The Nocturnal Vapour

Tepcio

Hi guys,

I've just finished my new UDK scene called The Nocturnal Vapour (aka The Dark Carnival). I've worked on her for over the last five months, hope it was worth it. Feel free to comment and criticize. Thanks in advance!

Video (HD):

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBn23dPCAKQ[/ame]

More screenshots:
http://img831.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=87435664.jpg

Software used: Unreal Development Kit, Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Xnormal
Thanks to cgtextures.com


Thanks for your time guys!

cholden

Oh yea, I remember seeing you pimp this. It's awesome! That video is very cool. Love how much color and life you crammed into this scene.

Loren Broach

Dude, at 2:10 that angle is epic! Great job man!

Mathew O

Truely inspiring, well done dude

frostymoose

Wow!

Even without any characters in the scene, it still seems so alive!

Ferg

Gorgeous! Smells like new pc banner material

DDuckworth

Holy shit this was amazing, very creepy and epic and awesome all rolled up into one tasty roll!! God I would like to play around in this enviro fighting some creepy monsters or something, what's the backstory/futureplans with this one?

ayoub44

WOW , great lighting , love it

ajr2764

Amazing environment, it shows that you spent five months on this. It was surely worth the time invested in it. Love the atmosphere, alot of elements are coming together very nicely to bring that dark creepy feeling and the music I love. Do you have any breakdown shots for the assets/environment, would be nice to see some production stuff for this one?

sltrOlsson

Fuuuuuuuuuck man! Freaking awesome! I'm impressed both by the result and your dedication! I could never stick with such a big scene that long, sad i know.

+1 for breakdowns!

Razgriz

Oohhh man this is good. You've gotta show us some breakdowns and talk about workflow a bit. This is quality stuff. That 5 months certainly paid off.

Tepcio

I have uploaded HD version: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBn23dPCAKQ[/ame]

I'm gonna also take some production screens for you guys

sketch81

That's hardcore, your scene is full of life and looks amazing. I'd also like to see some breakdowns and workflow. Well done.

Perfectblue

Simply amazing, well done. My favorite shot would have to be 2:13.

Tepcio

As you can see I don't spend much time making every object perfect. I rather focus on composition.

I've made just a few textures which are basing on HP model. Most of textures are just photos, mixed and combined to fit each other.


I didn't base on any concept are while working on this map. The main influences came from Thief III, Assasins Creed II, Oblivion and Fable series. Frankly, It was much of a pure improvisation.

As far as my lighting technique is concerned I'm a follower of Hourences hints. He has pretty interesting approach to this kind of stuff, take a look: http://www.hourences.com/the-hows-and-whys-of-level-design-examples/

I've found a few screens depicting different stages of development, some of them looks pretty funny

http://img42.imageshack.us/g/steampunkwip012.jpg/

SnowInChina

insane stuff
really well done, watching the video makes you want to jump right in