Environment Art

For this week's 80 Level Digest, we have prepared some educational materials, tutorials, resources, and software that will help you recreate any location you desire in a 3D space.

Polina Tarakanova shared the workflow behind the Fisherman's Inn project, showed how the moisture effect was done, and explained how the lighting was set up.

Brian Nguyen has shared the breakdown of his recent project, A Big Fantasy House, discussed the modeling process in Blender and texturing process in 3DCoat, and detailed how lighting and animations were set up.

Daniel Chira has told us about the working process behind the Underground Passage Remastered project, explained how he set up the initial composition, discussed asset creation workflow, and shared how he managed to achieve the realistic camera shake.

Maarten Nauta shared the workflow behind the God's Valley project, explained how the mountains were created in Gaea, and showed the asset creation process.

Tim Nickel shared the workflow behind the Advostós Fishing Village scene, explained how the materials for the environment were created, and shared the rendering setup in Unreal Engine 5.

Florian Elie shared the workflow behind the Immerged Temple and Forest Pathway project, discussed the challenges of constructing a large-scale ancient megastructure, and gave some tips for optimizing lighting and post-processing techniques.

Christophe Tritz told us about The Lost Pillars of Cassiopeia project, described the workflow in MagicaVoxel, and explained why lighting and composition are two of the most time-consuming parts. 

Senior Environment Artist at Blizzard Molly Warner has walked us through her artistic journey, discussed her first projects and environment art workflows, explained the advantages of Unreal Engine when it comes to creating digital 3D scenes, and shared some tips on landing a job at a AAA game development studio.