The Witch Hut

This environment was created for my World Building in Unreal class at Gnomon. I began with a reference board and used an image generator to create concepts and variations of my idea. Initially, I planned to download a hut model online, but as I was learning Maya at the time, I decided to put my skills to the test and modeled the hut myself. I'm glad I did because the hut now stands as the focal point of the scene, adding significant personality and depth to the environment.

Most hut textures were extracted from real images. For instance, the texture for the window frame was sourced from a fitting room mirror in a store, which fit this project perfectly.

For this environment, I used a displaced landscape with three paint materials, various foliage, a custom water body, volumetric fog, and the Niagara particle system.

Reference images

Blockout, landscape sculpting, and populating level with foliage

Thank you for viewing!