Environment Art Projects

This year I enrolled in the Games Art and Design course at the University of Hertfordshire. I began the year with basic 3D skills so at the start I was very focused on developing my knowledge of Maya and Unreal Engine. Below is tower I made in Maya and applied materials to and assembled in Unreal Engine 5. 

I wanted to learn and experiment with lighting so I used the assets in the  Countryside: Windmills & Barns by GeorgeShachnev in the Unreal Marketplace and created materials for some foggy light beams and applied them to the barn model. 

I wanted to create an environment that would evoke the look of a medieval tapestry. Below is an environment I made in Unreal Engine with all my own models and textures made in Maya and Substance Painter. It was an interesting experiment making a stylized environment. 

I was intrigued by Mojave Desert old miners' shacks and set out to create some structures and set them in a desert environment. I created three modular structures that could be configured into different unique looking structures. I used Quixel Mixer to create corrugated steel materials that could be applied to the structures. 

I have learned a lot and hope to continue developing my skills into this next year.

List of assets used per project:

Assets used with the tower in the sky

Material used from PurePolygons Downtown West Modular Pack. Available at: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/6bb93c7515e148a1a0a0ec263db67d5b (Accessed 18, Oct. 2022).

Assets used with the light experiment

Assets used: GeorgeShachnev, Countryside: Windmills & Barns [Environment and Asset Pack] Available via Unreal Engine Marketplace (Accessed 31 Oct. 2022).

Assets used with the Mojave Desert miner Shacks

Megascans, Dry Mud Ground, Rocky Soil Ground [Materials] Available via Quixel Bridge in Unreal Engine 5 [Accessed 26 Oct. 2022].

Megascans, Quarry Cliff, Quarry Outcrop, Small Sandstone [Assets] Available via Quixel Bridge in Unreal Engine 5 [Accessed 26 Oct. 2022].

Megascans, Dead Shrub Pack [Asset Pack] Available via Quixel Bridge in Unreal Engine 5 [Accessed 26 Oct. 2022].

Megascans, Dirty Metal Chair [Model Asset] Available via Quixel Bridge in Unreal Engine 5 [Accessed 16 January 2022].

Megascans, Metal Watering Can [Model Asset] Available via Quixel Bridge in Unreal Engine 5 [Accessed 16 January 2022].

Megascans, Metal Ladder [Model Asset] Available via Quixel Bridge in Unreal Engine 5 [Accessed 16 January 2022].

Megascans, Rusty Metal Tub [Model Asset] Available via Quixel Bridge in Unreal Engine 5 [Accessed 16 January 2022].