Another update for this week :) All images below are directly from Unreal Engine. Over the last couple of days I’ve been focusing heavily on refining details throughout the environment, especially terrain variation, material breakup, and overall cohesion. I’ve also been adjusting the horizon and surrounding landscape to…
Here’s the finish line. This project has officially reached the end. Overall, I’m very pleased with how it turned out. The past week became very much a polish phase. Every time I thought I was done, I kept going back and asking myself: “Can this be pushed further?” That mindset carried through the entire final stretch.…
Here’s another update for this week. :) I’ve spent some time iterating on the rocks, with the goal of making them feel like they belong to the same environment. I focused on keeping a consistent shape language and making them read as if they were formed from the same type of rock, inspired by my reference. The idea was to…
Sculpting update: Been refining these rock sculpts and focusing on making them feel like they belong to the same environment. Lately I’ve been thinking more in terms of layering and silhouette, pushing bigger shapes, reducing noise, and making sure each piece still feels like part of the same rock family. Working from…
I like the variations, but the mid-level shapes are looking all a bit blobby, compared to your refs. I think you could be better served by using lower-poly meshes, with tiled textures and multi-texture blending. I'm reminded of Anthony Vaccaro's work on Uncharted 3, for example. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rZAvJ See…