Hong Kong Alley
This is my project for Think Tank advanced term
For this project, my main focus was to learn how to use vertex painting, rgb mask, decals and layerd materials, and I ended up learning even more of what I wanted. The second objective was to try to get as closea s photorealism as posible, which I'm quite happy with the end result.
My original inspiration came from this artstation post by Abrar Khan
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YaqkmX
Thanks to reddit I was able to get the exact location and with the help of google maps and street view, I was able to expand and created the hole alley.
The whole process was a nightmare, some days I hated it and some others I loved how it was going, especially with the pipes, I had to reduce a lot the original amount of pipes that were in the real-life location because it would've taken me a lot to place them by hand without a tool, and with the help of Joe Crawford, he tought me how to create a simple pcg tool that helped me placing the pipes a little bit faster, so cheers to him.
I want to thank my teacher for this term Nikhil Kedige, who was an amazing teacher with an incredible amount of knowledge. With his feedback, I was able to grow as a 3D artist.
different lighting scene with rain
timelapse
here are all the assets I used for the scene
base color
roughness
lighting
here are all the decals I used xD
rgb masks and vertex paint
wireframe of some assets
3 different pipes I created for the level
here's a pcg and blueprint that I created for giving randomness to the AC units, following a tutorial made by Aziel Arts
some of the vertex painting blend material I created for large assets such as the buildings, so I can give them damage or dirt and not make them tile a lot
these are some of the original references from google maps