Alien Plant (Art Test for Cloud Imperium Games)
This is an art test I did for Cloud Imperium Games. I was supposed to make this plant based on a concept (I can't show the concept since it's under NDA). I finished this in the span of 2 weeks that were given to me. Out of those 2 weeks I used roughly 4 1/2 working days to execute on this asset. For the LODs I used Simplygon only for the closed mesh as the results were good. However for the cards I had to go in by hand and manually decrease polycounts in each LOD.
I put this asset here as it was finished in the test but you could probably make quite a few improvements especially when it comes to the UV layout and LODs. :)
There was an offer but I declined.
Beauty Render
Beauty Render
Beauty Render: Approximate Player Perspective
Beauty Render: Close up on Pods
Beauty Render: Close up on Pods
Beauty Render: Close up on Pods
UE5 Render (Art Test Submission with Neutral Lighting)
UE5 Render (Art Test Submission with Neutral Lighting)
UE5 Render (Art Test Submission with Neutral Lighting)
UE5 Render (Art Test Submission with Neutral Lighting)
UE5 Render (Art Test Submission with Neutral Lighting)
Model Viewer
LOD 0
LOD 1
LOD 2
LOD 3
LOD 4
Shader is slightly more expensive because I use Subsurface Scattering and Fuzzy Shading. Subtle but effective.
Sculpting Details in zBrush
Closed Mesh: Albedo, Normal, Roughness, Ambient Occlusion
Cards: Albedo, Normal, Roughness, Ambient Occlusion
Closed Mesh: Albedo with Wire / UV Layout
Cards: Albedo with Wire / UV Layout
The brief had some references included but I left them out there because of the NDA, instead some of my own references and research.
Detailed time breakdown