One deck below the bridge, the chief engineer coordinates with his technical heads here at the Forward Ops conference table. #steampunk #blender3d #design #blender3dart #aesthetics

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Many of these individual steampunk control panel elements are repeated, but I’ve arranged them in modular variations that should increase the “background eye candy” factor. #steampunk #blender3d #aesthetics #blender3dart #design #greebles

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Yeah natural born creative genius is a cool myth, but have you tried grinding through hours, months and years of focused practice? #blender3d #steampunk #blender3dart #aesthetics

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