I'm currently working on a virtual art gallery project using Max 8 for the 3D model creations which will eventually be imported into Unity 3D in order to make an interactive virtual art gallery. When it's completed it will play almost like a first person shooter game or (FPS) onlt without the shooting. Users will be able to enter the art gallery building in a virtual environment and browse 4 levels of this abstract spacecraft looking art gallery building.
Each level or floor will be devoted to one or more art themes. The eventual idea will be that users will be able to walk right up to various artworks and click them for a pop up screen with information about that particular piece of artwork that they are currently looking at.
The top floor that I am currently working on in max is devoted to my photography works. I'm adding picture frames to the various wall locations. Some walls will be devoted to a specific series of pictures, while other walls or rooms will be just a random selection of various photographic artworks.
Although I still have a ways to go on the construction of the gallery and art place holders I even have plans to perhaps put a gift shop on the lower level where users can brows various items of art merchandise and then click it in order to shop online. For instance say a user likes a framed print or a decorative gift box, key chain, coffee mug, t-Shirt or whatever, when they click that item either a pop up will give more information about that product or it could just open an explorer window and go straight to either my Zazzle Shop, Cafe Press or red Bubble.
I set up a Facebook fan page for my artwork sometime back but had not done too much with it. I've since spruced it up a little with giving it an easier to find address:
facebook.com/mdkgraphics
I've been posting some of my art onto my MDK Graphics fan page from some of my online shops like:
This way if I create some new artworks, photography, or 3D models for sale this will be another place I can let people know about them and place direct links complete with thumbnails of the product that will take them directly to where they can learn more about that particular piece of art and make a purchase.
