Stylized Open-World Sunset Forest Scene Made with UE5

Principal Artist at ThatGameCompany Tyler Smith, renowned for his incredible stylized environments, unveiled a new enchanting work, a conifer forest landscape created with Unreal Engine 5.

The artwork presents a new step in the artist's creative journey. As shared by Tyler Smith, he wanted to take a leap from limited, small-scale environments to seamless open worlds.

The scene fascinates with its calm and blissful atmosphere, attracting attention with beautiful sunset colors, illuminating the majestic mountains. Apart from Unreal Engine 5, the creator used Blender, Photoshop, Substance 3D Painter, and ZBrush. 

You can find more renders and details of the creative process here.

Before, Tyler Smith joined 80 Level to share how he created an NPR forest landscape, which was inspired by a real-life environment. In the interview, he explained how he textured foliage and arranged trees to achieve a balanced density using ZBrush and Unreal Engine.

The creator showed plenty of appealing artworks, including a coral reef diorama, an underwater diorama, and more:

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