Environment Generalist Portfolio | World Design

Environment Generalist Portfolio 

Welcome to my entry! This project features three immersive worlds designed in Unreal Engine 5. My focus was to create eye-catching scenes that could easily be integrated into film or adapted for interactivity. 

Alabaster Forest

A misty forest designed in Unreal Engine; Alabaster Forest is an atmospheric 3D environment created using the new Procedural Generation Plugin in Unreal Engine 5.2. The chair and table were modeled in Blender 3D and textured in Substance Painter. The goal was to design a surreal environment playing with pastel colors and immersive audio.

Models made in Blender.

Coppercrust River

This environment was made by hand painting foliage onto the landscape in natural, organic layers. All shaders were altered or changed in Unreal Engine, while the falling leaves and firefly effects were created using Niagara. The objective was to blend energetic, bold colors with the soothing sensation of running water.

Building the scene in UE5.

Aurora Desert

Inspired by the recent news coverage on the Northern Lights, this environment was also designed using PCG in Unreal Engine 5.3. The Aurora effect is a shader that animates a texture I created in GIMP. Editing the foliage shaders to feature emissive materials was crucial to creating the colorful, electric, nighttime effect.

Texturing the telescope in Substance Painter.

Credits

Alabaster Forest - Rendered in Unreal Engine 5.2 with environment designed using PCG. Chair, table, and vase made in Blender 3D. Foliage is from Quixel Megascans with shaders edited in Unreal Engine. All other models are from Adobe Substance 3D Assets, textured in Substance Painter. Some audio from freesound.org. Video edited in Shotcut.

Coppercrust River - Rendered in Unreal Engine 5.3. Fireflies and falling leaves created using Niagara VFX. Foliage is from Quixel Megascans with shaders edited in Unreal Engine. Some audio from freesound.org. Video edited in Shotcut.

Aurora Desert - Rendered in Unreal Engine 5.2 with environment designed using PCG. Telescope is my design created in Blender 3D. Aurora Borealis shader uses a texture handmade in GIMP. Foliage is from Quixel Megascans with shaders edited in Unreal Engine. Some audio from freesound.org. Music composed in Apple GarageBand. Video edited in Shotcut.

Thank you to The Rookies for giving self-taught artists like myself the opportunity to enter this competition and showcase our work! And thank you for visiting my entry!