Forest Ruins
Final Renders
Responsible for all aspects
Research
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I set Redwood national park located in California as the background location for the project
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I picked six major plants live in the redwood forest to create
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Asset lists:
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Redwood
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Douglas fir tree
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Pacific poison oak
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Western sword fern
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Redwood sorrel
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American trailplant
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Assets
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I modeled trees and rocks using Zbrush and baked in Substance Painter
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I used cards for little plants in Maya
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I ended up using 9 types of plant assets for the project, including 3 plants that I have created for other projects
Textures / Materials
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I created foliage and tree trunk textures in Substance Designer
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I used footprints decals as some story elements
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I created rain drop alpha texture in photoshop and made rain particle system in UE4
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Using flip book system in UE4 material editor, I have added water dripping effects to the landscape material
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The landscape material is blended with 3 materials - path, dirt, and water
Progress
Forest without ruins
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I planned to make a redwood forest scene for the project, but I got some feedback about the focal point that add some story to the scene
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I added a little pond with an altar and ruins as the focal point to the redwood forest scene
Basecolor / Lighting Render Passes
