UE4 Environment Study | "Forsaken"
This is an environment study in Unreal Engine 4 that I was working on within my free times. I was mainly inspired from Dark Souls, God of War, Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings while concepting out the environment and the idea behind it. You can find the bits of the background lore I wrote for the environment as captions under the screenshots.
I used Photoshop for look development and sketching, Maya for blockout, DaVinci Resolve for Color Grading. Most of the assets are from marketplace and Quixel Megascans. The scene is lit with fully dynamic lights.
A huge shout out for Kerem Hünal and Onur Can Çaylı for their precious feedback and guidance.
https://www.artstation.com/keramazotti
https://www.artstation.com/onurcancayli
"After realising the connection of these woods with the essence of cosmos, the first people who settled in these lands converted these woods into meditating grounds with sacred monoliths, chambers and monuments.
With its arcane energies now drained with the abusive use of the humans, agitating the guardian of the forest, the nature force of the woods wreck havoc on the place; ravaging sacred structures, killing the abusive humans and flooding the area.
In attempt to reignite the arcane powers, wayward mages seeking to claim powers of the forest to themselves, still come here time to time only to meet their ends.
Now, flames won't die out here, not even the candle flames. Something has awakend...
Gods silently watch over, with their loyal messengers; the crows.
They say; when you see many deers in herds, the guardian of the forest is nearby...
A GIF that shows progress from initial prop placement phase to final image. Unfortunately I didn't have stills from blockout phase.
