April might start with a holiday for pranks but the art we got to see this month was no joke! Get inspired to create in May with our monthly top 5!
Valeria Mulas – “Fantasy Forest”
Valeria Mulas’ faithful interpretation of Han Dong-Hee’s concept art, “forest” is a visual treat; we love the color, composition, and lighting framing the felted fungi architecture. It seems like a tip we give every month but we can’t overemphasize how helpful shape control is for artistic forms and stylized vegetation.
Marcel Lenoir – “Birch Forest – James Mills Study”
Inspired by the long-exposure photography of James Mills, Marcel Lenoir created a magical, real-time forest scene. Generate a forest of different silhouettes with one tree by revisiting our docs on variance.
Mateus Kurzhals – Northern Lake – UNREAL
Mateus Kurzhals’ lookdev experience shines in this expansive, cinematic fly-through of his first environment in UE4. If you’ve created high-res vegetation for a VFX environment and want to build a real-time environment next, follow along with our lead artist as she models a games version of her cinema silver birch.
Wolfram Neuer – “Ignition”
Made during a Rebelway workshop, Wolfram Neuer’s, “Ignition,” offers an epic landscape, dramatic weather, and a mysterious centerpiece. For another artist’s approach to explosions affecting vegetation, check out Park Sangbin’s breakdown of an explosion integrated into a live-action scene.
Pablo del Molino – “The red gate, deep into the fire forest”
We love the mysterious mood emanating from Pablo del Molino’s foggy fantasy forest. If you’re curious how SpeedTree Engine for Clarisse works, revisit our talk from Siggraph 2018.
Start your next project with assets inspired by April’s Top 5!
Fly Amanita Mushroom
(Cinema)
Mushrooms are at the center of Valeria Mulas’s, “Fantasy Forest,” so we have to recommend our photogrammetry Fly Amanita mushrooms.
Quaking Aspen
(Cinema | Games)
With dramatic height and light colored bark, the trees in Marcel Lenoir’s, “Birch Forest – James Mills Study,” remind us of our quaking aspen.
Colorado Blue Spruce
(Cinema | Games)
The evergreens spread through the valley of Mateus Kurzhals’s, “Northern Lake,” look similar to our Colorado blue spruce.
Alaskan Cedar
(Cinema)
Drooping branches like those of our Alaskan cedar could add extra drama to the scene of an explosion like the one in Wolfram Neuer’s, “Ignition”.
Sugar Maple
(Cinema | Games)
Dramatic red hues in autumn and round, shady canopies mean our sugar maple would fit well within the ominous landscape of Pablo del Molino’s, “The red gate, deep into the fire forest”.