After the success of the Glass Guild, we were immediately asked to create another page for the aquarium’s new theater. The theater was under construction as well and we found ourselves in a similar situation – a short time frame, limited resources and system complexity.
However, the Glass Guild was much more abstract where as the theater is something that we’re all familiar with. The were asking patrons to sponsor seats and they would get a plaque with an inscription on the back of it.
One of the issues with the imagery was that those only had a few 3D rendering of the theater and no model to take pictures of this time. However, they were farther along in construction. So as soon as the seats were installed, I was able to create an image of the theater seating that combined the 3D model and an actual photograph.
I then made it work similar to the Glass Guild with each section a link that loads a seat map. The seat map was challenging to create because they labeled the rows and seats differently where the even numbered seats are on one side and the odd numbers are on the other side. And there’s some reserved seats, empty spaces, no row I, etc. which apparently are common things in theaters.
But, I was able to figure something out and the project was also a success. And it looks pretty nice aside from all of the text. I suggested that the background image should be shrunk down and at least half of the text should be removed, but they wanted to keep it this way.
Anyhow, if you’re in the area (again), you should make a trip to the aquarium. And if you’re feeling charitable, the Pacific Visions seating donation is still open.
https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/pacificvisions/support/seat_campaign