It’s been a very long time I didn’t post on this forum, even if I often come to find technical answers to issues I got…
I made a demo scene to try UE5’s new features and to evaluate and improve my skills on Environment Art and Lighting using modern techno, something my portfolio was missing.
Inspiration are from Tsutomu Nihei (yep, not very surprising from me!), Jeunet & Caro’s movies, Bioshock and works published by talented artists on ArtStation.
It was made within 3 weeks (approximately 12-14 full days of work I would say).
The goal was to work on level composition and lighting, so except a few custom shaders, models and Blueprint tools, almost all assets (3d models and textures) come from Megascans and Epic’s game store.
I’m using an outdated machine (i7-4790, 32g, gtx970) so I didn’t recorded video of real time captures… It’s running surprisingly “fine” (20-25fps) as long as Lumen and Virtual Shadow Maps are OFF, but when turned ON, it obviously drops very low (8/10 fps), so it wasn’t optimal working conditions. I also turned off Nanite and preferred moderately detailed assets for performance reason. I’m pretty sure it would run super nicely on a less antique computer! It even would be possible to rise up a lot the models quality and detail objects density, as well as adding more FX…
Even so, I’m quite happy with the result and hope it will please your eyes.
Great job on your recluse garden environmental-level design, @LimasseFive! The overall design is impressive, and your chosen references blend perfectly, creating a unique and unforgettable environment! Thank you for sharing your incredible work with us in the forums.
The pleasure is all mine, and thank you for updating the thread with your development process! The timelapse videos you’ve created are amazing. Your vision was clear, and you brought it to life beautifully. The process for TimeLapseCam3 is particularly impressive - I’m genuinely amazed by how stunning it is!
Hope you’re well and having a wonderful week so far!
What a unique and dream-like environment. The lighting and water make the scene seem almost ethereal. I only wish I could see more of the project - thankfully you linked your ArtStation so we got to see a bit more
