[UE4] Beacon of Providence

Thoughcrayish

Hey guys, i just finished my new environment, check it out!
Main idea of this particular project was to make somewhat simple straightforward indoor environment.
So in this cave there is some mysterious portal and signs of excavation. You also clearly can see signs of excavation obviously to examine what this portal is about.
In terms of lighting i wanted to do something like a 3 focal and kinda-symmetrical warm points of outside lighting. Almost everything else in the cave itself is cold tho.
Almost entirety of composition is pointing towards the center so its draws attention on itself first. Then you notice all the technical stuff standing there and wandering what happened there.

If you have any critique, questions or perhaps early wip screenshots feel free to ask in this thread!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Fn5XZfnOM


Here are some concepts:





I also looking for work, you can see my portfolio at http://www.thewarpgames.com/andrewgubin and contact me via email or PM.

Ashervisalis

Looks really cool I'd suggest cutting down on the amount of renders. I know its a really sick environment, but I'd rather have my eye study 1 or 2 well chosen images than 9 images. Once again, cool work!

defragger

The sunlight in the background is way to crazy. I first thought it was an explosion or something like that. There is also to much fog in the foreground. I would try to have some billowy fog on the ground like on the second concept.

It's very difficult to view the shots not only because there are so many similar pictures but also because the scene is a focus point overdose right now. Tone down the environment lighting and leave a clear focus on the red ring and the blueish stairs in front.

RobeOmega

I really like the compsitions! Agreed with the cutting down of the images and the toning down of the fog. I did a quick paintover of increased contrast in Photoshop.

Before on the left and after on the right.

Thoughcrayish

Thanks for you feedback guys! I removed the amount of images as you suggested (you can always watch the video for more angles i guess). 
As for contrast, i played maybe a little bit too much with the post-processes and got somewhat washed out result in the end. I had similar results to what @RobeOmega did at some point but toned it down because i thought it would be too dark. Not sure actually what's better for me personally tho.
 

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Hey! Recently i decided to update my previous scene with new art since i figured it was incomplete. I added a little bit of details here and there, new center object, tweaked lighting and post-processes for more dramatic shadows.

 

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