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Re: Finished - Desert Communication Relay – Environment Scene
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… -
Re: Finished - Desert Communication Relay – Environment Scene
Another update. I’ve now moved into the material phase and started working on a first pass in Substance Painter, using my low poly rock assets. Right now I’m focusing on establishing a solid base, studying reference closely to get a more believable balance between exposed rock, wear, and surface variation. This is still an… -
Re: Finished - Desert Communication Relay – Environment Scene
Thanks, I really appreciate the detailed feedback! =)@Eric Chadwick You're absolutely right about the striations, that’s something I’ve been working on improving. My initial pass relied too much on surface noise, so now I’m focusing on introducing broader, more directional layering to better match sedimentary formation. I… -
Re: Finished - Desert Communication Relay – Environment Scene
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… -
Re: Finished - Desert Communication Relay – Environment Scene
Short update: Currently working on some hard surface sculpting, focusing on rocks and rock formations for this environment. Here are a couple of the pieces so far. I’ve been aiming for shapes that feel structured and work well within the scene. Feedback is always appreciated, especially on shape language and readability. =) -
Re: Finished - Desert Communication Relay – Environment Scene
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.… -
Re: Finished - Desert Communication Relay – Environment Scene
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… -
Re: Finished - Desert Communication Relay – Environment Scene
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… -
Finished - Desert Communication Relay – Environment Scene
Hey everyone, starting a new environment project and wanted to share the process. :) The scene will be a small-scale desert communication relay setup, focused on a contained area (~25x25m) with a strong focal point and clear composition. For this project, I’m focusing on improving a few key areas: * Stone sculpting and…
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