortunately no catch...](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39c55aaa-8f24-4af3-9eee-96b84280de49/280bb014-4906-4964-b0c0-3f42d4e0a70a_rw_1920.png?h=ca06a78eb18d426aab620a2bc715af0b)
Unfortunately no catch...
![Priests praying at the foot of the temple](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39c55aaa-8f24-4af3-9eee-96b84280de49/fee4fefa-422f-4236-b531-e7980b11c3b6_rw_1920.png?h=82a357c7979c6c7856bc4cf25dafd66c)