UDK : Dragon Shrine (WIP)

jsargent

Hi guys, I have been working on this (very WIP )little handpainted scene as a bit of a break from the type of stuff I am doing at work Its 100% handpainted and diffuse only. All of the assets are still very WIP and placeholder (especially terrain and trees) and there are no effects yet but I have some first pass lighting in. The skydome is also just the UDK one atm. Anyway the idea is that there is a cave behind the waterfall where a dragon lives and there is a shrine to the dragon that people leave offerings near. I plan to remove the water behind the shrine entrance and replace it with some dripping effects to reveal the cave. I'm also going to have some dragon statues and more offerings scattered around at the base such as gold and gems. I want to get some really magical effects in too, fireflys and little floating pink flowers etc... as well as the waterfall effects.

It would be cool to get some feedback as Im going to be working this up quite a bit

Thanks

mosone

i love it.
but maybe a key light from the moon will make it better

jsargent

Thanks I agree, I've done a super quick paintover to show what I'm going to be doing next...

tristamus

Aw man, love it!! Great work.

Sugus

That's looking awesome. You could maybe add some torches at the bottom of the stairs, not too strong though (it would distract fmo the focal point). But thinking in terms of gamplay and so, the player would be directed towards there because of the lighting.

Looking epic, can't wait to see more!

SirCalalot

Looking good, man!

I especially like the water as it reminds me of slow shutter speed photos of waterfalls.

I agree with @Sugus about the torches, as it would add some more yellow tones to lighting. At the moment the heavy reds from the lamps aren't being picked up much by the blues and greens of the scene.

Keep up the good work!