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Environments

Cliff citadel

A temple carved into a cliff, taken from a concept frame through a 3D blockout to a final render in Unreal Engine.

My role
Concept & environment, Unreal Engine
Concept frame: a citadel on a mountain at dusk

Context

Scale sells a place like this. The statues, the steps and the drop below them have to feel enormous from every angle.

What I did

I started from a concept of a citadel on a mountain at dusk, blocked out the terraced temple and its row of statues in 3D, and finished in Unreal Engine with a canyon at sunset and a glowing portal.

Result

The whole process in one project: concept, blockout and a lit final frame.

The row of statues on the temple terrace, in 3D
The row of statues on the temple terrace, in 3D
Blockout of the terraced temple cut into the cliff
Blockout of the terraced temple cut into the cliff
Final render: a canyon at sunset with a ring of light and a portal
Final render: a canyon at sunset with a ring of light and a portal