Unearthly Challenge is creeping up, let's get inspired

adam

Please use this thread to post links to VIDEOGAME environments you've found recently that either inspire you or may inspire others. I'll start with a couple of gem's found @ CGTalk:

Both are from Unreal 3.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=789275&utm_medium=plugblock&utm_source=cgtalk


http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=121&t=785708

John Warner

technically wow.
looks awesome.

bounchfx

holy shit those look great. give me an oblivion type game with those kinda graphics and co op and ill never need another game again.

aesir

when's the challenge?

adam

Starts in August last I was told.

Anyway - IMAGES! POST 'EM.

Keg

gorgeous

only complaint is the lack of much color outside of brown.

I'll post images if I come across any. until then i'll be refreshing and fapping hard to pics

SHEPEIRO

thats rather nice and apart from the alpha overdraw deceptively simple... mmmmm

rolfness

adam

Nice Rolf

Let's see some more!

Cody

by Gerard Miley




and of course

Cody

Oh and the Lord of Environments himself Stefan Morrell

adam

Not to be a Debbie downer, but I was hoping to see some videogame-made environments. The hope being people see them, get inspired, and wonder how they were achieved. Hopefully learning something along the way.

I suppose the higher-res stuff is good too as it'll have people wondering how they can achieve those environments with game limitations.

Bah ignore me, I'm thinking aloud.

JFletcher

Wow those are amazing, i love the first unreal shots..

I've always been interested in getting into environment art but its just so overwhelming to me..

Cody

Well, the first one I posted is concept art, the second one is Unreal3, and the last was high-res. So I thought it was a nice mix of everything.

crazyfingers

Those UT shots are awesome, thanks for posting. Can't think of a more painterly scene i've ever seen in UT3. Shows how far a few good floral assets can take your scene.

Justin Meisse

I like seeing some nicely detailed concept art, alot of the enviro concepts I see around the net look like 15 minutes speedpaints

ae.

ive been holding off doing anymore level art until unearthly challange! hope it starts soon!
been messing with smaller projects.

Bal

Damn those 2 unreal shots ooze atmosphere.
Looking forward to Unearthly Challenge again this year!

Justin Meisse

In preparation for unearthly I have been studying anatomy, am I a dum-dum head or what?

Pseudo

I wont paste the whole thread, but just in case someone missed it...

http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=62114

ElysiumGX

Adam: I like how the scenes you posted were inspired by classic paintings. In fact, they're much more pleasant to look at. Inspiring. I may have to actually join this year's challenge.

brandoom

Alan Wake.

adam

Ooooh good call with the Alan Wake environment! Almost looks like TF2 done w/ HL2 art, eh?

brandoom

Ha. I loved the "eh?" True Canadian.

Yea but HL2 times a million. Its too bad this game has taken forever and a year to release.

As for this unearthly challenge. I checked the website, they don't give much info on the actual challenge. What is it all about? Environment art?

LEViATHAN

You basically team up with some guys to design and build a real-time spec scene.

/e

Heavy rain

adam

Heavy rain! Great looking game, it just seems like it'll be boring as fuck.

brandoom: UC is about building game environments.


Everyone: If its not apparent already, putting emphasis on your games ATMOSPHERE will be clutch to the success of your entry. It's one thing to build sexy props and textures, its another to represent their environment nicely with an accurate & effective atmosphere.

brandoom

Maybe we could throw together a "team Canada" lol.

ae.

or team "Americas hat" :P

adam

Anyone have new art to share?

crazyfingers

Not too new, but still pretty cool. From the "scene from a movie competition". Blade runner:

All in Crytech (haha, my mistake, thought it was UT3, thanks for the heads up "what's true", apt name btw)

JasonLavoie

Very nice crazyfingers... I actually had another favourite from that comp, the Aliens scene... they did such a great job.

whats_true

crazyfingers
That was done in the Crytek engine.

Target_Renegade

Had loads of images saved but my pc went meltdown, i do remember this however.

adam

Which game is that from, Target?

Seaseme

I'd love to participate in this years unearthly - Anyone planning on having a team?

ZacD

I wanna try, never really done any challenges,

crazyfingers

Hey, i've already got a project underway, that going to disqualify it? I snooped around the site couldn't find any rules really.

blankslatejoe

Crazy, yes--it will likely disqualify it. You're supposed to start everything fresh the moment the contest begins. Regardless, any theme or restrictions have yet to be announced.

TheMadArtist

Maybe I'm just dumb and couldn't find it on the site either, but is it a requirement to display your work in an engine for the challenge?

Cody

No, just has to be realtime.

rasmus

@Target_Renegade: Looks like Stalker!

I remembered these shots from the CG Society feature on T4:Salvation - shame about the game, the environments look really good.





Also, Bionic Commando:




And to go full-circle on the Grin environment power-house :

rasmus

While I'm at it:




This Naruto game for the 360 has a really cool style too, for those sick of all the over-exposed tufts of grass



So there, no excuses for shitty env art in this year's Unearthly >:]

Target_Renegade

Really nice shots, yes its from Stalker.

Reverenddevil

Bumpt it up, I dont want this thread lost. Keep posting people...

jocose

crazyfingers

those ID screens are so good they actually demotivate me :P

(edit: put quake for some reason, i'm really beat :P)

Cody

MIND BLOWING! Isn't that Rage?

Ged

theres some good environment artwork in uncharted 2








dawn of discovery - not sure it counts as its rts but I think its impressive

Ged

and of course gears of war 2 environments



























call of juarez bound in blood

Xenobond

Gratuitous Monster Hunter Images









MOAR!

Peris

holy shit, seems like i have to play monster hunter