Final University Environment Project: The Holoseum (WIP)

dom_mulgrew

This week I began my final project at university before graduating (hopefully) in June time. I decided that I wanted to focus my project around building an environment that I was proud of and that could be the "wow" piece of my portfolio when I apply for jobs.  At first I struggled a bit to finalise my idea that I wanted to take forward and create, going through 2 or 3 ideas. But after some research and thinking I have decided to base it off this concept Eddie Del Rio. I want to create a mantlepiece/hero asset to go in the middle of the floor that will be the focal point of the environment and then use Quixel Megascans to fill up the rest of the exhibits. 

I have began a very early blockout inside Maya which I have then exported into UE4 to do some basic material/lighting iterations and make sure the scale feels right. Any critiques/tips are always appreciated Thanks!




Blockout in Maya



Playing with lighting/basic colours in Unreal.

dom_mulgrew

Today I have been continuing experimenting with the blockout,materials and lighting. Here are some WIP screenshots!

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Made some changes yesterday evening, began to add some extra props into the scene such as benches, exhibit stands etc. Also began baking the lighting in the scene to get a better representation of what it will look like for the final thing. 

teodar23

i like the mood, keep chipping away...

dom_mulgrew

teodar23 said:

i like the mood, keep chipping away...

Thanks man, will do!

dom_mulgrew

Tried to get back into the swing of working today, re-did some of the blockout. Seperated all the parts into different meshes walls/pillars, floors etc. Also refined the pillar model a bit however I'm not quite sure what I want the final one to look like. Also re- did some of the lighting.

teodar23

I liked the previous lighting more, i feel that this is too "crowded" . As for the pillar, think of what is its purpose and if it has multiple functions, maybe just one of them is just a pillar and the rest have other uses, maybe one of them is a fake pillar, etc.

dom_mulgrew

teodar23 said:

I liked the previous lighting more, i feel that this is too "crowded" . As for the pillar, think of what is its purpose and if it has multiple functions, maybe just one of them is just a pillar and the rest have other uses, maybe one of them is a fake pillar, etc.

Thanks for the feeback man, after reading your comment about the pillars making the scene I completely agree. Yesterday I tried to take this feedback on board and iterate on some pillar designs. Your feedback on the lighting was also very useful, I think I got a bit trigger happy with the lights and made the scene too warm. Here is a screenshot of how the scene is looking at the moment!  

None of the materials/objects are final I am just experimenting with how different colours/materials react to the light. 

teodar23

Looks insane!
Maybe increase the lights radiuses (i forgot the terminology) so that the shadows on the ceiling are much softer. Or adjust their attenuation so that the light doesnt reach the ceiling as much

dom_mulgrew

teodar23 said:

Looks insane!
Maybe increase the lights radiuses (i forgot the terminology) so that the shadows on the ceiling are much softer. Or adjust their attenuation so that the light doesnt reach the ceiling as much

Appreciate it! Yeah planning to do the ceiling next, thinking of making the central part higher like a sort of observatory kind of thing. Just finished the initial hologram in Unreal, its going to replace the huge floating ball in the middle.

dom_mulgrew

Got the hologram in the scene now!

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This is how the project is looking at the moment, slight adjust to the lighting and materials. Yesterday got setup with the Quixel suite and began to play around with megascans in the exhibits!

dom_mulgrew

Hey all, 

So haven't posted on here in a while. The project has made a fair bit of progress since the last update, which is good! Built/changed the scene up quite a bit based on feedback from both my peers and tutor. Here is a GIF of what the project is looking like currently!

https://gfycat.com/educatedvillainousannelid

dom_mulgrew

Another update! Tried to implement concrete into the scene! 

JamesBrisnehan

I don't see any pictures in your update/post from yesterday. . . Wait, yesterday was April first. Is this an April fools prank? 

*coughs* Yes, I see. That is some lovely concrete. *winks*

dom_mulgrew

JamesBrisnehan said:

I don't see any pictures in your update/post from yesterday. . . Wait, yesterday was April first. Is this an April fools prank? 

*coughs* Yes, I see. That is some lovely concrete. *winks*

Yes sorry I didn't realise haha! Thanks for the heads up. Heres the screenshot! Messing around with decals now, experimenting with possibly paintings/posters in the hallway. 

dom_mulgrew

9 days till the deadline! Thought I'd post an update

BohSheh

Are you going to fake the lighting for the hologram? From what I had seen its just a emissive material . Even its just subtle , there should be lights from the hologram . 

dom_mulgrew

Hey everyone so my final project is now up on Artstation! Appreciate it if you could check it out and let me know what you think!😄 https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lVgJ2V