Livio Ambrosini shared an enormous breakdown of the Before The Storm project, explained the working process behind the terrain, and thoroughly explained how to create foilage using SpeedTree, 3ds Max, and Megascans.
A 3D Environment Artist Karsten Malmquist showed us how the real-time procedural grass was created, explained how to use scanned atlases from Megascans to create grass clusters in SpeedTree, and talked about setting up the grass shader.
An Environment Artist and creator of the course for Vertex School Jansen Thorogood told us about tools and techniques he used in his recent projects: Steampunk Spaceship Props and Forest Cabins.
Son Nguyen talked about creating a jungle environment using a variety of software, shared the sources of inspiration, and thoroughly explained the workflow in SpeedTree.
Philip Purol discussed his UE4 environment Black Qualls Cave: blockout and organic composition, vegetation workflow, texturing in Substance Designer and Alchemist, lighting, and more.
Muhammad Omar discussed his approach to vegetation, scene assembly, lighting, and particles in the project The Tree of Life and shared a few helpful free tutorials and lessons he has learned along the way.
Kids With Sticks team talked about the production of their recent stylized scene which turned out to be the starting point of their new game inspired by Ghibli.
Tarik Takasu did a breakdown on his awesome stylized character Rose, discussed his career path, shared his approach to the visual language of the character and talked about achieving the balance of the style and working on details.
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