[WIP][UE4] Emily's house

AndrewAlexArt

Hi guys!

It will a small family house somewhere in USA 80's-90's, where you can walk and interact with different objects.

The main goal of that project is better understanding workflow for creating game environments in UE4. 
I'll work on it in my free time.
Comments and critiques are most welcome.
Best regards,
Andrew

Design references:

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Blockouts pictures:

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Here is a small update!

In this project I will try to use textures only created in Substance Designer, it is especially for studying SD.

Little warm-up for wall plaster .mat: 

I need to keep my nodes more organised, I know  

Next will some interior shots. 

I made rooms little bit bigger than in the first blockouts. All objects has real dimensions.

Living room:

Kitchen:

Bedroom:

pixelpatron

For such a modern place it seems odd that the TV wouldn't be a wall mounted flat screen. I'd also thicken up the bookcase shelves they don't read very well at a distance. Lookin good so far...no coffee table? I wanna put my feet up.

Poinball

I Really love the details on the window !! This environment will be pretty  

instg8r

I second the window details! Also agree that a flatscreen would be more fitting for "the times" I'd think about putting a small stand/table next to the chair in the windows for a book, coffee, etc. Looking forward to seeing more!

AndrewAlexArt

Poinball said:

I Really love the details on the window !! This environment will be pretty  

Thank you!

pixelpatron said:

For such a modern place it seems odd that the TV wouldn't be a wall mounted flat screen.

no-no, there are will be a TV from 80's or 90's=)

pixelpatron said:

no coffee table?

Of course it will be there too.

AndrewAlexArt

instg8r said:

Also agree that a flatscreen would be more fitting for "the times"

Thanks for details!

It looks modern only for this moment=) I want to create atmosphere from 80's-90's. I don't think that people had a flat screen in those times.

AndrewAlexArt

Hello!
New updates are coming!
I created a Master material which I can use on almost every asset in the project (except glass and decals I think) I'm not completely sure that it's right way, please tell me if I'm doing wrong, but anyway here is material: 

It has many different parameters which give me a big flexibility. As you can see It's not final version. During my work I will debug it. Here is a couple examples how it's works on objects without baking:



And here is on the unique asset:

On this stage every asset has instance from my Master material:




(oh, here is one from Substance Painter :-D):

Thank you for watching and sorry if I had many mistakes in English

Best wishes,
Andrew

Kanni3d

Beautiful work. I'm impressed with the master material being applied to everything, showing how flexible and powerful it is. Are the window droplets procedural, or 'baked'? Would love to see more !!

Ged

very nice! forgive my ignorance but I work in unity3D more than unreal engine, what is the benefit of using one complicated master material over having many less complicated materials across the objects?

AndrewAlexArt

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Kanni3d said:

Beautiful work. I'm impressed with the master material being applied to everything, showing how flexible and powerful it is. Are the window droplets procedural, or 'baked'? Would love to see more !!

Windows has  a simple normal texture with water drops 
I made a Master material for glass too. I think I will not have many glass objects in my project,  but it was interesting for me and I made a master material which has a different parameters for glass objects. 
Here is some examples:

Ged said:

very nice! forgive my ignorance but I work in unity3D more than unreal engine, what is the benefit of using one complicated master material over having many less complicated materials across the objects?

It's just for performance. You can call only one Master material instead many times different. I mean if I will use instances of Master material it will take less memory than if I will call each Master material every time. 

AndrewAlexArt

Hey everyone!
I decided to continue my work from kitchen. Here is some new screenshots:

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Today is new updates!
I created a couple materials usig by Substance Designer.  As I said early I will try to use Substance Designer as much as possible in this project.
P.S. Guys, I need to ask you something. Can you add here some photos of important things that much associated with 80-90's in USA? (May be some from your childhood)   It will very help me understand details of environment. Thank you!

Some examples of SD materials:




Also made a couple assets:

Sajeet

I absolutly love where this is going! Dont have any images but icon thing from 80ties record player, tape recorder. I had a mirror wall on my room. But i live in sweden so im not sure how it was in the USA. A big thing whas all those wolf and Panther posters
also as a sidenote.. update your artstation link. it doesnt work

AndrewAlexArt

Hey, thanks for comment! I agreed with the electronic sets=) Some of them I will add in future.
Sorry about artstation link. Now it should work

AndrewAlexArt

Hi guys,

I have almost no free time but sometimes I make an updates.

Here I tried to understand UE4 Blueprints, and made couple new models:

AndrewAlexArt

Hello guys,

It was a long time break because almost have no spare time. Anyway, I did some updates but still have no habit to post regularly on polycount yet

Here is my new WIP shots.

C&C are welcome as always.

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Some little steps with Marvelous designer and ZBrush for bed coverlets

griffitii

Fabric looks excellent! Have you been texturing your assets in Substance Painter? The edge detailing is really nice.

AndrewAlexArt

griffitii,
Thank you!
Yes, I used Painter for that

BallistikBiskit

This all looks very awesome! Keep it up!

AndrewAlexArt

BallistikBiskit,
Thank you dude!
New screenshots with finished beds. Had to kill some details for optimisation

RustySpannerz

Ooft... dem beds!

Cg_Creator

Loving it, keep the updates coming

AndrewAlexArt

Thanks guys  
Next little update:

AndrewAlexArt

Hello guys!
It's been one year since the start of this project. If I had know hard it would be to create a fully designed house with all of the necessary rooms and objects, I think I might have chosen something different. The hardest part of this project was to stay self-motivated. Sometimes I didn't want to continue; however, I'm responsible for my work and I knew I couldn't not finish the project. Now I have a lot of things to show you.  So,  can I continue with a beer bottle model and some kind of old VHS recorder? ;D 
Hope you like it!

Veezen

Ohh, that last asset came out good

AndrewAlexArt

Thank you Veezen 
In my scene, I sometimes added some stuff from my favorite movies. Here is an old flip clock that I found interesting from Back to The Future movie

Ashervisalis

This just keeps getting better and better with each post. The rain drops on the window really set the mood, and I'm loving each prop.

AndrewAlexArt

Ashervisalis, Thanks buddy

Hello guys,
I'm glad to show you the finished living room. This room I made first and tried to achieve the lighting for all house like in the autumn evening time. Hope you'll like it!  c&c are welcome as always

wirrexx

holy crap that second screenshot is a beauty. Looking good!

AndrewAlexArt

wirrexx , Thank you!

FreneticPonies

I want to curl up and go to sleep in it! This is some amazing work. 

RustySpannerz

Wow, that is beautiful, it really looks amazing! The AO seems a little strong though, especially on where you see it on the couch. And the Sunlight and the ambient light seem a little off. I think maybe there would be more sun bounce? Or maybe the contrast between the saturated warm light and the cool light is too strong?  

nurawan

Cool lighting !
I like the mood that you are going for. But your scene seems pretty dark to me overall, I think it could be more readable if it's a little bit brighter

AndrewAlexArt

Thanks guys for c&c!
I made a little update for scene lighting. Also made more light bounces for direct light. Hope the scene looks better now

Poinball

Man !! make a build that we can walk in the scene !! It look really good !

AndrewAlexArt

Poinball , Thank you! It's a good idea. Maybe I will do it soon

AndrewAlexArt

Finally did a kitchen screenshots. Hope you like it;)
Also, there is 360 panorama on Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XXer3
I used nvidia Ansel to grab 360

AndrewAlexArt

Hey guys! Next one room and corridor.
C&C are welcome as always!

Doxturtle

Really like this scene, great lighting throughout it

mutatedjellyfish

Wow, this is awesome. Reminds me of the house bit from Uncharted 4 that I spent a half hour in just looking at walls and bathrooms.

wirrexx

nailed it! gorgeous. 

convolution223

Love this. Would you consider releasing your master materials? I've always just made different materials for different objects but it seems like your master materials are very versatile. Did you use them for the entire project?

AndrewAlexArt

Thank you, guys!
mutatedjellyfish, I did the same things when played Uncharted 4 and was very impressed Also saw your artworks for Rick and Morty, models look great!

convolution223, I wanted to use it for the entire scene but in the end, decided to create else one master material but much lighter for objects with unique textures because they no need most of the parameters. Also, there are different Master materials for glass and SSS

taglol

This looks absolutely stunning, love it!

AndrewAlexArt

Hey taglol , thank you!

I took a break for couple evenings for Substance practice  
Artstation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ae8az

Tits

Really cool scene! looking forward to see more !

AndrewAlexArt

Glad you like it, Tits 
The second evening material. Next one will be Emily's house. I promise!
See more on Artstation:  https://www.artstation.com/artwork/O0Bl6

CybranM

House assets look real nice, substance materials are also impressive.
Great job