Beginning of the End- Personal Project!

This project, we won't have to listen to Justin drone on about extrusions and his favorite bridge tool! (Though the man was quite masterly at the program) - We had to choose an abandoned location from the ones photographed by some of our classmates -  I chose an abandoned 50's diner - And we had to include a mode of transportation, so I chose a bike (which will be a lot different from Digital Tutor's 2021 model bike) - Then we had to come up with a concept that will make the scene imply a story

I think I'll have a character inside the building staring (shocked) at a mysterious light - I will make the bike (leaning against the sign) look brand new to show that it belongs to the character and not the broken down scene - Apparently the character wanted to explore the inside but finds an (un?)pleasant surprise - Josh actually helped me come up with this concept

With that in mind, I blocked out the building and set up a camera at which I will end up taking the final rendered picture - I haven't installed the sign yet though

 

 Today I started trying to add detail to the building - it took me a few hours to install the confusing, weird edges and I don't think I did them quite right because there are a few microscopic weird bends - This pretty much consisted of moving vertices around, merging them, and using the split polygon tool to make the weird triangle half-hanging off the building

 

The next step didn't take too long - Since I forgot to put divisions into the building before I started messing with it, I used the cut faces tool to cut it in half and mirrored its geometry (I did NOT want to attempt to redo that horrible weird corner on the other side again!!) - Then I used the cut polygon faces tool again (I tried using the insert edge loop tool, but it wasn't working the way I wanted it to, which scares me) to cut out a section where I could make the enterance

 

I  REALLY don't like the looks of that weird dark grey gradient emerging from the corner of that edge... I'll have to try to see what it is later