Making an Atmospheric Garden of Dragons Scene with Procedural Texturing
28 October 2026 - Rebecca Ma discusses how she sculpted the intricate patterns on dragon statues with ZBrush's Make 3D tool, explains how procedural texturing in Maya and V-Ray helped her save time, and talks about how she created a water simulation and an atmospheric fog in Houdini.
Building a Stylized Mountain Cabin with Modular Assets and Custom Shaders
27 October 2026 - Arjun Perayil explains why blockout is the most important part of production, shows how he created a complex master shader for the cabin in Unreal Engine 5, and talks about the process of hand-sculpting stylized vegetation.
This Garden of Dragons Scene With Fog & Fluid Simulations Will Take Your Breath Away
01 October 2026 - Rebecca Ma shared the astounding environment created as part of her studies in asset creation for film.
Creating 3D Scene of Decaying Orthodox Church in Swamp
03 September 2026 - Nicolas Pablos discussed the workflow behind the Cult of the Tsar Fish project, explaining what inspired the scene, how he used a detailed sculpt-to-texture pipeline with ZBrush and Substance 3D Designer, and detailing how he built layered swamp vegetation from scratch.
Turning a 2D Illustration into a 3D Environment with a Hand-Painted Look
01 September 2026 - Shuming Zhang spoke about creating The WoodLand Pizzeria, covering his experiments with seasons and times of day and his exploration of procedural workflows to recreate the feel of hand-painted artwork.
How to Build a Stylized and Painterly Scene Inspired by Impressionist Art
04 August 2026 - Boyoon Kim discussed the workflow behind The Green House project, detailing how she used a two-part fog system for softening contrast and reinforcing depth separation, and explaining how seeing the project as a single painting helped create a more cohesive scene.
How to Sculpt and Texture Props and Foliage for a Stylized 3D Scene
24 July 2026 - Sam Ailura spoke about the workflow behind the Cabin in the Woods project, explaining how she modeled each piece individually to assemble them, how she sculpted stylized props for the first time, and detailing how she managed to make the trees look fluffy and cute.
Atmospheric UE5 Environment with Stone Sculpts & Autumn Foliage
21 July 2026 - Jensn Trevino created all assets from scratch.
Breakdown: Turning 2D Concept Art Into a Fantasy 3D Village Scene
17 July 2026 - Laney Desroches broke down the creation of The Secret Village, explaining every step of the process, from creating the mountains and modeling the church to placing foliage, lighting the scene, and compositing the final render for a natural look.
Breakdown: Creating a Detailed and Vibrant Scene with Unreal Engine and Substance 3D
01 July 2026 - Karl Aldskogius discussed the workflow behind the Sunset Garden project, explaining how this project allowed them to experiment with different workflows, how they created the stones, and detailing how they achieved the appearance of the wisteria.
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