Hey, welcome to the first blog!
I decided to take on the #learteschallenge Veiled Realms Challenge by finally getting around to creating an environment that I've been wanting to make for a while now. I'll be working mainly through Unreal Engine 5.5, but may decide to use more tools as I need them. This will be my first official hosted art challenge, so I'm excited to both put my current skills to the test, learn from others as we all go, and finally, see the worlds that everyone has invisioned!
The Basic Concept:
Okay enough preface, onto the nitty gritty... I have been wanting to create a city inspired by both the city of Atlantis and Ancient Seafaring cultures such as the Maori and Polynesian Islands. I've always been fascinated by ancient cultures and mythologies so I thought this challenge was a perfect fit to create this world. For the landscape, I want to make an Atoll like area with a central island to act as the centerpoint. I started gathering reference materials through Unsplash just as a baseline idea, I don't know if any of the depicted settings will actually be implemented, but they set me in the mood to create, so enjoy my collage of references! I also have one image genereated from Dalle-3 as a basic idea for the atoll. While this won't be the definitive shape it does get my mindset right to make this world. I'm envisioning a mix of stone and wood with light metalwork, some some bonework, and a nice touch of color/painting for style. Boats will be the main mode of travel, fishing is life, and community is culture. An ancient civilization of great seafaring warriors and fishermen at the peak of it's power.
Asset Packs:
For this challenge we get to make full use of any asset packs we own through Cosmos/Leartes Studios or create our own assets using a variety of tools. I'm going to be challenging myself to not only utilize some content from Cosmos/Leartes Studios, but to also edit textures, create some assets to fit the theme I have. I have even considered challenging myself to work outside my comfort zone and create a stylized environtment using the Stylized Paradise Gardens & Stylized Ancient Ruins packs as a good foundation.Main Usage Packs:
For things like trees, coral, etc. I can make use of the Tropical Foliage and Landscape & Underwater Sunken Ship as well as create a few of my own assets. I think for the archetecture I'll challenge myself a bit to make some things from scratch and also modify parts of The Grand Egyptian Temple to create some of the Hero Buildings and utilize The Fantastic Hills pack for some knicknacks
Thank you for taking the time to read through the rough draft of ideas for this challenge, there's more to come and I hope you get to peek at the other competitors as there are going to be many talented artists participating! Stay tuned!