KYLE HANSELMAN | MEDIEVAL SKYSCRAPERS

medieval skyscrapers

technology used

Unreal Engine

Autodesk Maya

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Substance

final presentation

With Medieval Skyscrapers, I pushed my knowledge of foliage, terrain, and lighting in Unreal Engine while improving my understanding of modular environment design. I think the final environment is a bit inorganic, but I'm happy with my progress.

All presented assets are my own - meshes, materials, particles, lighting, etc. withthe exception of the beautiful music by Peter Gundry.

final renders

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An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the murdered victim hanging above the canal wrapped in cloth and a sign displaying their crime of selling rats

An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the back alleys of the environment filled with fog and dim light

An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the early dawn sky and many stories of tudor style buildings rising over the hanging corpse

An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the corpse within the context of the immense medieval tudor structures

An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the early dawn sky and many stories of tudor style buildings from a different angle

An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the misty canal full of weeds, mud, and dirty water leading towar drainage

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An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the misty canal full of weeds, mud, and dirty water leading toward drainage

Above are my final shots of the environment rendered in Unreal Engine 4.

alternate renders

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An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the back alleys of the environment brightly lit, showing the scene of the crime

An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the back alleys of the environment brightly lit, showing better the layout of the space

An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the canal full of weeds, mud, and dirty water leading toward drainage all brightly lit

An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the bright morning sky and many stories of tudor style buildings

An Unreal Engine Render of the environment showing the back alleys of the environment brightly lit, showing the blacksmith's workshop

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To give a better view of the models, I created an alternate setup depicting the location later in the morning, when the sun has fully risen.

asset library

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The asset library used to add detail, life, and tell the story within the environment

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he asset library used to add detail, life, and tell the story within the environment

I constructed my environment out of a modular kit significantly larger and more detailed than Canyon Town, my previous project.

No environment is complete without props; they bring the environment to life. These kits focused primarily on selling the time period and telling the story.