[UE4 / WIP] Enviro. Jungle and robots ;].

hydzior

Hi there . I'm creating a new environment. A teaser to something bigger in the future (and i need a lot of time for this idea ). For now im closing foliage assets and then i'm starting to create more robo-cyber like elements with two big focal points (not really visible on this screens because the areas are not really "lookable"). After finishing all the assets, lighting and postpro i'll upload small flythrough (1:30 with test sequence right now).

Here are the screenshots from early WIP. Enjoy:

FreneticPonies

Wow, that's definitely something. But I kind of feel like the lighting is too high contrast. It makes it hard to see the actual shapes, feels to like a jumble. Here's a very quick example of something with less dark shadows could look like:

hydzior

Noted. The lighting will change a little bit for sure couple of times . 

hydzior

Ok. I've updated the screens with less contrasty lighting.

Ged

looking really good! I especially like the way the roots and composition look on this shot 

ionicotaco

This is really incredible work! I love this man! Did you make every asset?

hydzior

ionicotaco said:

This is really incredible work! I love this man! Did you make every asset?

Everything except one rock that was made using photogrammetry by my friend from work . Texture sources for texturing are from textures.com and substance painter for texturing the robots and other non foliage elements . 
Some new shoots will show soon.

AlirezaMorgan

at first i thought those were your references and then i read your post and found out these are your WIPs
i specially like the shapes and forms in your composition

hydzior

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZQ00z0m6Yo

Heres some teaser, test video of the environment that i'm working. Now i'm sitting less in the UE4 and more in Maya to model all the additional stuff ;]. In the final video there will more animated elements from foliage to mechanical elements.

Eric Chadwick

Nice work!

hint: you can embed youtube here. Just paste the URL without any markup. I've fixed your post for you, hope that's OK.

hydzior

Another update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCFnh_7GIsc

Raayaar

Sooooo cool!! It looks incredible already... What are you using to make the foliage? Speedtree?  

hydzior

Raayaar said:

Sooooo cool!! It looks incredible already... What are you using to make the foliage? Speedtree?  

By hand. Zbrush and Maya and some  textures from textures.com or leaves photos from google.

Raayaar

Nice... Thanks for the info, very inspiring!

clark

Wow! This is really cool. I am a big Stephen King Dark Tower fan. In one of the books in the series, in the woods, there is a broken down robot bear and some other robots left behind from the old days. They are still doing their thing (I think they were supposed to be protecting some beacon or something) and are super dangerous. Some have a kind of malfunction warning that goes off periodically. It might be cool to have some recording go off periodically from the robot.

hydzior

Another update .

https://youtu.be/fGcdhuHNue8

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/PdKBn

Larry

Amazing mate! You have to teach me about foliage :P

Tetranome

Huh, that's really something. The foliage SS looks great, and I like not being 100% certain if it's roots or tubes I'm looking at. Really sells the reclaimed technology feel.

Alex_J

simply amazing. 

swarms of mosquitos buzzing over the stagnant water would be icing on the icing.

ChrisLambert

That's stunning! It looks so lived in. Veeery nice!

DeepSpaceBanana

This is Brilliant, Love how Natural the lighting feels already. Moss looks good too.

AlanSMitchell

Amazing work, I'd love to see the breakdown of this

FreneticPonies

Very cool! Though what is the cylinder o' smoke at the end there?

WilliamB_Art

Outstanding work mate! Love the atmosphere produced by the environment!

hydzior

FreneticPonies said:

Very cool! Though what is the cylinder o' smoke at the end there?

Now ? Just a placeholder. I'm modeling a big mother like mech thing with lots of pipes connected to it.

TheGabmeister

Really interested to see the scene breakdown once it's all finished.

EricElwell

I'm in love with this. One crit if you're willing: The sparks, though visually interesting, seem incongruent with the overgrowth on the mechanical objects. Have they recently crashed or are they relics of a past generation? The overgrowth and moss would imply significant age, but the sparks and lights imply very recent activity (have they continued sparking away over the years?). Again, it's absolutely beautiful and engaging, but that detail confuses the story you are selling for me.

Can't wait to see more

8th_Scepter

Awesome job man! I love the foliage.

LiamMakesArt

Awesome! Can't wait to see this finished. I would love to see some shots of the individual assets if you would consider uploading some breakdowns. 

Christian Cunningham

This is incredible man! I can't wait to see a breakdown of this, you are fucking killing it bro!!!

Can you please post some screenshots of your vegetation shader? How are you getting that translucent scattering?

Ashervisalis

Damn dude, I'd pay for a tutorial from you.

Ibrahim_Lancoln

Whow I hope you will make a breakdown of this !

shabba

feels like either your post colour grading or mat albedo luminance is crushing or being crushed and pushing to pure blacks. Feels unnatural.