[WIP][UE4] The Lost City Of Stone

yanpes

Hi everyone!

I started a new environment this week which is inspired by the city of Petra and Greek / Roman architecture in general.

My personal goal with this piece is to crunch a lot of hours sculpting and learn Substance Designer.

I want to use this thread as a documentation for my overall process. Critiques and comments are always appreciated!

yanpes

A bunch of references for the overall theme, mood and setting I am aiming for!

yanpes

First of all I want to start with a basic block out of the environment.

Here is the first draft of a general purpose big rock element for the canyon.

yanpes

First shots of my current state in UE focusing on a rough layout to test out scale and proportion.

Doxturtle

Not sure how far you are with the rock so you might have thought of this already, but t would be good to get some deeper cracks into the rock.

for example:

Seeberg

For your rocks, I would take a look and follow Joshua Lynch if you haven't already! [ https://www.artstation.com/joshlynch ] 
He has some good reference for rocks like these.  For your pillars I would have an asset or chunk of rock that smooths into the side pillars, like some of your reference. So far some good progress! 

yanpes

@Doxturtle @Aeseeberg04

Thank you for your comments!

The rocks are more or less placeholders since I first wanted to get a feeling for the spacing and environment itself.

Because of your responses I will continue defining the rocks further more in the next step!

Thank you guys!