Mexican Town - Environment Art in Unreal
A personal project I made in Unreal Engine. I modeled the props in Maya and generated some materials in Houdini. I also created some procedural rooftops using the Houdin engine that I could later adjust directly in Unreal.
I wanted to capture vibe of an old Mexican Town and give it a somewhat melancholic and mysterious feeling to it. I got particularly inspired by the images of Mexican photographer Juan Rulfo.
Mexican Town - Environment Art in Unreal Engine
Mood board and references.
I gathered a lot of references for props and textures as well as for lighting and setting.
The original concept art I made for reference.
I Went back and forth making some props in Maya for grey boxing on unreal. I also made a procedural roof generator in houdini.
I only sculpted the the wood planks and the roof tiles on zbrush because those where the props that where going to repeat the most.
I used Substance Painter for props like the wood planks, the roof tiles and the metal objects, with textures baked from the high poly. I used Substance designer to make some seamless textures that I could also use as trim sheets.
I Made a procedural roof generator using Houdini and then exporting it as a Houdini asset to adjust the size and variation of the roof tiles directly in unreal engine.
For the foliage I generated some custom trees using the free tool Treeit. I used a free rock package from the Unity Asset Store, and some royalty free models that I adjusted and modified,
I made some lighting test and painted the terrain using some modified Materials from Quixel mixer.
The Final props Used In the scene
After putting together the scene I spend a serious amount of time adjusting the lights, materials and Post Processing effects until I was satisfied with the colors.
I also added a bunch of decals and fill lights to accentuate the silhouette of some obj
