If the first month of projects is anything to go by, 2020 is going to be a great year for environment art! In case you missed them, here are five of our favorite user projects from January.
Luke Ryder – Hidden Beauty
The distinctive texture on the walls, the subsurface of the clumping vines, the stylized structure of the tree reaching for the sun, the scattered petals on the milky blue water: there’s a ton to love in Luke Ryder’s, “Hidden Beauty”!
Darío C. Estrada – Swamp Megascans
Darío C. Estrada’s first piece using ray-tracing is both mesmerizing and a great example of extending a scanned trunk with SpeedTree.
Pasquale Scionti – The Portal
“The Portal” is one of several environments this prolific artist has shared in the new year. Together, the jagged rocks, archway, and trees form a dynamic Halo-inspired composition.
Dávid Csákvári – Taiga
This gorgeous fly-through of Dávid Csákvári’s expansive “Taiga” serves as a stunning answer to the question, “Does SpeedTree for UE4 scale?”
Wu Jianhua – 佛曰 (Buddha)
Short, atmospheric, impeccably composed, textured, and lit: no matter your understanding of Buddha’s teachings, Wu Jianhua’s “佛曰 (Buddha)” is a captivating watch with some seriously awesome foliage.
The year has just begun: get your next project started with SpeedTrees inspired by January’s Top 5 Artist Spotlights!
Zenii Magnolia
(Games)
The Zenii Magnolia is a distinctive, flowering tree similar to the one found in “Hidden Beauty,” shaped by the limited cave light
Pignut Hickory
(Games)
The Pignut Hickory is a games model available with several variations of undergrowth that would be well-suited to Darío C. Estrada’s, “Swamp”
Colorado Blue Spruce
(Cinema)
While not designed for realtime application, our Colorado Blue Spruce would fit in among the conifers of Pasquale Scionti’s, “The Portal”
Norway Spruce
(Cinema | Games)
The trees found in Dávid Csákvári’s, “Taiga,” appear to be a spruce, common to the real Taiga biome and reminiscent of our Norway Spruce models
