In this episode, we're learning how, starting from an Unlit shader, to build up custom object lighting from scratch. This is a hugely useful skill, that will enable you not only to break from Unreal's standard look, but also get back big gains in performance!
Ayyy getting to the fun part! In this one we're diving into how to generate the cloud cards, and various artsy and techy tricks on how to make them feel painterly.
In this step, we use some simple traditional painting techniques to truly zero in on concept art, and execute on its look in-game. This, more than anything, is the key to "it looks like concept art" type delight. So many technical artists avoid traditional media and it
Over my career, I've observed how some of the most skilled artists often can't truly break down what their style actually is. They just do their thing, and with some luck and a lot of hard work, a studio's style grows out of their
Tackling the procedural cloud system for the Arcane scene, using Paths of Hate as a technical inspiration. Great excuse to dive into UE5's Procedural Content Generation system and see what it can do to push development velocity and production value at the same time.
Started this week on a deep dive into latest UE5.8 rendering and techart tools for large scale world gen. First up here is reference analysis, foundational rendering, and a dive into UE's new hybrid CSM/DFS system.