Environment Art (Russian, Eng sub)

On March 23, 2023

Release date:2021

Duration:23 h 59 m

Author:Igor Emelyanov

Skill level:Beginner

Language:Russian

Exercise files:Yes

Learn how to create your own 3D scenes and master the profession of environment artist under the guidance of a 3D artist who has worked on Metro: Exodus and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

ABOUT THE COURSE:

The instructor is Igor Emelyanov, a 3D artist who has worked on Metro: Exodus, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and A Plague Tale: Innocence.
You will gain the knowledge necessary to start a career as an environment artist.
Learn algorithms for creating complex 3D scenes for any task.
Create your own scene that can be used in your portfolio.

Learn to create your own 3D scenes and master the profession of environment artist under the guidance of an artist who worked on Metro: Exodus and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE:

The instructor is Igor Yemelyanov, a 3D artist who worked on Metro: Exodus, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and Plague Tale: Innocence.
You will gain the knowledge necessary to start a career as an environment artist.
You will learn algorithms for creating complex 3D scenes for any task.
You will create your own scene that can be used in your portfolio.”

The program is designed for those who already have some knowledge of 3D and the necessary software and want to take a step towards a more complex specialty.

To successfully complete the course, you need to have some understanding of 3D modeling software such as 3D Max, Blender, or Maya, and be familiar with sculpting in ZBrush. You should also have at least basic knowledge of Substance Painter and Substance Designer, and be somewhat familiar with Unreal Engine 4 and know how to work with assets in it.

The goal of our course is to provide you with all the necessary knowledge for creating environment art.

Let’s say you have already learned how to make props, but now you want to create something more complex and creative. Making the leap to a new level can be very difficult. That’s where we come in to help.

After our course, you will have a full understanding of environment art creation, and you will have your own original scene in your portfolio. All of this will be a huge plus in the eyes of employers and clients.

Table of Contents

├── 01. Preparing the environment
│ ├── 01.1 Preparing the environment
│ │ ├── 01_01_Factors in the environment
│ │ ├── 01_02_Key object
│ │ ├── 01_03_History
│ │ ├── 01_04_Points of Interest and Paths
│ │ ├── 01_05_Finding references
│ │ ├── 01_06_Forms
│ │ └── 01_07_Reference parsing and object list
│ ├── 01.2 Preparing Unreal for work
│ │ ├── 01_2502↩08_2502↩Organizing the scene
│ │ ├── 01_09_Creating a Landscape
│ │ ├── 01_10_Landscape brushes
│ │ └── 01_11_blockout in Unreal
│ └── 01.3 Draft
│ ├── 01_12_Draft models
│ ├── 01_13_Drawcalls
│ ├── 01_14_Metrics
│ ├── 01_15_ Draft modules
│ ├── 01_16_Import draft models
│ ├── 01_17_Assembling draft models
│ └── 01_18_Atmosphere Pass Draft
├─── 02. Landscape and tile textures
│ ├── 02.1 Landscape textures
│ │ ├── 02_01_textures
│ │ ├── 02_02_Texel textures
│ │ ├── 02_03_Packing textures
│ │ ├── 02_04_Create land tile Ch01
│ │ └── 02_05_Create Earth Tile Ch02
│ ├── 02.2 Quixel Mixer
│ │ ├── 02_06_06_Working with the Quixel
│ │ ├── 02_07_Creating materials in the Quicksilver
│ │ └── 02_08_408↩─ import textures
│ └── 02.3 Landscape material
│ ├── 02_09_Intro to materials
│ ├── 02_10_Master lanscape material (fixed)
│ ├── 02_11_lanscape layers (fixed)
│ ├── 02_12_Lanscape material (fixed)
│ └── 02_13_Landscape painting (fixed)
├─── 03. rocks and stones
│ ├── 03.1 Sculpt
│ │ ├── 03_01_brushes
│ │ ├── 03_02_What rock objects are used for
│ │ ├── 03_03_Primary forms
│ │ ├── 03_04_Secondary forms
│ │ └── 03_05_Tertiary forms
│ ├── 03.2 Low Poly
│ │ ├── 03_06_Lowpoly zbrush
│ │ ├── 03_07_Lowpoly zbrush
│ │ ├── 03_08_08_First Yuvi Channel
│ │ ├── 03_09_Second juvi channel
│ │ └── 03_10_Preset for peinter
│ ├── 03.2 Master material
│ │ ├── 03_11_11_Function black layer
│ │ ├── 03_12_Function red layer
│ │ ├── 03_13_blending function
│ │ ├── 03_14_Green, blue, alpha layers
│ │ ├── 03_15_Function unique layer
│ │ └── 03_16_Unique layer masks
│ ├── 03.3 Rock texturing
│ │ ├── 03_17_Vertex Peint and Blend
│ │ ├── 03_18_Unique Overlay Tint
│ │ ├── 03_19_Create blend masks
│ │ ├── 03_20_Masks in material and shader complexity
│ │ ├── 03_21_Additive blend in the material
│ │ ├── 03_22_Working with material settings
│ │ └── 03_23_Slope material mask
│ └── 03.4 Stones
│ ├── 03_24_Sculpt large stones
│ ├── 03_2500↩─ 03_Textures and masks of large stones
│ ├── 03_26_Setting stone material
│ ├── 03_27_Advanced slope mask parameter
│ └── 03_28_Improving the scene with new objects
├─── 04. Modules
│ ├─── 04.1 Creating a stone block tile
│ │ ├── 04_01_Preparing block models
│ │ ├── 04_02_Stone brushes
│ │ ├── 04_03_Sculpting blocks
│ │ ├── 04_04_Extract blocks from ZBrush
│ │ ├── 04_05_05_Create a tile in 03dsMax
│ │ ├── 04_06_2502↩─Texturing the block tile
│ │ ├── 04_07_Tail sculpting
│ │ ├── 04_08_208_Creating a second version in ZBrush
│ │ └── 04_09_Textures of the second version
│ └── 04.2 Refining modules
│ ├── 04_10_Module dimensions
│ ├── 04_11_Midpoli Pipeline
│ ├── 04_12_Module Deployment
│ ├── 04_13_Reconstructing scene modulesPart 01
│ ├── 04_14_Reworking scene modules Part 02
│ ├── 04_15_Deconstructed module Ch01
│ ├── 04_16_Destroyed module Ch02
│ ├── 04_17_Destroyed Part 03
│ └── 04_18_Unique objects
├─── 05. Trims
│ ├── 05.1 Mesh decals
│ │ ├── 05_01_What is a mesh decal
│ │ ├── 05_02_Optimization of decals
│ │ ├── 05_03_Decal Scales
│ │ ├── 05_04_Master Decal Material
│ │ └── 05_05_Decals of the second UV set
│ ├── 05.2 Trim textures and trim objects
│ │ ├── 05_06_06_What is trim textures
│ │ ├── 05_07_Planning the trim sheet
│ │ ├── 05_08_2502↩ Sculpt the trim
│ │ ├── 05_09_Texturing the trim sheet
│ │ ├── 05_10_Mapping in trim
│ │ ├── 05_11_11_Problems of flat trims
│ │ └── 05_12_Trim Objects
│ └── 05.3 Vertex peint modules
│ ├── 05_13─ Modules rework
│ ├─── 05_14_Adjusting module materials
│ ├── 05_15_Vertex peint instances
│ ├─── 05_16_Wertex pinscape. Part 01
│ ├─── 05_17_Mixing with Landscape. Part 02
│ ├── 05_18_Mixing with Landscape Part 03
│ └── 05_19_Painting scene modules
├─── 06.
│ └── 06.1 Planning architectural trims
│ ├── 06_01_Planning architectural trims
│ ├── 06_02_Haipoli Loepoli Bake Trim facilities
│ ├── 06_03_Architecture with trim objects
│ ├── 06_04_Support loupe and sweep
│ ├── 06_05_Little damage
│ ├── 06_06_Large damage and fractures
│ └── 06_07_Material adjustment and painting
├── 07. Large Assets
│ ├── 07.1 Creating a unique asset
│ │ ├── 07_01_preparation
│ │ ├── 07_02_Haipoli
│ │ ├── 07_03_Loupoli
│ │ └── 07_04_Deployment and textures
│ └── 07.2 Creating a Midpoli Asset
│ ├── 07_05_Midpolo modelling Asset
│ ├── 07_06_Rolling midpolli asset
│ ├─── 07_07_Damage of the midpolly asset
│ ├── 07_08_Material of the midpoli asset
│ └─── 07_09_Development of large assets
├─── 08. Vegetation
│ ├── 08.1 Small stones
│ │ ├── 08_01_Envira Creating small stones
│ │ ├── 08_02_Envira Setting up small stones in anrial
│ │ ├── 08_03_Envira Setting the foliage objects
│ │ └── 08_04_Paint the surroundings with stones
│ ├── 08.2 Patch Landscape
│ │ ├── 08_02_01_Creating a simple haipoli patch
│ │ ├── 08_02_02_Creating a simple patch. Lowpoles
│ │ ├── 08_02_03_Creating a simple patch Materials
│ │ ├── 08_02_04_Creating a unique patch Preparation
│ │ ├── 08_02_05_Envira Creating a unique patch. Sculpt
│ │ ├── 08_02_06_Loupoli of the unique patch
│ │ └── 08_02_07_Textures of the unique patch
│ ├── 08.3 Grass and branches
│ │ ├── 08_03_01_Grass Haipoli
│ │ ├── 08_03_02_Texture grass haipoli
│ │ ├── 08_03_03_03_Grass Creating Atlas
│ │ ├── 08_03_04_Grass Baked atlas
│ │ ├── 08_03_05_Grass Finishing satin
│ │ ├── 08_03_06_06_Type Grass Making Loopy
│ │ ├── 08_03_07_Grass Making Loompoly
│ │ ├── 08_03_08_Type Grass Material
│ │ ├── 08_03_09_Grass Texture surface dispersion
│ │ ├── 08_03_10_Grass Wind and Tint
│ │ ├── 08_03_11_11_Haipoli plants
│ │ ├── 08_03_12_Plants Sculpting
│ │ ├── 08_03_13_Plants Textures
│ │ ├── 08_03_14_Plants Loopy
│ │ ├── 08_03_15_Plants Material and Setting
│ │ ├── 08_03_16_Leaves and branches
│ │ └── 08_03_17_Ivy
│ └── 08.4 Trees
│ ├── 08_04_01_stem
│ ├── 08_04_02_large branches
│ ├── 08_04_03_Little branches
│ ├── 08_04_04_Assembly
│ ├── 08_04_05_Unloading and setting
08_04_06_Development of the scene
09. Decals
│ └── 09.1 Creating decals for the scene
│ ├── 09_01_01_Decals for colors and undertones
│ ├── 09_01_02_Crack decals
│ ├── 09_01_03_The second version of the Haipoli crack decal
│ ├── 09_01_04_The second version of the crack decal Textures
│ ├── 09_01_05_Decals for small objects
│ ├── 09_01_06_Objects with pixel displacement
│ └── 09_01_07_Processing material with a pixel shift
├── 10. Props
│ └── 10.1 Creating small props
│ ├── 10_01_01_The essence of props in a scene
│ ├── 10_01_02_Creating a Simple Props
│ ├── 10_01_03_Variation of Props Destruction
│ ├── 10_01_04_Props material
│ ├── 10_01_05_Variation of color by position
│ ├─── 10_01_06_Edit texture scan
│ ├── 10_01_07_refining the mask scan
│ └── 10_01_08_Closure
├── 11. Finalization and presentation
│ ├── 11.1 Finalizing the scene
│ │ ├── 11_01_01_finishing the objects in the scene
│ │ ├── 11_01_02_Processing textures
│ │ ├── 11_01_03_Materials rework
│ │ ├── 11_01_04_Distancing Fields
│ │ ├── 11_01_05_Designing the lights
│ │ ├── 11_01_06_06Skybox
│ │ ├── 11_01_07_Small effects
│ │ ├── 11_01_08_Adjust the postprocess
│ │ └── 11_01_09_LUT
│ └── 11.2 Final presentation
│ ├── 11_02_01_Camera and screenshot renderer
│ ├── 11_02_02_02_Sequencer and clip renderer
│ ├── 11_02_03_Assett renderer scene
│ ├── 11_02_04_Final renderings
│ └── 11_02_05_Final renderings
└── 12. Feedback Streams
├─── 2021-01-29 – Environment Art. Introductory Streaming.
├─── 2021-02-05 – Environment Art. Feedback Session.
├─── 2021-02-08 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions.
├─── 2021-02-12 – Environment Art. ├──── Environment Art.
├─── 2021-02-15 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions.
├─── 2021-02-19 – Environment Art. ├──── Environment Art.
├─── 2021-02-23 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions.
├─── 2021-02-26 – Environment Art. ├──── Environment Art.
├─── 2021-03-02 – Environment Art. ├───── Environment Art.
├─── 2021-03-02 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions.
├─── 2021-03-05 – Environment Art. ├──── Environment Art.
├─── 2021-03-09 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions.
├─── 2021-03-12 – Environment Art. ├──── Environment Art.
├─── 2021-03-16 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions.
├─── 2021-03-19 – Environment Art. ├──── Environment Art.
├─── 2021-03-23 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions.
├─── 2021-03-25 – Environment Art. ├──── Environment Art.
├─── 2021-03-30 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions.
├─── 2021-04-05 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions. Feedback
├─── 2021-04-12 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions. Feedback
├─── 2021-04-20 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions. Feedback
├─── 2021-04-27 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions. Feedback
├─── 2021-05-04 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions. Feedback
├─── 2021-05-18 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions. Feedback
├─── 2021-05-25 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions. Feedback
├─── 2021-06-01 – Environment Art. Answers to Questions. Feedback
├─── 2021-06-08 – Answers to questions. Feedback. First Stream (February).
├─── 2021-06-15 – Answers to questions. Feedback. 1st Stream (February)
├─── 2021-06-22 – Answers to questions. Feedback. 1st Stream (February)
├─── 2021-06-29 – Answers to Questions. Feedback. 1st Stream (February)
├─── 2021-07-05 – Answers to questions. Feedback. 1st Stream (February)
├─── 2021-07-13 – Answers to Questions. Feedback. 1st Stream (February)
├─── 2021-07-20 – Answers to questions. Feedback. 1st Stream (February)
├─── 2021-07-27 – Answers to questions. Feedback. 1st Stream (February)
├─── 2021-08-03 – Answers to questions. Feedback. 1st flow (February)
└─── 2021-08-10 – Answers to questions. Feedback. 1st Stream (February) + 2nd Stream (April)