Ishtar Gate - Environment Art

Описание: Ishtar Gate – Game Environment Art

This project is a game environment inspired by the ancient Ishtar Gate of Babylon, Iraq. The scene was fully built from scratch in Unreal Engine, with a strong focus on modularity, reusability, and performance.

A heavy modular asset kit was created in 3ds Max, while the terrain was designed using World Creator. Additional props and selected modular elements were sculpted in ZBrush to enhance surface detail and authenticity.

For texturing, Substance Designer was used to create procedural and tilable materials, while Substance Painter was used for prop texturing. Custom decals were created in Photoshop to add variation, wear, and storytelling details across the environment.

Foliage assets were sourced from an external pack and were not created by me.

Technical Breakdown
Engine:
Unreal Engine (Environment assembly, lighting, materials, optimization)

Modeling:
3ds Max – Modular architecture kit
ZBrush – Sculpted props and selected modular details

Texturing:
Substance Designer – Procedural & tilable materials
Substance Painter – Prop texturing
Trim sheets for efficient material reuse
Vertex blending for material variation
RGB Mask

Terrain:
World Creator – Heightmap and terrain generation

Decals:
Photoshop – Custom decals for dirt, wear, cracks, and storytelling elements

Workflow Highlights:
Fully modular environment
Reusable trim sheets
Performance-focused asset setup
Non-destructive texturing workflow

Assets Note:
Foliage sourced from a third-party asset pack (not created by me)

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