Stylized Asian Cliff Scene Created with a Single Rock Asset

3D Artist Tyler Smith, known for creating stunning nature environments, unveiled a new Unreal Engine 5 scene, poetically titled Wind on the Clifftops. The project captures the subtle beauty and striking contrasts of an Asian high-cliff landscape, with a particular focus on rock formations.

In addition to UE5, Smith also used Blender, ZBrush, Substance 3D Painter, and Photoshop. The entire environment was built using a single rock asset, supplemented with a stone pile asset placed on top of the ledges. The artist also designed a gameplay area featuring platforms suspended over a fog-covered abyss, drawing inspiration from classic Nintendo 64-era level design that often relied on similar setups.

Explore the scene from multiple angles and take a look at the rock asset below:

Earlier, we featured more works created by Tyler Smith, such as this conifer forest landscape and a vibrant recreation of a Mangrove Forest Reef:

If you want to learn more about Tyler Smith's workflow, check out our interview with him, in which the artist shared how he created an NPR forest landscape inspired by a real-life environment and explained how he textured foliage and arranged trees to achieve a balanced density using ZBrush and Unreal Engine:

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