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A Step-by-Step Guide on Recreating Venice City View in UE5

Florian Wagner provided a detailed breakdown of recreating Venice street view in Unreal Engine 5 and shared some useful texturing and composition tips to achieve a desired look with rich and natural layering.

Florian Wagner

Oct 10, 2024

Learn How To Craft Viking-Inspired Knife With ZBrush & Substance 3D

Sujay Mali shared a detailed breakdown of the Raven Knife project, explaining how this Viking-inspired Damascus steel knife with a horn-carved handle and a leather sheath was created using Maya, ZBrush, Substance 3D Painter, and Unreal Engine 5.

Sujay Mali

Oct 09, 2024

Creating Realistic Hi-Fi RUSH's Chai in ZBrush & Substance 3D

Seunghoon Roh told us how he created a fan art of Chai from Hi-Fi RUSH, discussing preserving the character's design while adding original elements and visualizing the face, hair, and clothes using ZBrush, Unreal Engine 5, and Substance 3D Painter.

Seunghoon Roh

Oct 08, 2024

Learn How to Create Character with Oil Painting Texture in This Course

You will learn how to visualize high-precision Chinese-style embroidery pattern and realistic animal fur in XGen, along with tips for using various types of lighting in Maya, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, and Substance 3D.

Emma Collins

Oct 08, 2024

Viking Dragon Hunter's Mountain Retreat Imagined in 3D With UE5

Nichapat Thanasuan showcased a stunning environment set up using hand-made assets.

Theodore McKenzie

Oct 08, 2024

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Terrain Design of Scene Inspired by The Creator

Baptiste Vercier showed us the workflow behind The Creator-inspired environment, discussed working on terrain and scattering in Houdini, and talked about the mix of hard surface modeling and kitbashing he used for modeling.

Baptiste Vercier

Oct 07, 2024

Artist Celebrates PlayStation 30th Anniversary With a Stunning Diorama

Cal Steel showcased several highly detailed PS-themed props made in 3ds Max, ZBrush, and Substance 3D.

Theodore McKenzie

Oct 03, 2024

Modular Nighttime Medieval Town Created With Blender & UE5

Allan Politano walked us through the Wood Grove Town Night project, detailing how a medieval-inspired modular town was crafted using Blender, Unreal Engine 5's Nanite and Lumen, and Substance 3D Painter, and sharing valuable tutorials and resources.

Allan Politano

Oct 03, 2024

Check Out This Ferocious Burning Godzilla Set Up in 3D

The artist utilized EmberGen to simulate the smoke.

Theodore McKenzie

Oct 02, 2024

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