Frederieke Wagner - Environment Art Showcase 2024

The Ancient Temple

After passing through the mountainous region, you find tucked away in a canyon: the ancient leftovers of another civilization. It seems to be uninhabitated, but when the sun is setting, you notice the candles emitting a soft light in the temple.  

The Temple 

The scene was inspired by the Bhaja Caves in India. I picked this project to further my skills in sculpting, modularity, and the creation of a large scale environment in Unreal Engine. 

Asset Zoo and Breakdown

Here is an overview of all the assets created for the project by me. I also used three Megascans assets for the smaller plants like the ferns. The megascans are not listed in this overview.

Textures

The project being a temple carved out of rock, made it neccessary for me to create many sculpts. Here is a selection of all the sculpts created over the process of the project, depending on the use case, these were then decimated or retypologysed. 

For the large scale assets, I used the nanite workflow in Unreal Engine, and textured them with RGB-Mask and tileable materials. I created a shader setup that I could then reuse over all my assets. 

The Captains Cabin 

The project is based on the amazing concept art "A long voyage" by Richard PL. who was kind enough to let me use it for my project.

The Captains Cabin

In this project, my focus were the many props that made the space feel very unique. I researched a lot about maritime equipement to learn about their functionality and recreate them accurately. 

Asset Zoo and Breakdown

Here is an overview of the many props created for the project and some details about my creation process and my thoughts when making the assets. 

Thank you for taking a look at my entry for the 2024 Rookies Award. I am excited to take part in this again and see the amazing artworks everybody is creating!